Task Force 2-69 Armor, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning Georgia: Lt. John Blocher (USAF - attached to 2-69 to arrange close air support) reloads his Iraqi AK-47 rifle during an Army offensive in northern Baghdad Monday. Blocher used the captured weapon during the battle to try it out and to save ammo for his U.S; issued weapon. Fires burn in the background from destroyed Iraqi military equipment.