Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 01.23.2008
Prince William County, Va., native, Capt. R. Dale Jackson, a Michigan National Guard flight surgeon with the 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation checks out a Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery. Jackson is assigned to the 1st Bn. 143rd FA at Camp Taji, Iraq. "Having the opportunity to deploy in a time of war is, in a sense, me coming full circle," said Jackson.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 01.14.2008
Sgt. Michael Taylor, left, from Newberg, N.C., is currently the gate sergeant of the guard at entry control point three, but is normally a chemical specialist for the 46th Chemical Company. Taylor lives by the motto "Don't complain, it can always be worse."...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 01.14.2008
Pfc. Joshua Shepherd, of Boston, monitors vehicles coming in and out of entry control point three. A chemical specialist with the 46th Chemical Company, he finds his new job as a gate guard for Co. B, 1st Bn., 143rd FA, "not so bad."...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 01.14.2008
Spc. Juan Garcia, right, a resident of Santa Barbara, Calif., and main wench operator with Company B, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery, keeps a close eye on the giant Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment balloon as it's lowered....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 01.14.2008
Spc. Uriel Torres, Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment operator, for Company B, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery; California National Guardsman from Fresno, Calif., observes the cable as the giant RAID balloon is being lowered. ...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 01.14.2008
Spc. Juan Garcia, right, a resident of Santa Barbara, Calif., and main wench operator with Company B, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery, is in the process of bringing the giant Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment balloon down to 50 feet for a periodic check. Assisting him is Spc. Uriel Torres, RAID operator, for Co. B, 1st Bn., 143rd FA, and California National Guardsman from Fresno, Calif.......
