Media Gallery

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 Spc. Todd Zimmerman, a combat medic with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, works his way around an obstacle 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, works his way along an obstacle 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 Pfc. Torry Peterson, paratrooper with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, searches an Iraqi man while another Soldier pulls security from a distance, during a routine traffic stop while on 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 Staff Sgt. Matthew Huyer, a squad leader with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, pulls far side security down a road during a halt in movement while on a reconnaissance patrol in Adwaniya, Iraq, April 7. The unit is responsible for the security of the area surrounding the south Baghdad suburb.

An Iraqi boy walks by as U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Reed, a team leader with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, pulls security during a halt while on 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 Sgt. Sean Reed, a team leader with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, pulls security while his squadron leader, Lt. Col. Mark Odom engages with the local residents during a reconnaissance patrol in Adwaniya, Iraq, April 7. The unit is responsible for the security of the area surrounding the South Baghdad suburb.

An Iraqi family works in a field as U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Reed, a team leader with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, strolls past 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 Sgt. Sean Reed and Staff Sgt. Dale Smith, paratroopers with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (1/40th CAV) 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, prepare to enter an abandoned warehouse 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, crosses a footbridge during a reconnaissance patrol in Adwaniya, Iraq, April 7. The unit is responsible for the security of the area surrounding the south Baghdad suburb.

Sgt. Eric Herrington, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, receives a bronze star with valor from Col. Michael Garret, 4BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div. commander. Ten other Paratroopers also received honors on Sept. 28.

Sgt. Eric Herrington, B Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Airborne, 25th Infantry Division, receives a bronze star with valor from Col. Michael Garret, 4BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div. commander. Ten other paratroopers also received honors on Sept. 28.

Sgt. Aubrey Jollotta, one of the M2 .50 caliber gunners for the command element tactical alternate command team from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (ABN), scans the area for any possible threats during a mounted patrol in a town south of Baghdad.

Sgt. Aubrey Jollotta, one of the M2 .50 caliber gunners for the command element tactical alternate command team from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (ABN), scans the area for any possible threats during a mounted patrol in a town south of Baghdad.

Spc. Iris G. Almazan, a medic with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, patrols through southern Baghdad.

Spc. Jamie L. Jameson a medic with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, patrols through southern Baghdad.

Capt. Chad Klascius, commander of Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and native of Sandy, Utah, briefs Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil Jr., commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and 1st Cavalry Division, on progress of construction efforts of a checkpoint March 19 south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Randy Tester, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div.)

A U.S. Army paratrooper with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment breaks open a case of C-4 explosives, prior to a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

U.S. Army paratroopers with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment resume their march after a security halt during a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

U.S. Army paratroopers with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment resume their march after a security halt during a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

U.S. Army paratroopers with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment move through a field during a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

Lt. Col. Mark Odom, commander, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Washington, D.C. native, discusses current operations with a fellow paratrooper near Adamiyah, Iraq April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment)

Lt. Col. Mark Odom, commander, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Washington, D.C. native, discusses operations with Brig. Gen. John Campbell, deputy commanding general for maneuver, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, near a patrol base south of Baghdad April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment)

Sgt. Michael J. Cavallo, a combat medic with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, cleans a shrapnel wound for an Iraqi during a humanitarian assistance and medical operation in Hawr Rajab, Oct 13. The Iraqi man received the injury two weeks prior during an insurgent mortar attack on the town.

Sgt. Carlos Guerrero, right, of Las Vegas, and Spc. Walter Epert, of Chicago, both scouts with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska, poise themselves on a rooftop and prepare to engage insurgents in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, Oct. 27.