Col. Peter Jones, commander, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, gives a speech during the unit?s combat patch ceremony, Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. In his speech, Jones spoke of the pride each patch wearer should feel as they put on the same combat patch that numerous heroes before them wore.
Third Infantry Division combat patches were placed on the right shoulders of Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division during a combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldier crosses when they have been deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Leaders of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the 34th Inf. Div., salute the flag during a combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The 3rd HBCT is currently attached to the 34th Inf. Div. during the unit?s fourth deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, stand in formation during the unit?s combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldiers cross when deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Third Infantry Division combat patches were placed on the right shoulders of Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Div., during a combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldiers cross when deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Sgt. 1st Class Candy, a bomb sniffing member of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receives her unit combat patch during a ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Command Sgt. Maj. James Pearson, 3rd HBCT, congratulates her.
Command Sgt. Maj. James Pearson, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, places a combat patch on the right shoulder of Col. Peter Jones during a ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Jones was the first of the night to don the patch, followed by brigade staff officers, noncommissioned officers, and battalion commanders and command sergeants major.
Soldiers of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, carry lit sledgehammers to ignite a bonfire during the brigade?s combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldiers cross when deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Soldiers of the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, bow their heads in prayer during the unit?s combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldier crosses when deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, stand in formation during the unit?s combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq.
Col. Peter Jones, commander, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and his senior enlisted advisor, Command Sgt. Maj. James Pearson, put the 3rd Inf. Div. combat patch on the right shoulders of staff officers and noncommissioned officers during a ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq.
Soldiers of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, ignite a bonfire using lit sledgehammers during the brigade?s combat patch ceremony held Dec. 18 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldier crosses when they have been deployed with the unit for 30 days.
