Deployed Louisiana Soldiers inducted into the NCO corps [Image 6 of 6]

JOINT BASE BALAD, IRAQ

10.15.2010

Courtesy Photo

3rd Division Sustainment Brigade

Louisiana Guardsman, Sgt. Justin Smith (center) of Natchitoches, La., poses for a picture with Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Hickman, DeRidder, La., resident and senior enlisted advisor for 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, and Command Sgt. Maj. LeRoy Haugland, senior enlisted leader for the 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), after accepting a certificate of formal induction into the noncommissioned officers corps. More than 30 recently-promoted sergeants from the Louisiana 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s 3-156th Infantry Regiment, of Lake Charles, La., took part in the rite of passage ceremony. (Photo by: Sgt. Tresa L. Allemang)

• Date Taken: 10.15.2010
• Date Posted: 11.10.2010 03:18
• Photo ID: 338414
• VIRIN: 101015-A-3759A-092
• Resolution: 1024x604
• Size: 423.78 KB
• Location: JOINT BASE BALAD, IQ