Photo by Maj. Vonnie Wright | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 08.28.2019
Lt. Col. Trevor Voelkel and Command Sgt. Maj. Eddie Brewer of 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment pose for a photo with local children and the mayor of Mosul in Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2019. Task Force Ninewah donated 500 backpacks to the Mosul Mayor’s office to distribute to children within the town. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its Government of Iraq and......
Photo by Maj. Vonnie Wright | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs | 08.28.2019
Lt. Col. Trevor Voelkel of 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment assists in giving backpacks out to local children in Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2019. Task Force Ninewah donated 500 backpacks to the Mosul Mayor’s office to distribute to children within the town. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its Government of Iraq and Iraqi Security Forces partners remain united......
Photo by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.01.2016
U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Daniel Godlasky explains the composition of an Infantry Division to a Nigerien Armed Forces basic training company commander. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division, spent four weeks observing and mentoring basic combat training cadre of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN). The Bastogne......
Photo by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.01.2016
Sgt. 1st Class Sean Carey gives a block of instruction to the officers of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) Basic Training on the proper way to utilize a shadow box while 1st Lt. Daniel Godlasky tries to maintain a steady aim. The shadow boxes, provided to the basic training school by the team from 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne......
Photo by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.01.2016
The team from 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), poses in front of the Nigerien Armed Forces basic training crest. The Bastogne Brigade team spent four weeks observing and making recommendations for improvement to the Nigerien basic training course. Standing from left to right: Sgt. 1st Class Michael......
Photo by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.01.2016
Nigerien Armed Forces recruits learn and work on sight picture during a marksmanship block of instruction, while an instructor makes corrections on body position and the proper way to hold the weapon. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), spent four weeks observing and mentoring basic......
Photo by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.01.2016
Sgt. 1st Class Sean Carey shows a Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) Instructor what he knows about the assembly and disassembly of the AK-47, the primary individual weapon for the units of the Nigerien Army. Other weapon systems the recruits learn about are the HKG3 and the PKM machine gun. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st......
Photo by Capt. Jason Welch | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 11.01.2016
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Mullins instructs the officers of Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) basic training school on how to properly conduct the “Six Vaults” obstacle, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Prince prepares to demonstrate. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), spent four weeks observing and......