Taking up a defensive position before the fight.

Covering the street from both sides.

The orange panel tells aircraft the house is occupied by friendlies.

The Iraqi patrol our rooftop unit is protecting.

"Hit me with your best shot!" This is one of the new ceramic side body armor plates. We first took fire a few minutes before I shot this.

Iraqi with RPG and extra rounds. I shot this through a window you'll see again.

Pfc. Robert Killian killed two Mooj from this point with the .556 millimeter Squad Automatic Weapon or SAW.

Note the brass casing just ejected as he fires up the Mooj. It's a little streak to the right and down. A lot of his casings bounced off my chest as I snapped this.

This is the window whence I photographed the Iraqi with the RPG. There was virtually no cover, so to keep an eye on the SAW gunner in front of me I had to keep my side to the window. Had I not gone over to where Killian was killing, the round would have penetrated where I have no protection whatsoever and drilled into my heart.

As we hit the streets the Mooj opened up with everything they had. Our guys threw smoke to conceal us as we ran across the wide avenue.

Cover fire to protect another mad dash across a street.

Laying down life-saving cover fire with a SAW.

Here we go again! This stopped being fun a long time ago...

Unbelievably, this guy apparently took a ricochet round sideways through his nose. Now he's The Man with Four Nostrils.