2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade flies overhead during air assault training with 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Joint Base More

Sgt. Michael Daniels, 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion medic, demonstrates how to use different medical equipment during first aid training at the Gowen Field Air National Guard Base in Idaho, Oct. 22, in s More

An infantryman with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division practices clearing the M2 machine gun on April 6, 2016 as part of Expert Infantryman Badge testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washing More

Soldiers from the 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion prepare to refuel an AH-64E Apache as it taxis at a forward arming and refueling point at the Orchard Training Area in Idaho Oct. 22 in support of various More

U.S. Army pilots and crew, assigned to 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, assist in a night air assault for 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment "Legion", 2nd Stryker Brigade Co More

Maj. Timothy Iannacone, the executive officer for 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment conducts a role call of staff during a combined arms rehearsal during 22nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Divis More

7th Infantry Division Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, board CH-47 Chinook helicopters piloted by 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month at the Carey Theater with an educational performance featuring Janine DiVita, a Broadway actress, and several JBLM Soldiers April 1, More

An infantryman with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division performs a series of checks ensuring the weapon, an M2 .50 caliber machinegun, will fire as part of 2nd Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Ba More

Infantrymen, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment "Legion", joined C Co. "Crazyhawks", 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, flight crew to conduct cold/hot load traini More

Spc. Rebeca C. Downs, a food service specialist, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, has always been artist More

Newport, N.H., native Spc. Michael Cunningham, no. 1 man, Battery B, "Banditos," 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barra 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

Hudson, Ohio, native, Col. Todd B. McCaffrey, commander of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, meets with Sheik Naji in Jerfal-Milla Taji, Iraq, on Jan. 15. McCaffrey and the 2nd SBCT, More

Fairfax, Va., native Spc. Jonathan Stryker, infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, left, and Dunkirk, Ohio, native More

Spc. Derek Vess, a native of Simpsonville, S.C., who serves with Multi-National Division - Baghdad's Company C, 1st Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Div More

Huber Heights, Ohio, native, Command Sgt. Maj. Carl Morgan, command sergeant major, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, left, and Hudson, Ohio, native, Col. Todd B. McCaffrey, commander of More

1st Lt. Jon Still, a native of Union City, Penn., greets patients and ensures the operation is running smoothly during a Combined Medical Engagement Jan. 25 at the Falahat Girls School in the Taji Qada, which i More

Residents of Hasan ad Daryush, Iraq, line up outside the Falahat Primary School while a U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provi More

U.S. Army Capt. Colby Krug, the commander, 2nd Platoon, 66th Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts a safety brief prior to starting a combined route clearance missi More

Army Pvt. Benjamin Raulerson, a native of Jacksonville, Ala., is assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-national Division Ba More

Sgt. 1st Class Horace Locklear, a native of Pembroke, N.C., briefs his Soldiers before a consequence management mission to Fourteenth Ramadan at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 8. Fourteenth Ramadan is part of the Taji Q More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Mike Kness, 2nd Platoon leader, B Troop, 2nd Strykehorse Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, searches through kitchen drawers during a sea More

Pfc. Richard Scott, a Paris, Ill. native, fire support specialist, 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-Nationa More

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

An Iraqi man intently watches U.S. Soldiers as they pull security at the Taji Market, Feb. 21. The Soldiers, from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infan More

Sgt. Robert A. Hillius, a Vanhorne, Iowa, native who serves as a small-arms repairman with B Company, Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division More

Soldiers from the Company C, 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, talk to two local men, Feb. 29, about the conditions of a village water pump, on the banks of the Tigris River, in the village of Abayachi, which is l More

Lt. Col. Todd B. McCaffrey, a native of Hudson, Ohio, and commander, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad sits with guests from the United States More

Sgt. Maj. Berk Parsons (left), a Fayetteville, N.C., native who serves as the operations sergeant major for the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 'Warrior,' 25th Inf More

An Iraqi locomotive passes a crowd of villagers upon its approach to the rail road gate to Camp Taji, Iraq Mar. 5 marking the first time a train as arrived at the installation since the beginning of Operation I More

Spc. Darryl Lindsey, a native of Atlanta, enjoys a cup of freshly brewed Kona coffee before mounting up on his Stryker for a mission. Lindsey is a member of the personal security detachment working with the Mil More

First Lt. Daniel Laakso, a South Bend, Ind., native who serves as the platoon leader for the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infan More

Iraqi police officers line the entrance of the new Iraqi police station before the station's grand opening ceremony, March 15, in Shat al Taji, northwest of Baghdad.

