First Lt. Nicholas Pines, a Pinellas Park, Fla., native,

First Lt. Nicholas Pines, a Pinellas Park, Fla., native, rapidly receives reports from units during a significant activity in his unit's operational environment May 9. Pines is the task force battle captain assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, which is headquartered at Camp Taji, northwest of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III)