Captain Timothy A. Tate served as a National Guard officer with the 1st Cavalry Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom II in Baghdad, Iraq during some of the most intense fighting and most pivotal times of the war. He shared numerous thoughts and opinions with his friends and family along with countless photographs. The encouragement from his email audience led to the creation of this book. You are invited to share in his yearlong deployment through the lens and through his chronological e-mail journal.