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.
An Iraqi women walks by caring a tin bowl full of flat bread, as U.S. Army Soldiers, from Baker Company, 1-15 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hand out applications for $ More
A Concerned Local Citizens keeps an eye out for al-Qaida members while conducting a joint operation with U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Te More
A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scans for enemy personnel while providing security during a joint clearing op More
While patrolling through a village in Dura'iya, Iraq, U.S. Army Spc. Raquel Martinez, a combat medic with 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, keeps an ey More
U.S. Army Maj. John Cushing, left, talks with Lt. Col. Jack Marr, 15th Infantry Regiment Commander, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, while watching for enemy personnel during a joint cleari More
A group of Iraqi children wait in line at an abandoned school to be seen by U.S. Army Combat Medic from Troop A, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during More
A U.S. Army Soldier from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, gives a handful of candy to two young Iraqi boys during a visit to Al-Bahda Village, I More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Griggs from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, arrives at a Concerned Local Citizens checkpoint, after receive word tha More
A Soldier with the 13th Georgian Light Infantry Battalion takes notes to bring his command up to speed with ongoing project sites during a civil affairs inspection led by U.S. Army Soldiers. Soldiers are from t More
Iraqi Army Maj. Sayid from the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 8th Army Division, talks with U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mathew Bendele from the 0832 Military Transition Team (MiTT), 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat More
Iraqi Army soldiers from the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 8th Army Division, gives the signal to halt during a dismounted tactical movement exercise at Battle Position Eagle in Tanmiya, Iraq, Feb. More
U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Wilson from Team 9A 42, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, attached to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepares to drop leaflets from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopt More
Lt. Col. Ryan Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., deputy commanding officer of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, talks with Jabar Abed Khaji, director general of water for the Ministry of Water, from Baghdad, and Mushen More
Soldiers from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, lay out a cache for removal by the 789th Ordnance Company (EOD), from Ft. Benning, Ga., currently attached to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Feb. 1 More
Three local Ibna'a Al-Iraq (Sons of Iraq) talk with U.S. Army 1st Lt. Josh Jones from Red Platoon, Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, aft More
U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Johnson from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provides security while conducting a presence patrol through a vil More
U.S. Army Soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol through the streets of Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2008. The Soldiers are from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat T More
A U.S. Army Soldier provides security from the gunners position of his Humvee in Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2008. The Soldier is from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade More
A U.S. Army Soldier from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scans for signs of hidden weapons caches while patrolling through a field dur More
1st Lt. Self gives his Soldiers a pre-mission brief at Combat Outpost Salle, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008. 1st Lt. 1st Lt. Self is Troop Leader, Bravo Troop, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat More
U.S. Army Soldiers provide an outer cordon of an objective to provide security while other Soldiers search for possible weapons caches in Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008. The Soldiers are in 3rd Battalion, 1st Ca More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Bake Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, listen to the combat mission brief before leaving Combat Outpost Carver, Iraq, More
Local workers from al Duraiya, a small village south of Salman Pak, Iraq, clear debris at Combat Outpost Carver, Feb. 27. One hundred local workers were hired by the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team to help set up More
Col. Ryan Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., deputy commanding officer for 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, met with Hussein Gazi Zaydan, the head of dentistry for the Mada'in Qada, March 4, at a hos More
Members of the Sons of Iraq of Narhwan unload drinking water, provided by the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team for the citizens of Narhwan, at their headquarters, March 5.
