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.
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Deployments
This 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.
More Than Dates on a Timeline
Every record represents Soldiers, families, missions, and sacrifice.
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.
Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom
Official imagery preserves combat patrols, Afghan-force partnership, remote outposts, mortar positions, terrain, and daily life across Paktya and Khost.
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Official imagery records mission rehearsals, multinational training, airborne operations, liaison work, observation positions, and peace-support readiness.
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Official imagery follows the squadron through multinational airborne, joint-entry, and partnership operations beyond its combat deployments.
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The deployment record in official imagery
Browse photographs from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and later Indo-Pacific operations with their original DVIDS captions and attribution.
About the official captions: Official DVIDS captions are reproduced as published so the original military record remains intact. Spelling, grammar, terminology, ranks, and unit designations within those captions reflect the source record. Use the official-record link on each photograph to view its complete attribution and usage information.
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Afghanistan
Cavalry patrolDVIDS Photo 212639
- Date
- 10.11.2009
- Location
- COMBAT OUTPOST HERRERA, AF
- Photo by
- Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
- VIRIN
- 091011-A-3355S-016
- Original resolution
- 2231x3000
Official DVIDS Caption
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.
Afghanistan
Cavalry patrolDVIDS Photo 212640
- Date
- 10.11.2009
- Location
- COMBAT OUTPOST HERRERA, AF
- Photo by
- Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
- VIRIN
- 091011-A-3355S-015
- Original resolution
- 3000x2311
Official DVIDS Caption
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.
Afghanistan
Cavalry patrolDVIDS Photo 212641
- Date
- 10.11.2009
- Location
- COMBAT OUTPOST HERRERA, AF
- Photo by
- Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
- VIRIN
- 091011-A-3355S-023
- Original resolution
- 3000x1961
Official DVIDS Caption
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.
Afghanistan
Cavalry patrolDVIDS Photo 212643
- Date
- 10.11.2009
- Location
- COMBAT OUTPOST HERRERA, AF
- Photo by
- Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
- VIRIN
- 091011-A-3355S-012
- Original resolution
- 3000x2899
Official DVIDS Caption
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.
Afghanistan
Cavalry patrolDVIDS Photo 212644
- Date
- 10.11.2009
- Location
- COMBAT OUTPOST HERRERA, AF
- Photo by
- Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
- VIRIN
- 091011-A-3355S-022
- Original resolution
- 3000x2552
Official DVIDS Caption
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.
Afghanistan
Cavalry patrolDVIDS Photo 212646
- Date
- 10.11.2009
- Location
- COMBAT OUTPOST HERRERA, AF
- Photo by
- Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
- VIRIN
- 091011-A-3355S-006
- Original resolution
- 3000x1992
Official DVIDS Caption
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.
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