Lt. Col. John Cross, commander of 1st “Vanguard” Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and an Elk City, Okla., native, pins the Combat Action Badge on 1st Lt. Logan Prestonback, platoon leader with C Company, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C and a Melville, La., native, at Camp Taji, Iraq, March 26. The badge provides recognition to non-infantry Soldiers who personally engage enemy forces in combat or are engaged by an enemy force. The combat engineers of C Company were involved in a recent convoy that was struck by an improvised explosive device. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Robert J. Harvey, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C)
| Date Taken: | 03.26.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 04.05.2011 07:28 |
| Photo ID: | 386431 |
| VIRIN: | 110326-A-9709H-609 |
| Resolution: | 1024x683 |
| Size: | 86.58 KB |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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