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A Paratrooper from Company C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, walks through a field in a town in South Baghdad as part of a dismounted area recon mission, Nov. 24. Photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

A Paratrooper from Company C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, takes a knee during a short halt during a dismounted area recon, Nov. 24 of a town in South Baghdad. Photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

A paratrooper from Company C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, hands a toy to a little child during a dismounted patrol in a town in South Baghdad. Photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, and 9th Assam Regiment, U.S. Army and Indian Army, respectively, play a game of volleyball to build camaraderie and esprit de corps during Exercise Yudh Abhyas 22 on November 27. Yudh Abhyas 22 is a bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the combined interoperability of the Indian army and 11th Airborne Division to increase partner capacity for conventional, complex and future contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett walks back towards his vehicle before a 155 mm ordnance found during a dismounted patrol is detonated.

Iraqi Army Soldiers and Paratroopers form Co. C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (ABN), patrol through a town in South Baghdad as part of an area recon mission of the area Nov. 24. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th BCT (ABN), 25th Inf. Div.

Iraqi Army Soldiers and paratroopers from Co. C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), talk to citizens in a neighborhood in southern Baghdad as part of an area reconnaissance mission of the area Nov. 24. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th BCT (ABN), 25th Inf. Div.

1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett walks back towards his vehicle before a 155 mm ordnance found during a dismounted patrol is detonated. Photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler

Sgt. Aubrey Jollotta, a M2 .50 caliber gunner for the command element tactical alternate command team from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Abn.), scans the area for any possible threats during a mounted patrol in a town south of Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs

Sgt. Aubrey Jollotta, a M2 .50 caliber gunner for the command element tactical alternate command team from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Abn.), scans the area for any possible threats during a mounted patrol in a town south of Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs

U.S. Army Pfc. Jose Baggett, and Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Franco, Paratroopers with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (A-1/40th CAV), bag and catalog evidence found during the cordon and search of a group of houses belonging to suspected improvised explosive device makers in Hawr Rajab, Al Dora province, Iraq, Nov. 29.

U.S. Army Pfc. Casey Blackwell, a Paratrooper with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (A-1/40 CAV),pulls security behind a fallen palm tree during a route clearance patrol in Hawr Rajab, a suburb south of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 30. A-1/40 CAV is providing security as an Iraqi road crew repairs damage created by improvised explosive devices triggered during attacks on Coalition Forces.

U.S. Army Pfc. Casey Blackwell, a Paratrooper with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (A-1/40 CAV),pulls security shop, during a route clearance patrol in Hawr Rajab, a suburb south of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 30. A-1/40 CAV is providing security while an Iraqi road crew repairs damage created by improvised explosive devices triggered during attacks on Coalition Forces.

U.S. Army Pfc. Kevin Cianfrano, a Paratrooper with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (A-1/40 CAV), pulls security during a route clearance patrol in Hawr Rajab, a suburb south of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 30. A-1/40 CAV is providing security while an Iraqi road crew repairs damage created by improvised explosive devices triggered during attacks on Coalition Forces.

U.S. Army Pfc Casey Blackwell, a Paratrooper with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (A-1/40 CAV),pulls security behind a fallen palm tree during a route clearance patrol in Hawr Rajab, a suburb south of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov 30, 2006. A-1/40 CAV is providing security as an Iraqi road crew repairs damage created by improvised explosive devices triggered during attacks on Coalition Forces.

U.S. Army Pfc Kevin Cianfrano, a Paratrooper with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (A-1/40 CAV), pulls security during a route clearance patrol in Hawr Rajab, a suburb south of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov 30, 2006. A-1/40 CAV is providing security while an Iraqi road crew repairs damage created by improvised explosive devices triggered during attacks on Coalition Forces.

Pvt. Clifford Johansen, a network specialist with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division conducts airborne training operations at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, December 14, 2017.

Pfc. Josh Barrios from Torrence, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Brent Holmes from Marysville, Wash., both mortarmen with B Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conduct a fires mission Dec. 16 from Camp Clark in the Khost Province of eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Barrios, a mortarman from Torrence, Calif., working with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, lunges to a safe distance after firing a mortar during a mission, Dec. 16, at Camp Clark in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Barrios, a mortarman from Torrence, Calif., working with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, waits for the fire call before a mortar mission, Dec. 16, at Camp Clark in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan.

Sgt. Oscar Vazquez, a cavalry scout with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, pauses for a photo Dec. 16, 2013 at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska. Vasquez was born in Mexico. Through hard work, intelligence, and determination, he earned a bachelor’s degree, an Army career and U.S. citizenship. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith/Released)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Douglas Boone, platoon leader for 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, leads a routine convoy, Dec. 19, from Combat Outpost Wilderness to Combat Outpost Deysie in the Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan. To celebrate the season, the paratroopers of 2nd Platoon hung candy canes inside their vehicles.

First Sgt. Chad Fisher, senior noncommissioned officer with the Liaison Monitoring Team (LMT), 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Battle Group-East, waits for his turn to jump out of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Dec. 22

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Bogan, a cook for the cavalrymen of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, builds a "gingerbread" house out of toaster pastries, Dec. 19, at Combat Outpost Deysie in Paktya province, Afghanistan. Bogan made a Christmas tree, fire place and dining table for the inside of the house, and Santa's sleigh with reindeer for the top, all out of candy and chocolate.

U.S. Army Pfc. Patrick Quirino, cavalryman with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, takes communion from Chap. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Matthew Atkins after attending an Advent Christmas service, Dec. 20, at Combat Outpost Deysie in eastern Afghanistan's Paktya province.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Krisch, a cavalrymen with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division reads an Bible excerpt to his comrades during an Advent Christmas service, Dec. 20, at Combat Outpost Deysie in eastern Afghanistan's Paktya province.

Cavalrymen with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, pause their daily missions to participate in an Advent Christmas service, Dec. 20, at Combat Outpost Deysie in the Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Barrios from Torrence, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Brent Holmes from Marysville, Wash., both mortarmen with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, check a target after completing a mortar fires mission, Dec. 16, from Camp Clark in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Barrios from Torrence, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Brent Holmes from Marysville, Wash., both mortarmen with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct a fires mission, Dec. 16, from Camp Clark in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan.

Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges presents a coin to Spc. Michael Todman, a paralegal with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, for his hard work and dedication to Multinational Battle Group-East, on Christmas Eve at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Dec. 24.