3rd Brigade Combat Team

A worker directs feed into a receptacle at the Uthman Feed Mill in Mahmudiyah on May 21.

Members of Company F, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd AAB, 4th Infantry Division, inspect sheet metal designs of the battalion crest. Sgt. Ricki French, a welder, from Louisville, Ill., made these plaqu More

The men of the 555th Parachute Infantry Regiment march in the New York City Victory Parade on January 12, 1946. Maj. Gen. Jim Gavin ensured the “Triple Nickles” not only marched in the parade, but wore the ins More

Lt. Col. Marcus Wright, commander of 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division gives his opening remarks prior to presenting Oscar L. Davis Jr. the Purple More

Rafael Celestino Adame, an impersonator of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, plays to the crowd during a parade in Columbus, N.M., March 12, 2016. The parade marked the 100th anniversary of the day eight Sold More

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, march to a monument dedication ceremony in Montebourg, Normandy, France, June 3, 2017. The More

Rodney Kramer, a 97-year-old veteran of World War II, visits Fort Bragg, N.C., for the first time in 70 years, Aug. 4, 2015. Kramer served as an artilleryman assigned to the 456th Battalion, 82nd Airborne Divis More

Soldiers of the 10th Iraqi Army Division stand in formation waiting to begin the military salute ceremony in celebration of the Iraqi army’s 90th Anniversary Jan. 6. The annual review was a tribute to the divis 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

Maj. John Page, Rear-Detachment commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks about the long and valorous history of the 187th Infantry Regiment during an a More

Captain Janshay E. Polk has served in the Army since 2003. She is currently serving as the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division brigade nurse and acting Brigade Surgeon. We celebrated the 100th anniv More

Col. Christopher R. Norrie (left), commander of 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shakes the hands of his Soldiers after completing their brigade run marking the kickoff of the unit’s cent More

U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, (right), commander, United States Army Forces Command, speaks to Afghan National Army roleplayers at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Feb. 22, 2012. Security force assistant More

Spc. Diana Anderson, a combat medic in 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, and a native of Kenya, describes her long journey of overcoming racism and abuse abroad to joining the Army t More

Warrant Officers at Camp Buehring gathered today to celebrate the 94th birthday of the Army Warrant Officer Corps. On May 12, 1921, a distinctive insignia was approved for warrant officers. It consisted of an e More

Assugam Rakkasans of 626th Birgade Support Battalion, 3rd Birgade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, celebrate the units 101st year anniversary on July 23, 2019. 626th BSB has the oldest lineage of any unit More

A silver punch bowl is on display in The China Room located at the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division on Fort Benning, Ga., Sept. 2. The punch bowl, pr More

Lt. Cmdr. Heather A. Boyce-James, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team’s Embedded Behavioral Health clinic’s director, reads information provided by Rita Smith, a military family life consultant, during the EBH open More

Color guards from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division present arms during the assumption of mission ceremony held at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, t More

Col. John W. Nicholson Jr. receives the colors of the newly-constituted 3rd Brigade Combat Team during a ceremony held at Sexton Field on Fort Drum on Sept. 27, 2004. Twelve other units were activated, while se More

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division finish a timed ruck march wearing their chemical protective masks during the brigade’s More

Chaplain (Capt.) Leonard Siems, native of Jupiter, Fla., chaplain, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Band of Brothers, cuts the ribbon at the grand o More

1st Lt. Sean Craig, native of Chicago, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Band of Brothers, swims a 15-meter distance in his interce More

Pfc. Usiel Arguelles, gunner, and Pfc. Brett Lawrence, assistant gunner, Troop C, 5 Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, unload mortar rounds on targets in Kuwait Au More

Diyala Province's Governor Ra'ad Rashid Mulla Juwad Al-Timimi speaks at a conference on the state of Diyala Provinces' judicial system in Iraq Aug. 14 at Forward Operating Base Warhorse.

Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., check their radios before going on a search at the town of Hamim Al Alil near Mosul, Iraq.

Sgt. Sean Cummins, civil affairs team sergeant, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion from Fort Dix, N.J., attached to 1-8 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Band More

Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division fire at the enemy which happens to be paper targets during a training course, monitored by Iraqi officials and U.S. military advisors, to improve their close q More

Sgt. 1st Class Lionel Allamby, native of the U.S. Virgin Islands, platoon sergeant, Company F, 1-68 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Band of Brothers, gi More

*060701-A-2756F-08--Sgt. James Copeland, squad leader, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security overlooking a canyon dur More

Command Sgt. Maj. David List, native of West Warwick, R.I., command sergeant major, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speaks to Iraqi noncommissioned officers from 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion More

Maj. General Thomas Turner, commander, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), wipes his eyes during a memorial for Pfc. Nicholas A. Madaras, driver, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-68 Combined Arms Bat More

Lieutenant Col. Scott Harris, commander, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Command Sgt. Maj. Donovan Watts, 1st Bn., 505th PIR command Sgt. Maj., introduce themselves to More

1st Sgt. Michael Green, Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, questions an Iraqi man during a foot patrol Nov. 12, 2006, in Bayji, Iraq. US Army photo by Spc. Josh More

Jeff Gordy, from Columbus, Ga., a law enforcement professional who worked with the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, poses with a donkey Oct. 18 while on a patrol in Narhwan, Iraq.

