Task Force Bayonet

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PO1 Chad J. Mcneeley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Com More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PO1 Chad J. Mcneeley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Com More

Sgt. Christopher Jackson helps Spc. William Roemhild with his compass while at their lookout point. Task Force Bayonet's Delta Company, 1st Platoon, 1st Squad, often works on basic Soldiering skills while on du More

U.S. Army Sgt. Lawrence A. Pinto, a soldier with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and a native of Shelton, Conn., has tea with two Afghan National Army troops, Oct. 4, More

A soldier pins on his safety identificaion number in preperation for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's Running of the Herd Nov. 8 at Forward Operating Base Shank. The event coincides with a run of the sa More

A man checks in at the Qeysar District courthouse. U.S. Army officers with 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team have been advising Afghan justice officials in key districts in northern Afghanistan for several mon More

A memorial stand of Staff Sgt. Michael Lammerts and Staff Sgt. Scott Burgess was on display during a memorial ceremony at Camp Griffin, Afghanistan, April 9. The soldiers were killed in action while performing More

Soldiers with C Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, play a 21-point, pick-up basketball game on the unit's basketball court at Combat Outpost Ghormach, Afg More

U.S. Army Pvt. Darryl Robertson, Natchitoches, La., now a driver with 1st Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team shakes hands with an Afghan Border Police noncommissione More

A soldier with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team prepares his vehicle for a mission at Combat Outpost Khilagay, Afghanistan, April 14.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Mingo, a Baltimore native, now the platoon sergeant with 4th Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Sgt. Dontre Thomas, the C Compan More

Staff Sgt. Warees Kee, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, now a section chief with 2nd Platoon, C Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, goes for a contested lay-up on More

Spc. Mustafa H. Valadanzouj, a San Antonio native, now an M249 machine-gunner with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team watches as Sgt. Christopher W More

Afghan uniformed policemen use an AK-74 as a splint while Spc. Michael Morse, a Show Low, Ariz., native, now a medic with A Company, 4-70th Armor Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, watches during a More

Spc. Clarence McLean, a Fort Hood, Texas, native, now a medic with A Company, 4-70th Armor Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, sprays a swab looking for explosive residue at a traffic control point n More

Sgt. Eric B. Oldham, a Columbus, Ohio, native, now a military policeman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, supervises Afghan uniformed polic More

Policemen with 5th Zone Afghan Border Police roll out a red carpet at the opening of 5th Zone Headquarters in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan May 9. Combat advisers with 170th IBCT mentored the 5th Zone commander a More

Members with Afghan National Security Forces and the International Security Assistance Force at the operation coordination center provincial in Kunduz, listen to a fellow member’s morning brief May 11. The cent More

Spc. Dakota R. Benedict and Spc. Kevin S. Burd, a Saint Helens, Ore., native, both track vehicle repairers with Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, More

Command Sgt. Maj. Martin L. Hill, senior enlisted member of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, “coins” Staff Sgt. Maricruz Carmona, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge More

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, participate in a change of command ceremony at Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan May 28, 2011.

A soldier with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team pumps water from a well in the Afghan National Police compound adjacent Combat Outpost Fortitude in Imam Sahib More

Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team take cover as a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands after an early Memorial Day celebration at Combat O More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mitch Schwans, a Bridgewater, S.D., native, now the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team communications chief, instructs a group of Croatian Army Soldiers on U.S. communications equipment More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eric D. Zetterstrom (right), the 40th Engineer Battalion commander, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shakes a German army soldier’s hand during a ceremony at Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan J More

U.S. Army Spc. Caleb E. Smith, military police officer, from Syracuse, N.Y., Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Bayonet, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infant More

Faces of a truck - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason N. Gouty, 34, a Dayton, Ohio, native, now the vehicle commander for “Truck AA411” and platoon sergeant with Combat Logistics Patrol Security Platoon B, 24th Bri More

A child carries bags of flour Aug. 27, 2011. U.S. Army soldiers with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th IBCT and Afghan Uniform Police delivered more than 400 pounds of food and supp More

Soldiers from Forward Support Company, 65th Engineer Battalion, conduct a presence patrol in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2014. Many Soldiers from FSC are performing outside of their military occup More

American and South Korean forces from Task Force Bayonet conduct a combined training exercise at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea. (Photo credit: Cpl. Kim Young-ho, Eighth Army Public Affairs.)

One hundred and eighty-eight Soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, departed an airplane, June 20, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii after completing a nine-month deployment More

Soldiers with 7th Infantry Division gather outside of their headquarters building, May 18. As part of Task Force Bayonet, they will assume responsibility from the 1st Cavalry Division June 10, taking on the Sec More

Members of the color guard stand at attention during a transfer of authority ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 10, 2015. The 7th Infantry Division, Combined Joint Task Force - 7, under the comman More

Headquarters Support Company, 7th Infantry Division was honored for accomplishing its retention goals for Fiscal Year 2015 during an awards ceremony, Dec. 17.

