When I first saw this picture I immediately thought these guys look liked the US Army circa 2003 in Iraq.  However, these guys are not in the US Army they are in fact from Georgia, as in Georgia the country.  As other countries are trying to get out of Iraq as quickly as possible Georgia is actually increasing their force and taking on a more dangerous mission, intercepting arms smuggling along the Iraqi-Iranian border:

At a time when other countries are pulling troops out, Georgia has more than doubled its troop levels in Iraq, to 2,000 soldiers from 850, and agreed to send them from the safer Green Zone in Baghdad to this area along the Iranian border. That gives Georgia, a tiny Caucasus mountains nation, the second-largest troop presence among American allies in Iraq, behind Britain. [Andrew Kramer - NY Times] 

The Georgians are eager to build their military capability as well as build strong ties with the US in order to offset Russian hegemony over Georgia.  I have never worked with the Georgian military before so I can’t speak of their motivation or capability, but I do sincerely with them well and hope they do an excellent job securing the border. 

Coming Anarchy has an excellent post comparing the Georgian contribution in Iraq to Canada’s efforts in Afghanistan.  Good reading.  By the way, I always wondered what happened to all of our old DCUs we turned in after fielding our ACUs.  Good to see somebody is getting some use out of them.