Staff Sgt. Bruce Hillier, a Twin Falls, Idaho, native who serves with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-Nati More

A Soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, patrol a street in the Sadr City district of Baghdad as Iraqi army soldiers from 11th IA More

Sgt. 1st Class Craig McNeal, a native of Hollandale, Miss., pounds fists with an Iraqi boy while on patrol in Sadr City, a district of Baghdad, on April 1. McNeal is the platoon sergeant for 4th Platoon, Compan More

A Stryker vehicle from Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, moves through checkpoi More

Staff Sgt. Michael Pharr Jr., a Charlotte, N.C., native, plots grid coordinates on April 26 to determine the impact point for an Excalibur round fired from the M777 Howitzer. The round was fired from Camp Taji, More

Pvt. Richard Plasket, a Midlothian, Texas, native, pulls security in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, April 26 in temperatures that soared above 100 degrees. Plasket has been serving in this region northwes More

Spc. Wayne Cloud Jr., a Sisseton, S.D., native, assists the Iraqi army in securing a marketplace in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, on April 28. Cloud is a forward observer assigned to Company B, 1st Batt More

First Lt. Amy Hawkins, a native of Fort Wayne, Ind., checks a boy's breathing during a medical operation April 29 at the Al Arwa Abn Al Ward School in Jaffer village, which is in the Taji Qada, northwest of Bag More

Pvt. Victor Alaniz, a native of Montclair, Calif., pulls security during Operation Hammer Bonzai III, an operation aimed at clearing the area of terrorist weapons and improvised explosive devices in the Taji Qa More

Spc. Joshua Phillips, a Sacramento, Calif. native, carries a box of school supplies, donated by Hawaii-based "Oils of Aloha," to a school April 26 in a remote village in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad. Phi More

Col. Todd McCaffrey, a native of Hudson, Ohio, and commander of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, commends the Soldiers of Company A, 1st Batt More

Sgt. Michael Rios, a native of Sebastian, Texas, pulls security while engineer Soldiers search for caches in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 6 during Operation Gunslinger Bonzai VI. Rios is a infantry More

Spc. Eric Waddle, a native of Bedford, Ind., pulls security at a meeting where military and Iraqi leadership discuss security and essential services needed in the East Anbar province, northwest of Baghdad, May More

First Lt. Nicholas Pines, a Pinellas Park, Fla., native, rapidly receives reports from units during a significant activity in his unit's operational environment May 9. Pines is the task force battle captain ass More

Capt. Nathanel Crow, a native of Witchita, Kan talks to children while on patrol in Sab al Bour, northwest of Baghdad, May 12. Crow is assigned to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment "Strykehorse," 2nd Stryker More

Maj. Anthony Barbina a Belmont, Ohio, native, and brigade engineer with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, points at an electrical bypass at th More

Spc. Michael Haenel, a native of Corry, Pa., patrols the Tarmiyah Qada, northwest of Baghdad, in the early morning sun May 15 during Operation Raider Riptide I. The goal of the operation was to capture high-val More

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Moyer, a native of Aiken, S.C., gives instructions to Iraqi police officers May 15 at Shat Al Taji, northwest of Baghdad as part of the Iraqi Security Forces training program conducted by More

A Soldier from the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, "Gimlets," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad and an Iraqi ar More

An Iraqi army soldier from the 3rd Battalion, 24th Brigade, 6th Iraqi army Division, checks paper work of a resident during a medical clinic in Abu Ghuraib, west of Baghdad, Oct. 19, 2008. More than 150 patient More

Capt. Brian Sweigart, a San Antonio native, talks with people in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, on Sept. 1, 2008, about the different issues facing them while conducting an assessment of the markets i More

Capt. Mark Gillman, a Las Vegas native (left), the brigade engineer assigned to 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, talks about electrical power More

Sgt. 1st Class Rudder, a labrador retriever, can hardly contain his excitement as his handler, Staff Sgt. Rochan Turner, the kennel master for Headquarters and Headquarters Operations Company, 3rd Infantry Divi More

U.S. Army Capt. Thomas Cho with 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and U.S Army Chaplain Maj. Kenneth LeBon with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division salute the American F More

Spc. Matthew Gallagher, left, a cavalry scout with A Troop, 6th “Saber” Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a Falmouth, Mass More

Soldiers lift a massive spade of a Howitzer cannon to dig a hole in the rocky surface at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Aug 25. A hole is dug for the spade in order to stabilize the M777 Howitzer when members o More

Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Connette awards Spc. Ashley Lagace, her certificate of completion from the Dari course at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Language Center’s graduation, Sept. 9. Lagace attended t More

Pfc. Jennifer Jones and Spc. Erica Rembert fill brown bags with onions for the Puyallup Food Bank Oct. 22, 2011. Jones and Rembert are members of the 572nd Military Intelligence Company with the 8th Squadron, 1 More

Sgt. Santonia Boone (left), a team leader with 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment's personal security detachment directs combat medic Spc. Michael Torrente where to take up a position during a situati More

Col. Barry Huggins, commander of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Lancers, stationed out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and Sgt. Maj. Andrew Connette, Command Sgt. Maj. For 2nd B More

