Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
Matt Hutchings, an embedded reporter from Altitude Sports and Entertainment based in Colorado, causes quite a stir with local Iraqis while on a mission in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Aug. 9 during a mission with Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade. Iraqis, curious about his work, kept stopping in the hallway to watch him video....
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
Matt Hutchings, an embedded reporter with Altitude Sports and Entertainment based in Colorado, kicks up his feet after a Soldier finds a chair for him while on a mission in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Aug. 9, with Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade. Sitting in a secured area, he took full advantage of any available amenities, like a......
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
Spc. Casey Ferguson of Northglenn, Colo., communicates with other personnel in his vehicle while on a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 9. Ferguson, of Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade, serves as the gunner on a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle. He vigilantly scans his sector for any suspicious activities to ensure the......
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
Staff Sgt. Brian Carver of Aurora, Colo., conducts security for members of the Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team while on a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 9. Carver, who is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade, scans his sector of the perimeter around the PRT members who are meeting at the Fuel Distribution Center......
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
Spc. John Perea of Thornton, Colo., conducts security for the members of a Provincial Reconstruction Team while on a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 9. Perea, who is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade, maintains a secured perimeter around members of the PRT at the Fuel Distribution Center in Al Anbar province.......
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
The Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team attends a meeting at the Fuel Distribution Center in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 9, to discuss oil and fueling in Al Anbar province. Colorado Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, provides a personnel security detail to ensure the safety of those in attendance. The Anbar PRT consists of subject matter experts in an array of fields such......
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
A State Department linguist (left) and Marine Maj. Stephanie Griffith, the infrastructure project manager for Provincial Reconstruction Team Anbar, (right), inspect newly installed fuel pumps at the Anbar Fuel Distribution Center in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 9. The pumps were a part of a capacity-building project that assisted the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. "The Fuel Distribution Company increases......
Photo by Liesl Marelli | 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery | 08.09.2009
Spc. Casey Ferguson of Northglenn, Colo., communicates with other personnel in his vehicle while on a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 9. Ferguson, of Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade, serves as the gunner on a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle. He vigilantly scans his sector for any suspicious activities to ensure the......
