1st Brigade Combat Team

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land on a field near the John S. Thompson Bridge in Grave, Netherlands, Sept. 17, 2014. After the helicopters landed, Paratroopers assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5 More

George H. Sabo, brother of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., and Col. Bret G. Silvia, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), unveil the plaque that will han More

The Seal of Latvia in front of the presidential box at the Latvia Day Parade in Riga, Latvia, Nov. 18, 2014. In 1918, national representatives convened in what is now the National Theatre and proclaimed the ind More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22 Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi army soldiers air assault to search villages for training camps and weapo More

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, stand at attention before moving out during a rehearsal for the Latvia Day parade Nov. 17, 2014. In 1 More

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, await the order to march in the Latvia Day Parade on Nov. 18, 2014 in Riga, Latvia. In 1918, national More

Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division pose for a photo with a Dutch child prior to a ceremony at the John Thompson Bridge in More

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, march to their starting position for the Latvia Day Parade in Riga, Latvia, on November 18, 2014. In More

Maj. Jon Braeckel, the 82nd Airborne Division information operations deputy, walks with a Dutch local before a commemoration ceremony in Overasselt, The Netherlands, September 15, 2019. The commemoration ceremo More

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The 82nd Airborne Division, led by the Division Commander, Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez and Division Command Sergeant Major, Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel, celebrated its 89th birthday by condu More

Col. Mark Johnson, Command Sgt. Maj. Terri Clavon and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brent Melland, Task Force Falcon, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade command team, uncased the Task Force Falcon colors at the Transfer of More

Maj. Gen. James Mingus and Brigadier Nathan Sempala-Ntege, the 82nd Airborne Division commanding general and deputy commanding general interoperability, respectively, walk across the Oversteek Bridge during the More

Soldiers from the 1-194 Combined Arms Battalion conduct convoy training at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 25, 2011.

CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ -- 1/10th Mountain Division Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Carlson, right, briefs Multi-National Forces Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Mellinger on the brigade's area of operation Dec. 15 before departin More

Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Combined Forces Command – Afghanistan, speaks with officials during his tour of the military medical education center and hospital in Kabul Afghanistan Aug. 14. During the tour Eikenb More

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- On the flight deck of aircraft 63-7865, a C-130 Hercules deployed here from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is a plaque telling the story of one of the hardest working aircraft in the Air Force in More

Air Force Col. Donald Thompson, CFC-A Surgeon, hands a box of donated items to Miss Gul Maky Siawash, director of the Kabul Orthopedic Organization Aug. 15. The center treats children that have lost a limb due More

On Aug. 15 a young Afghan boy plays with his new toy bear in the play room at the Kabul Orthopedic Organization donated by the nursing staff of a hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. to the Military Professional Resources More

BALAD, Iraq -- Spc. Jake Whitaker, a fire support specialist on Task Force Pacesetter's "A-Team," records data at his workstation. (U.S. Army photo by: 2nd Lt. Anthony D. Buchanan, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs More

Gen. Bismullah Khan Mohammedi, Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army, left, and Gen. Ahsan Saleem Hayat, Vice Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, center, walk past the Afghan National Army honor guard bef More

Iraqi garden through the back window of a house in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq

Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel R. Wood, CFC-A command sergeant major, speaks to Soldiers of FOB Warrior Aug. 29. FOB Warrior is a newly developed forward operating base in the Ghazni province.

Air Force Tech Sgt. Josh Wickster, a kennel master with an EOD unit attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and his K-9 partner Athos, fly over the Kirkuk Province on thei More

The oldest Soldier Sgt. Major Ray Curtis, 3rd Brigade, 69th Armor operations sergeant major, and the youngest Soldier Pfc. Jessica Hernandez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team cut t More

Sgt. 1st Class Tony Copeland, left, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the personnel office for the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Manning, the brigade's Iraqi Se More

Two Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment and an Iraqi soldier peek inside a hole searching for stored weapons and munitions during an operation ridding Al Qaida fighters from the city of Bayji, More

A U.S. Army Soldier, from Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, trains on breaking contact Dec. 28, on Forward Operating Base Bernstein, Iraq.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Frank Land, a petroleum supply specialist from "Darkhorse" Forward Support Troop, 1st "Garry Owen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducts a More

Citizens of historied Samarra, Iraq, share casual conversations just mere blocks from the al-Askari "Golden Dome" Mosque with Soldiers from C Company, 2-237 Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Air More

Spc. Chase, Stryker driver, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii monitors radio traffic from the driver's compartment of his More

Non-commissioned officers from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), assess Iraqi army soldiers from 4th Comp More

Spc. Jason Leaders, a Soldier assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), hands a case of water to a Co More

Pfc. Kyle Pecus, a Soldier assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands and pulls security in a m More

Staff Sgt. Mike Calaway and Sgt. 1st Class Boe, a therapeutic dog for Soldiers in Iraq, prepare to greet 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Soldiers stationed at COB Speicher, Iraq, Jan. 10.

