Petraeus works to halt foreign fighters.

The Balad Airman was an EOD operator, considered one of the absolute best by his contemporaries. Per the Bronze Star awarded posthumously, he was the victim of a new IED specially designed to take out EOD personnel. It was a two-part IED. He had "safed" the first part which was visible and had just detected a wire leading to the second when it was detonated by remote control.

Technical Sergeant Anthony "Tony" Capra has two daughters and three sons who will grow up without their daddy thanks to material shipped in from Iran.