1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team

Spc. 4th Class William A. Parrot, parachute rigger and grandfather of Pvt. John A. Ugarte served from 1970-1973. The Ugarte family continues to serve the nation even in a time of war . (Courtesy photo provided More

Soldier's from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Manchus), 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division finish strong, completing the Manchu Mile foot march April 6. The Manchu's pushed through th More

Pvt. Brian Jackson guards along the perimeter of his base to prevent infiltration by simulated enemy forces at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Jan. 21, 2016. Jackson, a Stryker system maint More

Soldiers assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, make their way to the brigade-level Iron Focus training exercise at the Orogrande Range Complex, N.M., Ju More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division move toward a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Task Force Flying Dragon, 16th Comba More

Capt. Karyn Manges, physician's assistant assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, shoots her M-16 on a range during her four-year tenure on the U.S. Army Shooting Team from 2000-2004. Manges, a native of Livonia More

Sgt. Sara Gates, petroleum lab non-commissioned officer, Company A, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Combat Brigade Team, 4th Infantry Division, tightens and checks valves on a fueler truck while Soldiers from the 46 More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Capt. Evan Jones, physician's assistant, assigned to 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, checks a local boy for medical problems at a medical o More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Capt. Aixa Espinosa, physician, Company C, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, examines a two year old Iraqi girl as her father comforts her at a medical ope More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Tracey Mayhan, truck driver, Company A, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, checks to ensure an Iraqi police truck is strapped down properly to th More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Spc. Kevin Sentieri (right), boat operator, and Sgt. Andrew Valdez, bridge crew member, both from the 50th Engineer Company, 84th Engineer Brigade, deployed to Balad Air Base, traveled to the More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Iraqi policemen from Saab al Bour get ready to roll out in six new Iraqi police trucks distributed to the police station from Camp Taji Friday. The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divisi More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Pvt. Nicole Manley, medic, Company C, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, checks the ears of a young Iraqi girl for an ear infection Saturday at a medical op More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Spc. Nathan Straw, fire direction control specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stand More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Capt. Tucker Shosh, commander, Battery B, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, talks to local residents outside a Taji Market gas stati More

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Chaplain (Capt.) Mark Rendon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speaks to more than 1,100 runners Monday at the Camp More

Soldiers from the Brigade Troops Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pose for a picture after completing the 5K Memorial day run at Forward Operating Base Lagman May, 29.

Shannon and Jonah Friel, children of Capt. John Friel, commander of Company A, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, sit among a wild patch of B More

Col. Ted Martin, commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, meets Dr. Moayad Hamad, a cardiologist from the Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad, who spoke as a guest speaker at the Counter In More

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

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

Sgt. Keith Fosmire, a team leader assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, takes point, April 5, during a combined patrol with More

Lt. Col. Myron Reineke, who hails from Spring Valley, Minn., hands a backpack to a local Iraqi girl at an event celebrating International Orphan Day April 8. Reineke handed out more than 100 backpacks to orphan More

Lt. Col. Darren Werner, commander, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ronny Martinez unfurl the battalion standard, A More

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

1st Lt. Brady Cowan, a platoon leader assigned to Company F, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad sits do More

Iraqi police from the Bilat police station with Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, conduct combined patrols within the Saha neighborhood of Baghdad's southeastern Rashid District, April 17. Soldiers fr More

Iraqi police from the Bilat police station with Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers, conduct combined patrols within the Saha neighborhood of Baghdad's southeastern Rashid District, April 17. Soldiers fr More

Seventeen Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Mulit-National Division - Baghdad, More

A group of Iraqi policemen celebrates graduation, April 19, from a pre-academy course at Joint Security Station Doura located in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. These policemen have fine-tuned the skil More

A crowd of Iraqi citizens awaits the opportunity to use the newest edition in the Doura community, the long-awaited reopening of the Rashid community bank April 20 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Ah More

A class of orphan children from the Hudhayfah bin al Yaman school for orphans wield the Iraqi flag showing support for their country at a humanitarian aid supply drop Apr. 21 in the Rashid district of southern More

Prominent local community leader, Sheik Jabbar Maaluf Al Jabouri (left), met with Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, April 22, a More

Spc. Michael Sabia, 43rd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, demonstrates the proper way to disassembl More