Staff Sgt. Scott Fox, a gunnery sergeant assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), points to a villag More

Chris Cummings, a U.S. contractor, takes measurements during a fitting session with Mohamad Ahmad Hussein, Mayor of Riyahd, Iraq, for a prosthetic leg. (U.S. Army photo/Lt. Col. Christopher S. Vanek)

Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), verify their data is correct before firing from their M119A2 Howitzer More

Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), dig at a possible site for a weapons cache in Ad Dujayl, More

An M119 A2 Howitzer Section Soldiers from A Battery, 2-320th Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) prepare their 105 mm artillery rounds for the next mission in Operati More

A non-commissioned officer from the 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, lights a symbolic candle during an NCO induction ceremony held on Contingency Operating Bas More

1st Lt. Sean Kane, with the 1-10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, hands a backpack to an Iraqi child in the village of Amushabi in the Kirkuk area of northern Iraq. When friends and More

Spc. James Gale, a medic with the 1/10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, provides medical aid to an Iraqi farmer who had injured his hand while working to provide for his family. The More

The acting under secretary of the Army, Nelson Ford - with Gen. Benjamin Griffin, commanding general, U.S. Army Material Command, next to him - shakes hands with a 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Divisio More

Two Soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provide security at a captured extremist camp near Samarra, Iraq, in support More

Soldiers at Contigency Operating Base Speicher "join the band" of Third Day, a Christian rock group on a USO tour event, Jan. 17, 2008. Lead singer, Mac Powell, and drummer, Mark Lee, were very impressed.

Engineers from the 814th Engineer Company check te bridge supports as the first of four section sits on the Flexifloat pontoons. The Soldiers have built three bridges for the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infant More

A Soldier from Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), walks through a farm searching for weapons caches, Jan. 16, during Operation Hood More

Maj. Gen. Mike Oates, 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum commander, along with 10th Mtn. Div. Command Sgt. Maj. James Redmore, thank Soldiers of the division's 1st Brigade Combat Team for their hard work and More

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, the commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) talks with his 1st Brigade "Bastogne" at Contingency Operating Base Speicher's Dining Hall, near Tikrit, Iraq, Jan. 27. C More

An enemy car bomb was blown up by coalition forces near Samarra, Iraq, during Operation Fulton II Jan. 18. U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Robert Gray of HHB, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Comba More

The governor of the Salah ad Din Province, Gov. Hamed Shekti, shakes the hand of a shop owner in a Samarra marketplace in January. Marketplaces and business should benefit from the opening of the Fallujah road, More

Trainees at the Samarra preparatory police academy interact with a role player during a training event during the two week course in Samarra, Iraq.

1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade's 1st Lt. Joshua England and Chief Warrant Officer William McKenna were awarded air medals Feb. 2 at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq. More

First Lt. Andrew Polashenski and Sgt. Stephen Brown of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division maintain security in front of their vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S More

Troop B, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division discovered a large cache while on patrol near Minori Village in southern Arab Jabour, Feb. 8.

First Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) leadership talk about M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System Vehicle capabilities with 4-9 Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd I More

Col. Abdullah Azziz Kareem, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Division commander, presents a certificate of achievement to one of his soldiers for his bravery in fighting extremists in the city of Hawijah during Operation More

A Soldier from Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division peers through the glass as his team searches for weapons near the Bichigan area of the Salah More

A Soldier with Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division takes aim during a clearing operation in the Bichigan peninsula near Balad, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2008.

Col. Todd B. McCaffrey, native of Hudson, Ohio, talks to the Soldiers of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad about the importance of their s More

Iraqi police escorting Samarra Rescue Committee members pass by the spiral minaret in Samarra, Iraq, Feb. 16, on the way to placing them inside the northern-Iraqi city.

Dr. (Maj.) Michael Tarpey, examines an Iraqi woman during a cooperative medical engagement, Feb. 13, in Al Toum, Iraq. Working alongside Iraqi and coalition forces, Paratroopers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, More

Members of Troop C, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, work with dog teams to find weapon caches in Al Sur.

Kirkuk provincial Gov. Mustafa cuts the ribbon during the grand opening of the Altun Kapri Courthouse, Feb. 18. The grand opening of the $430,000 coalition funded project marks the conclusion of a ten-month con More

Col. David Paschal, commander of 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Sheik Abdullah Sami Al Assi, Mr. Howard Keegan, Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, and Lt. Col. Dennis Sullivan, 2nd Battalion, 22nd More

Local tribal leaders, part of the Sons of Iraq, formerly Concerned Local Citizens, wait patiently as Iraqi Army soldiers look over their application for employment during Operation Balls MEPS (Military Enlistme More

Lt. Col. Clifford Wheeler, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and two Sayifiyah sheiks listen to discussions about adding an Iraqi national police battalion to S More

Soldiers from 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division clear a small fishing village on Lake Thar Thar, in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq. Operation Desert Harvest was an More

Soldiers from 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, warm up their humvees before departing on a mission to provide an Iraqi police station in ad Dawr with concrete b More

In an attempt to build rapport, 1st Lt. Tom Collins, the adjudant from the Military Transition Team, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), accepts chai from villagers outside of B More

Paratroopers of 1st Platoon, Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment conduct a final review of their operations plan and tactics, techniques and procedures before heading out on patrol.

