Operation Iraqi Freedom
HAWR RAJAB, IRAQ -- U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Askegren, Patrol Base Stone site officer in charge, left, poses for a photo with Hatam, city council reconstruction chairman, at the Al Ma'ang Boys School in the city of Hawr Rajab, Iraq on Aug. 24. Askegren, a Mandeville, La. native, is deployed from the 823rd RED HORSE squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. where he is a project engineer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Paul Villanueva II)