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Race relations? Damn good out here. A US soldier carries a wounded comrade to safety during Operation Attleboro, near Tay Ninh, Republic of Vietnam, November 4, 1966. Photo credit: Kim Ki Sam. Presented by Stars & Stripes.

You guys have any water? Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Schafer, right, D/2-502 Infantry, speaks with a little Iraqi girl on February 16, 2008, as Pfc. Michael Stutz, Company D, looks on. The girl came up to the soldiers asking for some water. Examine the serious looks on the soldiers' faces with this young girl. They touch my heart. GIs have always loved kids. Photo credit: Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis, USA.

The caring hands of an American trooper on routine patrol: Spc. Miguel Sevilla, B/1-38 Infantry, came across a young Iraqi boy with a shiner during routine patrol in Khatun, Iraq on January 24, 2008. Sevilla takes time to check the lad out, two caring hands of an American GI. The young boy is hurting, and he looks a little anxious, but he knows he's in the good hands of an American soldier. It'll be okay, son. God bless. Good job, Miguel. We love ya buddy. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson, USAF.

The faces and hands of counter-insurgency. This is the way the US is fighting the enemy, by protecting the people. Give Sgt. Scott Vogelphol here a real pat on the back. Assigned to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, he's greeting children in the Dora District of Baghdad as he arrives December 28, 2007 to help conduct a presence patrol of the area. Look at the hands of the little guy to the right --- each hand holding on to Vogelphol. Smiles all around. God loves American GIs, and so do Iraqis, and so do we. Photo credit: Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz, USAF. (010408)

GI adopts ailing Iraqi boy: Scott Southworth, right, is seen with his adopted son, Ala'a, July 19, 2007, in their home in Mauston, Wisconsin. Southworth first met Ala'a, who has cerebral palsy, at the Mother Teresa orphanage in Baghdad in 2003 while he was serving in Iraq. Photo credit: Andy Manis, AP

Thank you, America! Iraqi students stand in line to receive school supplies from U.S. Army soldiers of 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, at the Thekhar Primary School in the Hateem neighborhood of Baghdad, November 12, 2007. Aren't they beautiful children? Americans have given them a chance. GIs are America's greatest ambassadors. We're thankful for our GIs, we're thankful that these young girls have a shot at a future. God has blessed the USA, and now God is blessing Iraq. Photo credit: Spc. Charles W. Gill, USA.

P.S. Remember this. The American strategy in Iraq is to kill the enemy and protect the people of Iraq. The enemy strategy is to kill Iraqis like these young girls. The American strategy is the winner. The enemy strategy is the loser.

Medvac, Medevac, Medevac! Spc. Joe Penhale, a flight medic with Co. C, 2-3 Avn. Regt., shouts instructions to a medic at Patrol Base Murray during a MEDEVAC mission for two wounded Iraqi police officers September 13,2007. The day previous, they got a call, "MEDEVAC, MEDEVAC, MEDEVAC," and crew was shooting out the door and gone. They get 15 minutes to get airborne. On this morning, the crew, callsign "Medicine Man 42," was aloft in five. The patient? An Iraqi man suffering form severe head injuries after being hit by a car in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Photo credit: Sgt. Ben Brody, USA

Some million dollar smiles! A young Iraqi girl embraces Capt. Janet Rose assigned to the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, at the Baqouba Women and Children's Hospital, June 9, 2007. Iraqi soldiers and troops assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, brought the hospital much needed equipment during the morning visit, including 25 incubators and 15 heart monitors. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Anthony White, USA.

Remember the fallen. Kaziah Hancock, shown in the inset on the photo above, is a Utah artist. She is known as the "Goat Woman," because she loves them. She also loves freedom, and she knows freedom "comes with a price." When speaking of the men and women in our military at war, she says, "I so appreciate good guys ... I love every one of these guys, you know, I really do, bless their hearts." She paints portraits of fallen soldiers and sends them to their families free of charge. She says to a portrait she prepares for packing, "I love you kiddo ... That you may never be forgotten." The portrait shown above is of Specialist Joshua L. Knowles, U.S. Army, killed in Baghdad, Iraq, February 5, 2004, by an enemy mortar. He was from the 1133rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Mason City, Iowa. While packing his portrait, she wrote a note: "Dear Knowles family, I picked this one (photo to paint from) because this shows such a wonderful personality. There is a face anyone could love. Love, Kasiah." At present, she has painted nearly 250 portraits of men and women killed in action in Iraq and sent them all to their homes. You can see a wonderful video at the Military Times. You can also visit Kaziah's web site. We commend them both. Thanks, Kaziah. (062407)

Red Falcons here, help is on the way. Members of 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regimment "Red Falcons," 82nd Airborne Division, and their Iraqi allies came upon 24 abused and severely malnourished orphans abandoned in Baghdad on June 20, 2007. The soldiers were working under the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the "Falcon Brigade," when they made the discovery. They called in medics and the Iraqi soldiers notified the local council members, who rushed in to help the boys as well. The CBS News video shows the boys living in horrifying conditions. Photo credit: CBS News Handout, Reuters.

It's okay son, the "Muleskinners" have you. Major Joseph Johnson, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) surgeon, 82nd Airborne Division, stabilizes a three-year-old Iraqi boy with second degree burns to his face, shoulders, and chest from an accident involving hot water on May 9, 2007. His mom hailed some soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division and asked for help. She knew where to go for help. The troopers got the boy to the "Muleskinner Clinic," Camp Taji, Iraq, where he was treated, stabilized, and moved to the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) clinic, manned by Iraqi and American medical staff for recovery. Camp Taji is home of the 115th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) "Muleskinners." The clinic is run by Charlie Company, 115th BSB, 1st BCT, known as "C-Med." The CMATT has been training a lot of Iraqi medics and is seen by the Iraqi government as a recruiting tool, one of those essential facilities to improving overall healthcare throughout Iraq. Photo credit: US Army. (051507)