Within seconds of his new freedom Mohammed al-Amerey embraces his brother, Sheik Shafey al-Amerey, leader of the Ja'ari Village in the Radwaniyah community of southern Baghdad, April 25, during a detainee relea 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

Pfc. Latasha Kennedy, an orderly room clerk assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, fills out the daily personnel More

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, download pieces of a destroyed Iraqi security forces checkpo More

Capt. Roman Izzo, a native of Houston and the commander of Company C, "Crazy Horse," 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, as part of Multi-Nationa More

Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, check in with Iraqi soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Divis More

Staff Sgt. Jason Hall, a squad leader assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, observes the bullet holes in the windshield of a More

Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Bobb, senior enlisted advisor, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, presents Iraqi national policeman Sgt. Moshtaq Thiab, instructor at th More

Soldiers of the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed to southern Baghdad in support of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and Operation Iraqi Freedom, pat More

Sgt. Paul Royar, a light-wheeled mechanic from Alba, Texas, assigned to Company B., 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, instructs Spc. Bobbi More

1st Lt. Justin Anderson, an infantry platoon leader from Fort Meyers, Fla., assigned to Company B, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-Natio More

The library at the Pontifical Babel College for Philosophy and Theology is preserved by the Soldiers of Troop B, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-Nation More

Sgt. Brent Grable, an infantry team leader from Phoenix, Ariz., assigned to Company B, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division More

Hashem Mahmood Dahash, the Rashid District Council deputy chairman (right), and other Iraqi civil leaders tour the Rashid Electrical Sub-Station, May 13, during a Project Prioritization Meeting with 1st Brigade More

Capt. Edward Kennedy, commander, Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, recently won a MacArthur Leadership Award, M More

Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Bobb, command sergeant major, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, speaks to Soldiers from the brigade's 4th Support Battalion, about the More

1st Sgt. Reuben Tull hoists the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment guidon as his teammates, Maj. Dave Olson, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Mullins, Maj. Christopher Taylor, 1st Lt. Katherine Fenton, approach the finis More

Iraqi national policeman, Yass Thdoier, a medic assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, checks the blood pressure of Hassan Salman Hamed May 19 during a Community Medical Engagement at Join More

An Iraqi national policemen from the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, locates a fake victim-operated explosive device as part of a training scenario during a platoon training course, May 19, at Join More

Iraqi national policemen of the 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, man a hasty traffic control point in Abu T'shir May 21 during combined security patrols with Soldiers of the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry More

Sgt. 1st Class Joe Baker, a civil affairs team leader and a native of Fort Stockton, Texas, assigned to Company A, 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Co More

Maj. Timothy Reed, civil affairs officer from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, meets with local Iraqi contractors, July 18, at the site of the Jihad Civil S More

Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi national police from across the Rashid District and Baghdad attend a Logistics Conference, Aug. 2, at Forward Operating Base Prosperity, in the International More

Iraqi gentlemen play table tennis at the Al Thura Sports Handicapped Club located in the Rashid District, Aug. 22, 2008, as part of a celebration commemorating the annual Rashid Special Olympics. Disabled citiz More

Maj. James Lantz, Infrastructure Coordination Element Team, assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-Nat More

Maj. James Lantz, a U.S. Army Civil Affairs officer assigned to Company D, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghd More

The winner of the Rashid Olympics Soccer Tournament, the community of Abu T'shir, proudly raise their 1st place trophy Sept. 9, 2008 at the Jaza'ir Oil Refinery soccer field located in the Rashid district of so More

The Soldiers mechanics of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, nicknamed an Iraqi Army soldier, "Geraldo," More

Col. Ted Martin, center, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, helps a local Iraqi man open a floodgate to allow more water to drain into canals Sep More

Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., tour the Mar Jacob Catholic Church, Oct. 2, 2008, More

Iraqi policemen of the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, provide security, Oct. 2, 2008, for a rejuvenated market area in the Hadar community of the Rashid District. Soldiers of the 7th More

An Iraqi national policeman of the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, prepares to patrol a rejuvenated market area with Soldiers from Troop B, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Bri More

Spc. Juan Soto, an indirect fire infantryman assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, uses a pen to triangulate his shot group Oct. 4, 2008 during a weapons qualification range at Forward Opera More

