Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jamie F. Ockletree, right, and Sgt. Charles A. Parks, both with Headquarters Support Company, 120th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) of the Oklahoma Army National Guard, hook a winch to a tree so a bulldozer can haul it away at Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq, on July 6, 2004. Ockletree's crew of 21 National Guardsmen have spent the last three weeks clearing fields and trees as well as leveling dilapidated, unused buildings, in order to improve visibility for soldiers of the Army's 1st Infantry Division, 34th Infantry Brigade, who protect the camp. The battalion arrived in Iraq in late February and is currently headquartered at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, where it provides engineering support to the Marine Corps' 1st Force Service Support Group. Ockletree, 35, is from Hartshorne, Okla. Parks is a 29-year-old resident of Warner, Okla. The battalion is based in Okmulgee, Okla. The company has detachments in Okmulgee, Muskogee and Eufaula, Okla.
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