Col. Bill Ostlund, then a lieutenant colonel who commanded the 2nd Bn. (Airborne), 503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd ABCT, center, and Maj. Matthew Myer, then a captain who commanded the battalion’s Chosen Co., right, me More

Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recite "The Pledge of Allegiance" before the 5-kilometer Army Birthday Fun Run on June 14, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq. (Photo/Sgt. N More

From right, Staff Sgt. Kacie Dunn, Spc. Garfield Humphreys, and Sgt. 1st Class David Gonzalez, all with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, are fitted for the Im More

U.S. Army Spc. Deonty Eastmon of the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, secures his sector during a patrol through Al Betra, Iraq, as the rest of his squad More

U.S Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, conduct a dismounted patrol through Qwesat, Iraq, Nov. 24, as they make their way to a possib More

Lt. Col. Michael Pappal talks with Sheik Mohan Sager al-Fayadh inside the Sheik's home Jan. 13. Papal, an Indiana, Penn., native, meets with the head of the Istaqlal council regularly to assess the needs of the More

Colonel Dominic J. Caraccilo, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) administers the oath of reenlistment, Nov. 28, to Spc. Shawn Jenkins, Forward Support Company, 1st B More

Capt. Josh Beard, from Opelika, Ala., the civil-military operations officer for 1st Battalion,10th Field Artillery, helps test the water being filtered from the new well at a girls' school in Narhwan, Dec. 6. T More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, help carry and care for an injured Iraqi man after his Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint wa More

U.S. Army Soldiers, from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, provide security near a possible burial site in Qwesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, as U.S. Army Soldier More

Pfc. Luis Ochoa, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), performs a medley of Bob Dylan songs at Forward Op More

Local leaders and city council members attended a meeting Jan. 4 in Shakat.

Sheik Kassem Yassen Al Misoudy, chairman of the the Concerned Local Citizens program, speaks with Capt. Chas Cannon, from Moultrie, Ga., commander of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, during a mee More

Sgt. Jonathan McNemar, with cable, gunner, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, tests the recovery cable of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle as Spc. Jennifer Ward, a medic from More

Members of the Narhwan emergency response team, specially trained police officers from Narhwan and Al-Ma'amil, clear a house in the abandoned town of Sha Buu't, Jan. 3.

Sgt. Dylan Newton, from Burlington, Vt., a tanker in Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, pulls security on top of a home in Jama Taha, More

Snow fell on Camp Taji overnight and into the early morning hours Jan. 11 as Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division conducted operations in this northern suburb of Baghdad. It is the fir More

Virginia, Minn., native Capt. Michael Poaletti, left, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, sports his new Ivy Division More

A crane prepares to unload barriers from a Heavy Equipment and Truck and Transport during a nighttime mission conducted by Soldiers from Company A, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th I More

A dentist with the Iraq ministry of health examines a man's teeth with assistance from a 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Soldier during a combined medical effort in the town of Al More

Citizens in Thumaniyah, a small village south of Baghdad, wait in line to receive water supplied by Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, Jan.12.

Capt. Mike Garrison, from Fort Lee, Va., the physical therapist assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, helps Soham, balance herself during a physical therapy session at Patrol Base Assassin, Iraq, Jan.15. Soh More

Sheik Kassem Yassen Al Misoudy, chairman of the Concerned Local Citizens in Tisa Nissan, meets with Capt. Chas Cannon, from Moultrie, Ga., commander of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery before a sh More

An Iraqi girl peaks out from behind the older children as she clings tightly to the stuffed elephant a Soldier gave her during a convoy stop in Albu Hayat, Jan. 14. The stuffed animal was one of many items dona More

Fayetteville, N.C., native, Col. John H. Hort, center, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Indiana, Penn., native, Lt. Col. Michael Pappal, far right, commander of the 1st Combi More

A Soldier from Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment provides security during a night mission northeast of Salman Pak, Jan. 20. The mission was part of a two-day operation that enabled Company A to a More

Sheik Kassem Yassen Al Misoudy, chairman of the Concerned Local Citizens group in Tisa Nissan, meets with Capt. Chas Cannon, from Moultrie, Ga., commander of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery befor More

Palmerton, Penn., native Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Dailey, left, the senior enlisted Soldier for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shows Maj. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, center, deputy director for More

Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Defreese, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) observes Ashura festivities, Jan. 19, in Yusufiyah. Ashura commemorates the death More

Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, conduct a foot patrol through the village of Qusaba, near Salman Pak, Jan. 17. (Photo/Sgt. Timothy Kingston, 55th Combat Camera)

A Soldier from the 789th Ordnance Company prepares a cache of 120 mm mortars for a controlled detonation, Jan. 18, near Jisr Diyala, Iraq.

