Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2006-2008
Official imagery documents patrols, route security, weapons-cache searches, counter-IED missions, local engagement, and life across the southern Baghdad belts.
View Iraq PhotographsThis archive preserves the public record of where the Soldiers of 1-40th CAV served, trained, fought, and represented the Denali Squadron across combat deployments, peacekeeping missions, international exercises, and Arctic operations.
Every deployment record represents Soldiers, families, missions, friendships, hardships, and sacrifices. The association preserves these histories so those who served can reconnect with their shared experience and future generations can understand what the formation was asked to do.
Official imagery documents patrols, route security, weapons-cache searches, counter-IED missions, local engagement, and life across the southern Baghdad belts.
View Iraq PhotographsOfficial imagery preserves combat patrols, Afghan-force partnership, remote outposts, mortar positions, terrain, and daily life across Paktya and Khost.
View Afghanistan PhotographsOfficial imagery records mission rehearsals, multinational training, airborne operations, liaison work, observation positions, and peace-support readiness.
View Kosovo PhotographsOfficial imagery follows the squadron through multinational airborne, joint-entry, and partnership operations beyond its combat deployments.
View Indo-Pacific PhotographsBrowse photographs from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and later Indo-Pacific operations with their original DVIDS captions and attribution.
Capt. Linwood Bubar, assistant operations officer with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Battle Group-East pins the 20th Armenian Contingent soldiers with their end of deployment awards at the transfer of authority (TOA) ceremony at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Dec. 8.
U.S. Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division discuss current operations during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 8, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
U.S. Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division observe current operations during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 8, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
A U.S. Soldier of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division records information while participating in a key leader engagement during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 8, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
U.S. Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division conduct an interview with civilian media role-players during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 6, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
A U.S. Soldier of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division conducts an interview with civilian media role-players during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 6, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Adkins, from Sweetland, W.Va., conducts a dismounted patrol with his platoon near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Adkins is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army Soldiers from Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, conduct a dismounted patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Antonio Rosales, from San Antonio, Texas, jumps on a suspension bridge to make it wobble while on a dismounted patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11. Rosales, and his platoon, was searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Rosales is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Jewell, from Alamogordo, N.M., uses his rifle scope to scan the terrain while on a dismounted patrol with his platoon near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Jewell is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army Staff Sgts. Antonio Rosales, left, and Icar Morales jump on a suspension bridge to make it wobble while on a dismounted patrol with their platoon near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. The Soldiers are deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment.
U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Adkins, from Sweetland, W.Va., uses his rifle scope to scan the terrain while on a dismounted patrol with his platoon near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Adkins is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment.
Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps-Iraq (center), speaks with Col. Terry Ferrell, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., and a representative of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 8, in Hawr Rajab.
Lt. Col. Mark Odom, commander, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Washington, D.C. native, discusses upcoming actions with leaders from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, April 12 at a patrol base south of Baghdad. Insurgents attacked the patrol base, but were quickly repelled by paratroopers and soldiers from 1-40th Cavalry and 2-10th Mountain. (U.S. Army photo by Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment)
Explosive ordnance detachment personnel detonate an improvised explosive device on the side of the road March 29 in a town south of Baghdad. The device was found by paratroopers from Company B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.
U.S. Army paratroopers with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, walk past a crater made by a roadside bomb, during a reconnaissance patrol in Adwaniya, Iraq, April 7. The unit is responsible for the security of the area surrounding the south Baghdad suburb.
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Luke Walsh, a platoon leader with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, walks down a road during a reconnaissance patrol in Adwaniya, Iraq, April 7. The unit is responsible for the security of the area surrounding the south Baghdad suburb.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Odom, squadron leader with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, takes a knee while he calls in his position during a reconnaissance patrol in Adwaniya, Iraq, April 7. The unit is responsible for the security of the area surrounding the south Baghdad suburb.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 11th Airborne Division, greet arriving Soldiers during Super Garuda Shield 2024, Aug. 27, 2024. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garuda Shield 2024 is the third consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, focused on commitment to partnership and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Isaac Copeland)
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