U.S. forces advise and assist Iraqi partners in fight for Mosul
U.S. Army Soldiers deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, discuss where to emplace indirect fires assets during a reconnaissance for a new tactical assembly area from which to advise and assist Iraqi security force partners, near Mosul, Iraq, June 7, 2017. The 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. enables their ISF partners through the advise and assist mission, contributing planning, intelligence collection and analysis, force protection, and precision fires to achieve the military defeat of ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)