Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Ball operates a Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer. Ball, an observer controller/trainer with the 479th Field Artillery Brigade, First Army Division West. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert R. Ramon, 479th Field Artillery Brigade Public Affairs Office
The six Task Force 34 Soldiers who were water baptized by Chaplain Lt. Col. Joel Severson, Task Force 34 Chaplain, at the Turner Indoor Pool at Joint Base Balad, Iraq on Oct. 26.
A Soldier gathers her equipment prior to conducting quick reaction force training (QRF). Soldiers of the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade (34th CAB) are conducting Annual Training at Camp Ripley, Minn. through the month of April. These Minnesota National Guardsmen are preparing for a deployment to Iraq early this summer and the Annual Training alleviates some of the requirements they must meet at the pre-mobilization site this summer.
