Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, prepare to raid a home during Operation Keystone Sweep in the Iraqi town of As Siniyah, near the city of Bayji, on Jan. 14, 2005. The intent of the operation was to conduct raids, capture or kill insurgents and search for improvised explosive devices and other illegal weapons in hopes of crippling the local insurgency before Iraq’s Jan. 30 election. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ismail Turay Jr.