U.S. Army PFC. Jacob Abrams a gunner from A battery 3rd battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division provides security for his High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with a .50 caliber machine gun in the western desert area in Tikrit, Iraq April 16, 2006. US soldiers performed a patrol across a pipeline that runs through that deserted area.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)