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., commander of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, sits between Maj. Gen. Kassim, commander of the 9th Iraqi army division, and Mushen Nasser, the Mada More
Capt. Jimmy Hathaway, from Columbus, Ga., liaison officer to the 13th Georgian army Light Infantry Battalion, greets a leader of the Mada'in Qada, March 25, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq. Leaders of th More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a cordon search and seizure of a house previously occupied by al-Qaida More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receive Bronze Stars and Army Commendation medals for their service in Iraq, M More
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, awards Spc. Ryan Burkholder, from Houston, the rule of law expert of the 3rd BCT, a Bronze Star Medal More
Toby Keith (right) and Scott Emmerick play an acoustic set for the Soldiers of 1-15th Infantry Regiment at Combat Outpost Carver, Salman Pak, Iraq, April 26. Keith included the outpost in his sixth USO tour to More
Spc. Nicholas Leuthauser from Brighton, Colo., and serving with Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division assists in unloading equipment prior to map read More
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division along and U.S. Dr. Ike Khan, from Chicago, U.S. Provincial Reconstruct More
March 19, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment commander Lt. Col. Robert Wright and the battalion’s intelligence officer Capt. Javier Aguilera met with local Iraqi Police commander staff Maj. More
Lt. Col. Robert Wright, commander of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division is seen here sharing a laugh with colleague Lt. Col. Jack Vantre More
Soldiers of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepare for their mission by transporting equipment to the motor pool at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 25. Hammer Focus will prepare the Sledgehammer More
Canadian Army Warrant Officer Kyle Caldwell, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, scouts for possible opposing forces during Exercise Maple Resol More
Jeff Gordy, from Columbus, Ga., a law enforcement professional who worked with 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, poses with local children Oct. 18 while on a patrol in Narhwan, Iraq.
A Concerned Local Citizen helps U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1-15 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hand out applications for $2,500 micro grants, for local stor More
U.S. Army Sgt. Hector Garcia, left, along with a fellow soldier from Blue Platoon, Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol up a dirt ro More
Two U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scan for enemy personnel while providing security during a joint clearing More
U.S. Army Spc. Raquel Martinez, a combat medic with 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scans for enemy personnel during security halt while conducting a More
U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, place stacks of empty sandbags along the side of the road to mark the location for a new Conc More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Griggs from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, follows a Concerned Local Citizen member to the location were a small we More
A young Iraqi child sticks her tongue out as she is examined by U.S. Army Capt. Sayed Ali from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during a Medical More
A young Iraqi boy smiles after receiving a new backpack, soccer ball and pump from U.S. Army Soldiers from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, duri More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mathew Bendele from the 0832 Military Transition Team (MiTT), 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is greeted by Iraqi Army Maj. Sayid from the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, More
Painters coat the walls of the al Bawi water treatment facility Feb. 19.
Soldiers from the 789th Ordnance Company (EOD), from Ft. Benning, Ga., currently attached to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, search for a weapon cache Feb. 19 in Jabr al Ansari, a small village southeast of More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Shores, carries out a dismounted patrol in Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2008. Shores is from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Tea More
U.S. Army Soldiers erect a communications antenna at Combat Outpost Salle, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008. The Soldiers are in 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. (U. More
Staff Sgt. Mathew Goodner provides security at an objective while other Soldiers search for possible weapons caches in Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008. Staff Sgt. Goodner is in Bravo Troop, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cava More
U.S. Army Capt. Rich Thompson (right), Bake Company Commander, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, has Staff Sgt. Matthew Jemison check his radio before More
Col. Ryan Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., deputy commanding officer for the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team and Maj. Chris Hempel, from Elizabeth, N.J., agricultural officer from the Multi-National Corps - Iraq Civil-Mi More
Pfc. Lindsay Williams, from Hopkinton, R.I., a medic in Headquarters Troop, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provides security during a meeting March 4 at a hospital in Jisr Diyala.
Spc. Faroumi Nyaljok, from Glendale, Ariz., an interpreter with the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, is greeted by Sheik Kasum, leader of the Narhwan Sons of Iraq, at the SoI headquarters, March 5. While the two More
Leaders of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, the 13th Georgian army light infantry battalion and Iraqi security forces attend a security meeting, March 5, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq.
