2nd Brigade Combat Team

Afghan contractors and Soldiers of Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, comprised of the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fi More

In the Aden Square market, celebrants and pilgrims alike share in the camaraderie of making and drinking local chai tea during the Ashura celebration in Kadamiya, Iraq, on Jan. 17.

Spc. Xanthin Luptak, a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, teaches an Afghan Uniformed Police officer how to deactivate an improvised explo More

Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or tent-pegging, which is a traditional Afghan game where cavalrymen on horseback attempt to remove a small wooden tent-peg from the ground using a lance or sword More

Gwen Bridges (front) and Ella Dixon paint pillow cases for deployed paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at the battalion headqua More

A Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security from the turret of his vehicle during a ground defense area More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade visit a memorial near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Sept. 17, which honors the Americans who sacrificed their lives as part of the Waal River c More

Spc. Adam Walters, field artillery automated tactical data systems specialist, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, with his daughter, Haley, More

Spc. Christopher Carter has 1st Lt. Christine Sefchik, both of 47th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, swear him in for his re-enlistment ceremony at Western T More

Capt. Matt Anderson (left), warrior transition battalion, and Capt. Adam Fullerton, rear detachment commander, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, pose with Jim Taylor, Medal of Honor recipient, befor More

Forward reconnaissance team members with C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, maneuver through rough terrain on dirt bikes during the Network Integrate More

A soldier with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1 Armored Division, secures a portion of a tent in preparation for the Network Integration Evaluation 13.1 at Doña Ana Range Complex, N.M., Oct. 15, 2012. NIE 13.1 focuse More

Sgt. Brittany Bradford, an intelligence analyst with A Company, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, runs in the sixth annual Michelob Ultra El Paso Marathon Feb. 5, 2012. Th More

Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, stand in formation at the Jordan Fitness Center here, Feb. 19. They are there to receive a prestigious More

Zach Ferguson, 17, a senior and squadron commander of Texas 9410 Air Force Junior ROTC program at Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas, performs a count of his classmates before going on a tour of Forward Ope More

Command Sgt. Maj. Butler J. Kendrick (left), senior enlisted adviser for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, presents Maj. William S. Whitman with a brigade coin during a visit to the Col. Walt More

Dust and smoke billow as a M109A6 Paladin direct fire during the Network Integration Evaluation at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Oct. 24. Throughout the evaluation soldiers from 4th Battalion, 27th Field Art More

Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and the British 16th Air Assault Brigade conduct airborne training at the Advanced Airborne School on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 16, 2015. T More

Spc. Nicholas Posey, cannon crew member, Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, verifies the communications equipment of an M1165 High-Mobility More

Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Conway, supply non-commissioned officer in charge for 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, informs Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill (f More

The 25th Infantry Division kicked off its annual Tropic Lightning Week with a division run Dec. 17. This year the division celebrates its 77th Anniversary. The division was formed Oct. 1, 1941, at Schofield Bar More

U.S. Army Spc. Heath Beard, an infantryman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, cheers during a bull-riding event in the El Paso County Colise More

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, don their body armor in preparation for training on dismounted patrol and reconnaissance operations during the Ne More

Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division dismount a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission at Freedom Village on Fo More

Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli shares a warm greeting with Col. Daniel Pinell, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division commander, during a visit to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. More

Col. Marilyn Wills, command inspector general for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, asks soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Camp Stone, Dec. 15, More

The “Pando Commando” glows in night vision from a festive jack-o’-lantern display, October 27, 2019, at Fort Drum, New York. The skiing panda, or “Pando Commando,” has recently gained popularity across the “Com More

Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, line up outside of the containerized kitchen operated by the food service specialists of G Company, 47th Brigade Support Battalion as part of the Phillip A. Co More

Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division color guard stand at attention during the re-dedication ceremony at Whiteface Mountain Jul More

U.S. Army Sgt. Davies, left, a paralegal with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, briefs Soldiers on the laws of war during a reception, staging, onward movemen More

Soldiers from 47th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, test fire the .50-caliber machine gun at McGregor Range, N.M., during a transition live-fire exercise Oct. 27. The so More

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to Capt. Larry Brown Jr., native of McMinnville, Ore., and commander of Company A, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd More

Command Sgt. Maj. Jack Love (left), then a first sergeant of A Company, 2nd Battalion 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, breaches a courtyard door during an operation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, i More

Command Sgt. Maj. Jack Love, left, then the first sergeant of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, breaches a courtyard door during an operation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, More

Anton Hillig (back row, third from left) and Soldiers from his platoon pose for a group photo prior to a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq in 2005. (Courtesy photo)

FOB KALSU, Iraq--Communication equipment, enemy propaganda, pre-made roadside bombs initiators, and various roadside bomb components were discovered March 8 by elements of 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2n More

Directed by an individual from the 21st Military Police Company's Police Training Team (positioned in the background) Feb. 28, an interpreter assists in relaying information on the importance of maintaining qua More

Iraqi army soldiers demonstrate their maneuver tactics during the Transfer of Authority ceremony held here Aug. 14.