1st Sgt. Reuben Tull and Staff Sgt. Bikiesa Cole, both assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, dance to salsa mus More

Capt. Katherine Fenton, an intelligence officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, approaches the finish lin More

Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, wrestle with concertina wire, Oct. 5, 2008, folding the wire upon More

Staff Sgt. Joel Olson, an infantry platoon sergeant from Rapid River, Mich., cuts concertina wire, while his platoon leader, 1st Lt. Jonathan Muir, a native of Pittsburgh, helps untangle the multiple strands ne More

Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, takes an Iraqi flag from a member of the Sons of Iraq, Oct. 6, 2008, during a ceremony signif More

Soldiers of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, provide security for Iraqi More

Section leader, Staff Sgt. Jessie Rickey, a native of Walnut Ridge, Ark., assigned to 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Di More

Pfc. Cody Cornwall, a cavalry scout from Pocatello, Idaho, assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, searches a More

Spc. Neil Brinson, a cavalry scout from Methuen, Mass., gets a view of Baghdad's Abu T'shir from the gunner's seat of an M1151 Humvee while providing line of sight security for the Soldiers of his platoon durin More

Sgt. 1st Class Troy Johnson, a platoon sergeant from San Antonio, and his Soldiers assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Division, Multi-National Division -- Baghdad, listen to concerned citizens, More

A Soldier from Company D, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Bn., 22nd Infantry Regt., 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad explains the microgr More

Soldiers from Company B, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, fabricate parts to keep combat vehicles rolling instead of ordering the the rep More

Pfc. Cody Cornwall, a cavalry scout from Pocatello, Idaho, assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, searches a More

Members of the Sons of Iraq from the Risalah community carry a large sack full of school supplies to children at the Ishtar school in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad, Oct. 14, 2008. Soldiers from the 4t More

Iraqi children from the Ishtar School wave to policemen from the 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, and Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th More

2nd Lt. Daniel Gorczynski, a native of Glen Gardner, N.J. and fire support officer for Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-Nation More

Capt. Michael Garling, commander of Company E, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, stands with Iraqi security forces, commun More

Residents of the Iskhan neighborhood watch a national policeman and a local citizen play a game of dominoes, Oct. 18, 2008, in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. Iraqi security forces cleared approximatel More

Capt.'s Neville McKenzie and David Lombardo, both part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, gather with local leaders and children, Oct. 27, 2008, at the Al- More

Staff Sgt. Herbert Smitley, mechanized infantry platoon sergeant, assigned to Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, links up with Iraqi national police of the 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National P More

Pfc. Glenn Ballough, an infantryman from Lake Mary, Fla., assigned to Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Bag More

Spc. AnneMarie Boyer, a Philadelphia-native and chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear operations specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, works as an assistant in the civil affa More

A computer student completes a practical exercise at the Civil Service Department in the Jihad community during class Oct. 30, 2008. Several leaders from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Mult More

1st Lt. Matthew Lacki, a platoon leader from Detroit, assigned to Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad More

Sgt. Kristopher Shiplett, a cavalry scout assigned to Troop B, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, speaks to a local Iraqi boy More

The 1st place winner of the Jazeera patriotic poster contest displays her winning piece for patrons, Nov. 6, at the Doura Library and Cultural Center in the Doura community of the Rashid District, located in so More

Pvt. Christopher McDonald, an indirect fire infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, conducts a pre-combat check on a 120mm mortar round Nov. 9 at Fo More

Sons of Iraq members await the opportunity to receive their first paycheck from the government of Iraq Nov. 10, 2008 at the 3rd Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division headquarters in the Doura com More

Soldiers from Company B, or "Big Dawgs," 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, finish in fourth place in the Veterans Day 5K Fun Run ea More

1st Sgt. Rakimm Broadnax-Rogers, Company C, 4th Support Battalion, serves as the only female first sergeant currently serving the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghda More

Capt. Christopher Watkins, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, supervises payday activities for Banaat More

A young Iraqi boy enjoys a hearty meal, Nov. 12, at the Raider Cafe Dining Facility at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq. Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Divis More

An Iraqi girl from the al Khartoon elementary school in the Doura community addresses a question from American children from an elementary school in Nolanville, Texas, during a video teleconference Nov. 12 at F More