A slide presentation was displayed for Soldiers who came together at the Camp Striker chapel to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 15. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Tony M More

Omaha, Neb., native Capt. Matthew Jensen, left, commander, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, introduces himself to business owners duri More

Sgt. Brandon Sayles, from Hilo, Hawaii, a squad leader in Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, lifts a heavy towing chain at Patrol Base Assassin Jan.19. Sayles is part of Troop A's four-man power-lifti More

Sa'id Ishmail, the Rashidiya council leader, pays a member of the Concerned Local Citizens his monthly salary at the Saba'al Nissan meeting hall in Rashidiya just north of Baghdad, Jan. 19. Along with being pai More

Capt. Mike Garrison, from Fort Lee, Va., the physical therapist assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, examines the shoulder of an Iraqi gunshot victim at Patrol Base Assassin, Jan. 15.

Fayetteville, N.C., native Col. John H. Hort, commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, awards an Army Commendation Medal to New York City native Staff Sgt. Reggie Martinez, section sergeant, 3 More

From left to right: Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, passes the 3rd Brigade Combat Team colors to Col. Timothy McGuire, the incoming 3rd Brigade Combat Team commander More

Left to right, Capt. Joan Hollein, incoming commander of Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion; Lt. Col. Todd Ratliff, from Holland, Ohio, battalion commander, and Capt. Lee Gerber, from Miami, Fla., More

Sgt. 1st Class Brian Walker, right, a platoon sergeant with Bone Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and Staff Sgt. Jason Raab, the squadron master gunner, More

An Iraqi woman and her child wait to be screened at a medical civil action project in Al Bayrk, Iraq, Jan. 24. More than 150 residents of this village north of Baghdad attended the MEDCAP where maladies such up More

Col. Dominic Caraccilo, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), alongside Brig. Gen Ali Kassim Al-Freji, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division commander, enjoys a feast prepa More

Houston native Pvt. Charles Hill, a mechanic with the 1st Platoon, Company B, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, works on a heater switch inside a Humvee at the 64th More

A Soldier from the 789th Ordnance Company (explosive ordnance disposal), from Ft. Benning, Ga., places C4 explosives on an insurgent cache found by Concerned Local Citizens in Sabbah Nissan, a village southeast More

Members of the Mada'in Qada council break ground for reconstruction of the Tuwaitha water treatment facility, Jan. 23. The facility was in disrepair since being severely damaged during fighting between extremis More

Chicago native Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, a section sergeant with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, uses his knife to cut More

Col. John H. Hort, left, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, who serves as commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, awards an Army Commendation Medal to Sgt. More

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Witherspoon, a Portland, Ore., native, who serves as an electronic warfare officer with the Joint CREW Composite Squadron-1, currently attached to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, More

Col. John Hort, far right, a native of Fayetteville, N.C., who serves as the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, talks with Col. Ali Mohammed Arhe More

Capt. Enardo Collazo, a native of Salinas, Puerto Rico, who serves as the commanding officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, More

Easton, Pa., native 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Company D, attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team More

A Kiowa helicopter provides close-air support for Soldiers from Companies C and D, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and Iraqi soldiers on t More

Policemen of the 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division sit in class at the National Police Team Leaders Course taught by a Soldier from the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment's National Police Training Team More

Lt. Col. Brian Coppersmith, commander of 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), talks to Abu Maruf, an influential leader in south Baghdad, at a reconciliati More

Montoursville, Pa., native Staff Sgt. Jason Ferari, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to Headquar More

Spc. Jamilah Cooper, from Chicago, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, sings during the 3rd Brigade Combat Team's commemorative service to honor the work and memory of D More

Members of the Adhamiya District Council meet at the former Ministry of Defense building in Adhamiya Jan. 30. During the meeting, the council members and Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers talked about More

A dump truck loaded with full propane tanks for the villagers in Fahama and Gumayrah gets ready to leave the propane station in Boob Al Sham Jan. 27. Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers with Headquarters More

Pvt. David Cox, a Kansas City, Mo., native, who serves as a driver and rifleman with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Mul More

Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Dailey (left), a Palmerton, Pa., native, who serves as the senior enlisted leader of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division Baghdad, greets Lt. Gen. More

Sgt. Dennis Leonard, left, a Hampton, Va., native, along with Pvt. John Duda, a Chicago native, who serve respectively as a squad leader and a rifleman with the 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battali More

Spc. Raquel Martinez, a combat medic with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, takes a knee and scans the area during an operation in al Duraiya, a small village near Salman Pak, Jan. 28. (Photo/Sgt. Timo More

Iraqi Army troops and Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Company D, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and found caches that included dozens of rockets and rocket-p More

Sgt. Jeff Wilkerson, a Las Vegas native, who serves as a M1-A2 Abrams tank gunner with the 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divisio More

Ayad Ali Hameed, a small business owner from Salman Pak, receives a micro grant payment from Lt. Col. Jack Marr, from Minneapolis, commander of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment at his shop.