Iraqi army soldiers demonstrate their maneuver tactics during the Transfer of Authority ceremony held here Aug. 14.

A representative from the Ministry of Agriculture validates the results of elections held Aug. 12 in Diyara. The elections were held to select seven individuals to the board of the Diyara Agricultural Union, fu More

A local boy carries off gifts presented to him from Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate th More

An Iraqi boys group sings the Iraqi National Anthem to kick off a reconciliation conference Aug. 20 in Al Hillah. The conference was held as a forum to denounce sectarian violence and pledge an oath to take dow More

FOB KALSU, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, perform security around a crater left by a terrorists roadside bomb in Rasheed Aug. 26. Local More

LUTIFIYAH, Iraq – Lt. Saf, of the 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, uses a sand table to explain a battle plan to his soldiers. The 4th Bde., 6th IAD, along with MiTT 1, based in Lutifiyah, c More

Sgt. Armando Oljemedo (r.), a Combat Engineer with A Co, 325th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, shows another soldier how to properly prepare a demolition charg More

FOB MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq – Spc. David McLean Jr., Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, aims his newly assigned M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon, which once belonged to his friend, Spc. Brian Kubik. Kubik More

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Jana Marie Escude, HHC, Brigade Troops Battalion, was named Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Ba More

FOB KALSU, Iraq – A local Iraqi citizen from Jiff Jaffa casts his vote during the Agricultural Union elections Sunday. Seven board members were elected to direct the union into the future and enable farmers to More

RADWANIYAH, Iraq – Tamather Al Janabi, executive director of the Al Bashair Center for Micro Finance, and Col. Todd Ebel, commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, cut a ribbon symbolizing th More

Haziel Bustillo, Master Resilience Trainer-Performance expert, provides an overview of the thought-performance connection and the "what's important now" concept during a PT performance training session Feb. 6 a More

A Humvee door is pulled off during a demonstration of the Rat Claw, a flat, steel hook developed by Bill Del Solar, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) safety officer. Del Solar, a native More

Spc. Zachry King (right), of Jacksonville, Fla., a team leader with with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, tries not to interrupt an ol More

Madison, N.C. native Sgt. 1st Class John Duggins (left), a platoon sergeant with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, and Loneoak, Texas-native Pfc. Tommy Shumpert, a S.A.W. gunner More

U.S. Army Spc. Bobby Rodriguez from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Divison, Ft. Riley Kan., supervises Iraqi soldiers in applying first aid during a fir More

Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and Iraqi army soldiers found refrigerators that contained numerous rockets, mortars and ammunition, Nov. 13.

U.S. Army Soldiers of 3rd platoon, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division wait for Explosive Ordinance Disposal to arrive in an orange grove in Al Buaytha, Iraq, N More

A U.S. Army Soldier from 3rd platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, waves a metal detector over the ground within an orange grove in Al Buayth More

Spc. Derek Bradshaw (right), deployed to Kirkuk with the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and a Yucca Valley, Calif. native shows Spc. Todd Davis (center), More

Iraqi army soldiers and members of the local civilian security forces direct traffic at a check point in Jamiya, Iraq, on Dec. 13.

Now that security is returning to the area after a violent first part of the year, the market in Jamiya, Iraq, is beginning to slowly show signs of recovery, and the locals can once again enjoy the outdoor rest More

U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, don their equipment to clear Arab Jabour, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007. The battalion was expanding its area o More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Troop A, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division meet with Concerned Local Citizens members in Hawrajab, Iraq, Dec. 19. The troop reenforces th More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Arnold, squad leader with the personal security detachment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assualt) briefs Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, command sergeant major More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, unwind by playing cards at their battery's Christmas party at Joint Security Station Torch, Yarmu More

U.S. Army Maj. James MacGregor, Commander, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team shares some holiday spirit with Sgt. Maj. Huffins at Bravo Battery's Christmas party at Joint More

Harrington Park, N.J. native 1st Lt. John Suh (foreground, right), a fire support officer with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, cross irrigation ditches in Al Zunbria, Iraq, More

A Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, provides security during a briefing for doctors at the hospital in Yarmuk, Iraq, on Dec. 30, 2007.

A Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provides security during a briefing for doctors at the hospital in Yarmouk, Iraq, D More

A Soldier from the 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division does final inspections of the load as it is hooked to the CH-47 Chinook helicopter Jan. 4 at Forward Operating B More

Sheiks from areas surrounding Sayafia spoke with Commanders Col. Terry Ferrell, 2nd Brigade Combat Team and Col. Dan Ball, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfie More

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus led, by chorus master of ceremonies, Sgt. Jay Goldsborough (center), of Manistique, Mich., perform their classic, acapella version of Toby Keith's hit song "American More

Iraqi soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, prepare lunch at their Battalion dinning hall in the Mansour District of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 9.

U.S. Army members of the Military Transition Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, speak with the first sergeant from 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division prior to More

U.S. senator, Rep. Norm Coleman from Minnesota, hands out CDs to Soldiers from Company C, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), at Joint Security S More

Sgt. Matthew Hubbard, a native of Lancaster, Calif., with 3rd "Spartans" Platoon, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, inspects a chicken coop during a patrol in Radwaniyah, Dec. 3. Spartan More

An Iraqi Soldier from 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, searches a residence during a cordon and search mission with U.S. Army Soldiers from the Military Transition Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th I More

Col. William B. Hickman, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), talks with U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson from Georgia in Ghazaliyah, Dec. 5. Hickman tours northwest Baghd More

A Soldier with the Military Transition Team, of the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), inspects a suspicious tire along the side of t More

A U.S. Army Soldier from the Military Transition Team, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, conducts a pre-mission radio check at Forward Operating Bas More

Sgt. Jake Morales, combat engineer, Company E, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Stewart, Ga., helps recover an armored vehicle-launched bridge in More

Brothers, Sgt. Michael Shaw, left, of 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment and Spc. Ronald Shaw from the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," both fi More

Pfc. Jason Spillane, 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division practices his swing at the Forward Operating Base Kalsu driving range Jan. 12. The poles in the background wil More

The 'Spartan' Brigade, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, has more firepower for Operation Marne Thunderbolt as 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division jo More

Omaha, Neb., native Pfc. Brett Nissen of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security beneath a post decorated with colorful banner More

A slide show of Martin Luther King's life, projected onto the wall, is viewed by Soldiers while they listen to Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech" Jan. 15 at the Forward Operating Base Kalsu dining facility. (U. More

Bridgewater, Iowa, native Staff Sgt. Aaron McCurdy of B Troop, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attracts a following of local kids while out on a More

Miami, Fla. native Sgt. 1st Class Jorge Mazuela (right), a platoon sergeant with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and Jackson, N.J., n More

Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-Mass.) addresses Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Jan. 15, at the Strike Brigade Headquarters on Camp Liberty, Iraq.

Little Rock, Ark. native, Capt. John Batson, dentist, 526th Brigade Support Battalion, numbs the mouth of an Iraqi child prior to removing her tooth during a medical operation, Jan. 16, at al Swaib School. Iraq More

Capt. Brad Henry, commander, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, briefs an Iraqi soldier on specials issues concerning security d More

A man sews tarp sections together at a tent maker's shop in Aden Square market during the Ashura celebration in Kadamiya, Iraq, Jan. 17. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Charles W. Gill)

U.S. Army Sgt. Jay Gilliam with 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, provides security while his unit conducts a business assessmen More

Spc. Philip Price, a Marbury, Ala., native, who serves as a welder in Company B, 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), grinds off sharp edges from one More

Phoenix, Ariz., native Spc. David Higuera (left), and Staff Sgt. James Price (behind him), of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, conduct an early morning patrol through a market area in More

Springfield, Mass., native 1st Lt. Austin Dziengelewski, a platoon leader with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, hands out his phone number to a family More

Lt. Gen. Abud Qanbar Hashim, Baghdad operations command commander, talks with Ghazaliyan guardians at Joint Security Station Casino in northwest Baghdad, Jan. 1. Hashim talked with concerned local citizens at J More

(Left to right) Benton, Maine, native Sgt. Christopher Walsh, Omaha, Neb., native Brett Nissen, and Roan Mountain, Tenn., native Pfc. Adam Johnson of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, More

Chicago, Ill. native, Staff Sgt. Raymond Powell, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, plays the keyboard while the Warrior Chapel Gospel Choir sing a musical sel More

Pekin, Ill., native Pfc. Kyle Canamore, the newest member of 2nd Platoon, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security during a pat More