Maj. Gen. Thomas S. James, commanding general of 7th Infantry Division and Command Sgt. Maj. Jack H. Love, senior enlisted advisor for 7th Inf. Div., congratulate first place finishers of each event during Bayo More

Georgia Army National Guard Col. Alan B. Alexander, commander of the 122nd Tactical Support, places the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 7th Infantry Division on the sleeve of Capt. Terrell Wood during a patch c More

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bayonet, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, pull dummies through the water during a French Desert Commando Course preq More

U.S. service members assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa keep watch as their platoon set ups an objective rally point on the first day of a French Desert Commando Course at the Djibouti R More

U.S. Army Pfcs. Eric Johnson, Omar Rodriguez and Bryan Hinojosa from Animal Company, 3rd Battalion, 141 Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bayonet attached to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Bayonet, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, inventory their medical equipment before participating in a Combat Lifesaver (CLS) training event at Camp Lemonnier More

Texas National Guard soldiers complete the French Desert Combat Course in Djibouti, January 2018. The course exposed troops to the fundamentals of desert combat, desert survival, weapons training, troop movemen More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean Ibarguen, commander, 1st Battalion 141st Infantry Regiment, known as “Task Force Alamo,” speaks during the transfer of authority ceremony on Camp Lemonnier, July 5, 2018. Task Force Alam More

Cheif Warrant Officer 4 Steven Serie (left) and Lt. Col. Chip Rankin (right) read a copy of the Morrison County Record at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 8, 2020. Serie and Rankin, both Morrison County native More

Staff Sgt. Francisco Lopez, an 11B infantryman with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, currently stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 24, 2020. Staff Sgt. Lopez is a Hispanic America More

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Staff Sgt. Josh Truman, left, assigned to Task Force Bayonet, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, hits golf balls at the newly reopened golf cages facility on Camp Lemonnier, Dj More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 2-106 Cavalry, Task Force Bayonet, deployed with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), palletize gear More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), observes operational procedures with U.S. Army Capt. Michael Hoemke, TAsj Force Bayonet Security F More

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Sailors attached to the Camp Lemonnier Kennel and Soldiers attached to Task Force Bayonet, Bravo Company, 2-135, Infantry, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, pose for a group More

Spc. Daniel Hawes and Spc. Ryan Hitchcock work on filling out their range cards while stationed at the squad's lookout point. Task Force Bayonet's Delta Company, 1st Platoon, 1st Squad, often works on basic Sol More

Soldiers stretch in preparation for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's Running of the Herd Nov. 8 at Forward Operating Base Shank. The event coincides with a run of the same name at Warner Barracks, Bambe More

Lt. Col. John O’Grady, the 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. William Wofford, the 1-84 Field Artillery command sergeant major, pay their respects to their fallen sold More

Soldiers with C Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, play a 21-point, pick-up basketball game on the unit's basketball court at Combat Outpost Ghormach, Afg More

Soldiers with 1st Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participate in physical fitness training with Afghan Border Police noncommissioned officers at the Hairatan bord More

Sgt. William F. Cleveland, a Cleveland native, now a team leader with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Staff Sgt. Daniel S. Ritchie, a Marina More

U.S. Army Sgt. Dontre Thomas, the senior line medic with C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, meets with Dr. Bahadur Ekrn at the Shor Tepah medical clinic in northern Balkh pr More

Sgt. Christopher W. Kane, a Baltimore native, now a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team hands out school supplies to students at a More

Spc. William Cobb, an Owensville, Mo., native, now a mechanic with A Company, 4-70th Armor Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, mans a guard post at an Afghan uniformed police checkpoint near Taren Ko More

Pfc. Austin Chestnut, a Charleston, S.C., native, now a forward observer with A Company, 4-70th Armor Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, teaches an Afghan uniformed policeman to search a person at a More

Sgt. Eric B. Oldham, a Columbus, Ohio, native, and Cpl. Aron J. Bland, a Waterford, Mich., native, both military policemen with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Bri More

Policemen with 5th Zone Afghan Border Police stand by their trucks at the opening of 5th Zone Headquarters in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, May 9. Combat advisers with 170th IBCT mentored the 5th Zone commander More

Joey Situ, an Osh Kosh field service representative supporting Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Spc. Kevin S. Burd, a Saint Helens, Ore., na More

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler talks to soldiers at Camp Spann, Afghanistan, May 23. Chandler answered questions ranging from the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” to the eventual downsizing of the Army.

Pfc. Jesse Leon, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, receives a commander’s coin from Gen. David H. Petraeus, the International Security Assistance For More

From left, Chaplain (Maj.) Steven Dunn, the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team brigade chaplain, prays as Capt. Randy Lewis, former company commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 170th IBCT, Col. P More

Pfc. William Vivas, a Miami native, now an infantryman with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, watches his security sector while his comrades load empty food c More

Inside a mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mitch Schwans, a Bridgewater, S.D., native, now the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team communications chief, instructs two Croatian ar More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eric D. Zetterstrom (right), the 40th Engineer Battalion commander, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, presents a German army soldier a certificate and U.S. Army marksmanship badge during a More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. John O’Grady, the 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment commander, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, applauds more than 30 inducted policemen during a ceremony in Faryab province Jun More

