'Dagger' Brigade celebrates 94 years of duty, honor and sacrifice [Image 1 of 4]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

05.24.2011

Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Roberts 

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

Col. Paul Calvert, right, commander of 2nd “Dagger” Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and an Athens, Ga., native, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Lewis, left, command sergeant major of 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div. and a Milford, Kan., native, greets Staff Sgt. John Hatch, an intelligence technician with Special Troops Battalion, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C and a Cortland, N.Y., native, during the Dagger Brigade’s 94th birthday celebration May 24, 2011, at Camp Liberty, Iraq. Hatch, at 54 years old, is the oldest serving soldier in the Dagger Brigade and was asked to participate in the cake-cutting ceremony.

• Date Taken: 05.24.2011
• Date Posted: 05.31.2011 00:38
• Photo ID: 408817
• VIRIN: 110524-A-0645R-015
• Resolution: 2509x1654
• Size: 1.19 MB
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