Strike Brigade takes charge of advise, assist mission in N. Iraq [Image 2 of 2]

ERBIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IRAQ

05.17.2016

Photo by 1st Lt. Daniel Johnson 

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Col. Brett Sylvia, the commander of of 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), “Task Force Strike,” and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeremy Gebhardt, the senior noncommissioned officer for 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2BCT, uncase the Strike colors during their transfer of authority ceremony in Erbil, Iraq, May 17 2016. This ceremony marks the beginning of the Strike brigade’s deployment in Iraq as part of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve, building partner capacity and advising and assisting Iraqi Security Forces. The building partner capacity mission aims to increase the military capacity of local forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.(U.S. Army photo by SSG Peter Berardi/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.17.2016
• Date Posted: 05.23.2016 10:58
• Photo ID: 2598390
• VIRIN: 160517-A-JW984-032
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• Location: ERBIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IQ
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