U.S. Army Spc. Caleb E. Smith, military police officer, from Syracuse, N.Y., Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Bayonet, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infant More

Spc. Nicholas B. Trout, a St. Louis native, lifts an M2 .50-caliber machine gun before a 215-mile supply run from Camp Deh Dadi II to Forward Operating Base Griffin, Afghanistan June 28. Trout is a gunner with More

U.S. Army Pfc. Manuel A. Erb, a Trinidad, Colo., native, now a driver with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, enters an Afghan Border Police checkpoint More

U.S. Army soldiers with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat and an Afghan Uniform Police patrolman leave a checkpoint to give supplies to villagers Aug. 27, 20 More

Soldiers from Forward Support Company, 65th Engineer Battalion, conduct a presence patrol in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2014. Many Soldiers from FSC are performing outside of their military occup More

One hundred and eighty-eight Soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, met tears, hugs, and kisses from the friends and family, June 20, at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii after completin More

Task Force Bayonet Soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division participate in Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) Rotation 15-04 at Fort Polk, La. The 7th Infantry Division headquarters is at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

The 7th Infantry Division holds a deployment ceremony May 19, to commemorate the departure of a headquarters element that will assume the Train, Advise and Assist Command - South mission in Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. Paul Bontrager receives the colors from Gen. John Campbell signifying his assumption of command during a transfer of authority ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 10, 2015. The 7th Infan More

Staff Sgt. James Small, 864th Engineer Battalion, was honored as 7th Infantry Division Career Counselor of the Year, his award presented by Maj. Gen. Thomas James and Command Sgt. Maj. Jack Love.

Soldiers with 7th Infantry Division compete in the basketball tournament during Bayonet Week, Sept. 8, 2016, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Bayonet Week featured brigades within 7th Inf. Div. competin More

Georgia Army National Guard Col. Alan B. Alexander, commander of the 122nd Tactical Support Detachment stands with his Soldiers during a patch changing ceremony in which the 122nd TSD received the shoulder slee More

French marines assigned to the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment, Djibouti, climb up and across an obstacle during a French Desert Commando Course prequalification assessment at Montclair, Djibouti, Nov. 22, 2017 More

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Keifer Davis, 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bayonet, stacks rocks as he sets up a defensive position on the first day of a French Desert Commando Course at the More

U.S. Army Sgt. Lucas Lumbreras, acting third squad leader from Animal Company, 3rd Battalion, 141 Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bayonet attached to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), sets More

U.S. Army site security team Soldiers assigned to Task Force Bayonet, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, move to assess and transport simulated casualties during a Combat Lifesaver (CLS) training event More

Texas National Guard soldiers receive the French Desert Combat Badge following successful completion of the French Desert Combat Course, in Djibouti, January 2018. The course exposed troops to the fundamentals More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ross Walker, commander, 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, known as “Task Force Bayonet,” speaks during the transfer of authority ceremony on Camp Lemonnier, July 5, 2018. Task Force Ala More

Cheif Warrant Officer 4 Steven Serie (left) and Lt. Col. Chip Rankin (right) read a copy of the Morrison County Record at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 8, 2020. Serie and Rankin, both Morrison County native More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 2-106 Cavalry, Task Force Bayonet, deployed with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), load pallets of More

103120-Z-VD828-1077: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), receives a Drone Buster brief during his visit to Chabelley Airfield, Djibout More

Staff Sgt. Michael Laduke, Spc Ryan Hitchcock, Spc. Daniel Hawes, and Sgt. Christopher Jackson look at their maps while reviewing their range cards while stationed at the squad's lookout point. Task Force Bayon More

Army Cpt. Erik S. Johnson, the officer in charge of the Task Force Bayonet Reconditioning Program, leads soldiers in prayer before the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's Running of the Herd Nov. 8 at Forward More

Col. Patrick Matlock, the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander, grabs the I.D. tags of Staff Sgt. Michael Lammerts and Staff Sgt. Scott Burgess, as Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston, the 170th IBCT com More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Buras, the 1st Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, platoon sergeant, trains Afghan Border Police noncommissioned officers at the Haira More

Pfc. Milton A. Battle, a Destin, Fla., native, now a combat medic with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Spc. Mustafa H. Valadanzouj, a San An More

Dr. Bahadur Ekrn, the physician at the Shor Tepah medical clinic in northern Balkh province, Afghanistan, shows soldiers with 4th Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team More

Cpl. Johnny J. Daniels, a Little Rock, Ark., native, now a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team gives a pen to a student at a schoo More

A soldier with A Company, 4-70th Armor Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stands guard at an Afghan uniformed police checkpoint near Taren Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, April 30.

An Afghan uniformed policeman searches a man at a traffic control point near Taren Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, May 1. Soldiers with A Company, 4-70th Armor Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team More

Sgt. Eric B. Oldham, a Columbus, Ohio, native, and Cpl. Aron J. Bland, a Waterford, Mich., native, both military policemen with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Bri More

Policemen with 5th Zone Afghan Border Police stand by their trucks at the opening of 5th Zone Headquarters in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan May 9. Combat advisers with 170th IBCT mentored the 5th Zone commander a More