Lt. Col. Kolin Bernardoni, commander of the 2-17 Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, presents Pfc. Damien Artist, who serves as a fire direction specialist with B B More

Sgt. Ty M. Carter, a section leader with A Troop, 8th Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stands between his father, Mark A. Carter, and his girlfriend, Shan More

Gen. David Rodriquez, commander U.S. Army Forces Command, pays close attention as Staff Sgt. Jonathan Laguzza, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Infantry Carrier Vehicle driver, points out More

During a battlefield circulation, soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and their replacements from 2nd Stryker BCT, 2nd Infantry Division, board helicopters at the landing zone on Villag More

Maj. Joeseph Mason, who serves as the community connector representative with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, briefs the members of the chamber of commerce for Puyallup and Sumner, W More

Staff Sgt. Marko Milosevic, who serves as the Master Resiliency Trainer with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, conducts pre-deployment resiliency training with Master Resiliency Traine More

Spc. Edward Beaupre Jr., an infantryman with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, hand launches the S2AS Puma All En More

Pvt. Daniel Faria, who serves as an operations assistant with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, gets sprayed in the face with Oleoresin Capsicum duri More

Soldiers with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, take time out of their day to donate blood during a blood drive sponsored by the Armed Services Blood Bank Center, here, March 13.

Spc. Michael Gonzales, an aid station medic with 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, a 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division asset, provides aid to a simulated casualty, March 21, at the Medical Simulati More

The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stands on Watkins Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord March 29.The brigade cased its colors March 30, prior to its deployment to Afghanistan in support More

2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stands on Watkins Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., March 29. The brigade cased its colors, March 30, prior to its deployment to Afghanistan in su More

Paul Gracy, Community Police Team, Seattle Police Department, speaks to leaders of 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, during training at the West Seattle police precinct April 9. The leaders are gaining inf More

Lancers with the 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, signify the beginning of their nine month long deployment during a transfer of authority ceremony at Forwa More

Legion commander Lt. Col. Ryan Wolfgram and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Green uncase and unfurl the colors of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, to s More

Lancers with the 572nd Military Intelligence Company, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, signify the beginning of their nine month deployment during a tr More

The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Commander, Col. Barry Huggins (Right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Connette uncase and unfurl their brigade colors during a transfer of authority ceremony held at Camp Nathan More

Military Police with the 58th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and the Afghan Uniformed Police of Sub District 4 conduct a joint p More

Staff Sgt. J.D. Wake, who serves as a military working dog handler with USFOR-A, along with his working dog Csuma, search a metal workshop for contraband during a joint operation with the Afghan Uniformed Polic More

Pfc. Zachery C. Okerson (left), who serves as an assistant gunner with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, covers his ears after firing t More

Spc. Derek Gentry, a paralegal specialist assigned to Kandahar City, Afghanistan, in Regional Command South with Task Force Ripcord, 503d Military Police Battalion (Airborne) out of Fort Bragg, N.C., places the More

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne), 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and Security Force Advisory Team to 2D Kandahar Afghan More

Lt. Molodad Popal, who serves as a Policeman with the Afghan Uniformed Police of Sub District 4 inspects an identification card during a traffic control point with the 58th Military Police Company, 503rd Milita More

Spc. Alexandra Hansen, a Belle Fourche, S.D., native, who works as an intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, sprays the compress More

An Afghan Uniformed Police instructor at the Officer Candidate School located on Camp Nathan Smith, Afghanistan instructs a class of aspiring ANP officers June 12. The 69 students are expected to graduate Sept. 5, 2012.

Pfc. Curtis Sua Fo-a, who serves as a medic with the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, shows medics wit More

Pfc. Joseph Clark, who serves as an artilleryman with 2nd Platoon, B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, prepares gun powder charges at More

Artillerymen with 2nd Platoon, B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, fire a howitzer in support of an Afghan led operation in Shah Wali More

Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Lancers, enjoy the view of the Arghandab River after a patrol through the valley. The 2-1 I More

Soldiers with 561st Military Police Company, Fort Campbell, Ky. (left) and 484th Military Police Company, Montana National Guard (right) stand in formation during a Transfer of Authority ceremony July 2 at Camp More

The Afghan Uniformed Police, partnered with the C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, conduct tactical over watch during clearance oper More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Terry Nihart and Afghan Maj. Abdulhaq Qayum attend the Basic Criminal Investigation Course graduation at the Kandahar Training Center at Camp Nathan Smith, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jul More

Wheat grain slowly falls to the residents of the Tamil village, Khakrez District, Afghanistan after being airdropped by the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron July 19. The airdrop was a joint effort between A More

Spc. Morgan Chami, a Dayton, Ohio native who serves as a human intelligence specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, raises her right hand a More

Sgt. Bobby Thomas, who serves as a section chief with 3rd Platoon, B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, performs an individual timed t More

Sgt. Bobby Thomas, a Lillington N.C. native who serves as a section chief with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, raises his right h More