U.S. Army Pvt. Maranda Nichols, foreground, 18, from Vidalia, Ga., and Pfc. Leysha Williamson, 27, from Texas hold positions in foxholes during a dawn defensive alert Sunday at the forward base of the Delta Company, 1st-58th Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, south of Baghdad. Nichols joined the Army June 10 and is the youngest soldier in her unit.