The tower used to mount the cell phone satellite dish that gave locals larger network coverage.

Speaking to Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment during a non-commissioned officer induction ceremony at Forward Operating Base Brassfield-Mora. Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, the top enlisted More

Iraqi army soldiers search through a bag recovered during a search of an orchard on March 11 at Rahaliyah.

Pfc. Jason Baker, a human resource specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, inserts a nasopharyngeal airway More

1st Marine expeditionary force ground combat element Brig. Gen. Richard Mills said, "This unit was brilliant on the battlefield," during the 1st Brigade Combat Team's color casing ceremony at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, More

1st Brigade Combat Team containers loaded on trucks leave Camp Ramadi, Iraq, March 20. After a 15-month tour in Anbar province, the 1st BCT is saying goodbye and going home to Fort Stewart, Ga.

A Soldier from the Scout Platoon, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watches for any suspicious activity in a courtyard, while fellow his Soldiers met with More

A Soldier from the Scout Platoon, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, watches for any suspicious activity in a courtyard adjacent to the one where he holds More

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, cleared rooms during advanced marksmanship live-fire training, March 21, at Camp Buehring's Range More

A Soldier from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), shows a group of Sons of Iraq how to build a Hesco Barrier in Mezra, Iraq, M More

Local sheiks in Balad discuss the way forward during a Qadah meeting on April 3. Both Sunni and Shia sheiks attended the meeting together for the first time in more than a year.

Air Force Col. Timothy W. Strawther, 506th Air Expeditionary Force commander; Army Cpt. Aaron Flagg, Charlie Company commander; Army Lt. Col. Joseph R. Novack, Jr., Brigade Support Battalion commander open the More

Sheik Munthir, a local Sons of Iraq leader, speaks to his fellow citizens before administering the Sons of Iraq oath which pledges their support to the Iraqi security forces and their commitment to protect thei More

A student at a school in Siniyah, Iraq, talks to an Iraqi policeman as he hands out Iraqi flags to children at the school. The Iraqi policemen along with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment More

Iraqi army soldiers hand out humanitarian aid packages, backpacks filled with hygiene items, in Qadisiyah, Iraq. This impoverished neighborhood is full of displaced nationals in desperate need of aid.

A U.S. Army Soldier provides security while a soldier in the Iraqi army meets with locals to explain how they will receive humanitarian aid packages in Qadisiyah, Iraq. The U.S. Soldiers are with Headquarters, More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division hovers at Contignecy Operating Base Speicher, as it prepares to move Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airbor More

Soldiers from the 56th Military Police Company, prepare to conduct "cold load training" to prepare them and Iraqi S.W.A.T. for an upcoming air assault into the western desert of the Salah ad Din province, Apr. 12.

Spc. Brian Barnes, an automated logistics specialist assigned to Company A, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), 360th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne), attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantr More

Runners participate in the Boston Marathon in Iraq on April 19. Servicemembers and civilians of Contingency Operating Base Adder had the opportunity to participate in the Boston Marathon in Iraq. The run shadow More

A Soldier from 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, patrols during an operation near Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Rick Rzepka, 1st Brigade Combat Team)

A long line of Bayji citizens extends out of the hospital where medical care was given to those in need.

"Bastogne" Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division conduct a night-time patrol in the city of Tikrit, Iraq. Tikrit, the governmental seat of the Salah ad Din province, has seen a dra More

A "Bastogne" Soldier from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, keeps an eye on a busy neighborhood in Tikrit, Iraq. Local Tikriti citizens have taken advantage of the improved security situatio More

A "Bastogne" Soldier takes a knee during a night time patrol in the city of Tikrit, Iraq. Local Tikriti citizens have taken advantage of the improved security situation here and are shifting their focus from s More

A "Bastogne" Soldier with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division patrols the streets of Tikrit, Iraq in the cover of darkness. Tikrit, the governmental seat of the Salah ad Din province, has seen a d More

Lt. Col. John Dunleavy, commander of 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), re-enlists Soldiers from the "Balls of the Eagle" battalion wi More

Spc. Edward Cabanas, a dental assistant assigned to Company C, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, takes an x-ray of the right mandible of a More

1st Lt. Damien Barrineau, physician's assistant for 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), treats a young Iraqi girl for a stomach ache du More