U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a cordon search and seizure of a house previously occupied by al Qaida More
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, congratulates Sgt. Brandon Ries, from Kettering, Ohio, the assistant engineer of the 3rd BCT, on recei More
Spc. Benjamin Hamel, from Bangor, Maine, Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, is awarded an Army Commendation Medal by Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., commander of the 3rd More
Toby Keith thanks the Soldiers from the 1-15th Infantry Regiment for their service during an acoustic set played at Combat Outpost Carver, Salman Pak, Iraq, April 26. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. 1st Class Scott Maynard)
Pfc. Gerald Guarrino of Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and an Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement agent scan the Iranian border from a rooft More
U.S. Army Spc.Ruben Chavez-Vega, from Eagle Pass, Texas, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Provincial Reconstruc More
Vehicles from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, are lined up in the motor pool as soldiers make final preparations for the Hammer Focus training exercise at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 25. Hamme More
Infantrymen, of the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, scout for possible opposing forces after exiting a Canadian CH-47 Chinook during an air assault training exercise at E More
Jeff Gordy, from Columbus, Ga., a law enforcement professional who worked with 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, participates in a patrol in Narhwan, Iraq, Oct.18.
Iraqi national police, Gen. Amar talks with U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division commander, Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, center, during a visit at the Iraqi national police headquarters in Salman Pak, Iraq, Nov. 20.
A group of young Iraqi children giggle and watch as U.S. Army Soldiers, from Baker Company, 1-15 Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hand out applications for $2,500 micro g More
U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Saddler, left, along with fellow soldiers from Blue Platoon, Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol down a canal More
U.S. Army Maj. John Cushing from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, keeps an eye out for enemy personnel while taking a short break during a joint clear More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Victor Fontan from the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal attached to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, carries a 125 mm high explosive round which was found buried a More
U.S. Army Capt. Sayed Ali from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, listens to the heart beat of an elderly Iraqi woman as he examines her during a More
A young Iraqi boy looks up and smiles at U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Mattwig from Troop A, 3rd Battalion,1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, as he pumps up a new socce More
Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers from the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 8th Army Division, form up to conduct training at Battle Position Eagle in Tanmiya, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2008. The IA Soldiers will be trai More
U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Wilson from Team 9A 42, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, attached to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, pulls in the empty boxes after dropping leaflets from a U More
Capt. Richard Bratton, III, from Houston, Mo., right, receives an impact Army Commendation Medal for outstanding service from Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., the commander of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, prio More
Policemen of the 1st Brigade, 1st national police division, discuss security outside of the al Bawi water treatment facility Feb. 19.
Three local Ibna'a Al-Iraq (Sons of Iraq) members unload a B1-136mm rocket at Combat Outpost Carver after finding it, along with one 30mm mortar and four 60mm mortars, buried in Dura'iya, Iraq, Feb. 22, 2008. T More
Sgt. Tim Kinsey and military working dog Jim approach an objective to search for possible weapons caches in Nahrwan, Iraq, Feb. 27, 2008. Sgt. Kinsey is with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Heavy Briga More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jack Marr, 1st Battalion Commander, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, checks his night vision before leaving Combat Outpost Carver, Iraq, to conduc More
Col. Ryan Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., deputy commanding officer for 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, talks with Hussein Gazi Zaydan, the head of dentistry for the Mada'in Qada and another dent More
Mushen Nasser, the Mada'in Qada mayor, talks to Pfc. Devan Elk, from Wayland, N.Y., Headquarters Troop, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, as Elk uncovers containers of food after a security meeting, March 5, at Fo More
U.S. Army Sgt. Ivan Williams, Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, confines residents to one room while soldiers from his unit conduct a co More
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, congratulates Pfc. Ashley Burke, from Gainesville, Fla., a human resource specialist in the 3rd BCT, o More
Toby Keith walks toward the landing zone with a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, after playing for Soldiers at Combat Outpost Carver, Salman Pak, Iraq Apr More
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company,1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division along with U.S. Dr. Ike Khan, from Chicago, Provincial Reconstruction T More
Jeff Gordy, from Columbus, Ga., a law enforcement professional who worked with 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, poses for a picture with an Iraqi Army Soldier Aug. 31.
A local store owner holds up a applications for a $2,500 micro grant, given to him by U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1-15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, to he More