Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 10.17.2011
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III greets a soldier at the Forward Operating Base Salerno dining facility after a breakfast question-and-answer session Oct. 18. Chandler visited several FOBs that day, speaking with soldiers assigned to the Fort Knox, Ky. - based 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 10.17.2011
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III listens to a question posed by a soldier assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, at Forward Operating Base Salerno Oct. 18. Chandler held a Q&A session in the FOB Salerno dining facility to hear the issues facing deployed soldiers, and to address some of their questions regarding major changes going on......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 09.02.2011
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Tell Wilson (right), a Scobey, Mont., native and platoon leader for 2nd Platoon, Troop A, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, pulls security at a traffic control point being manned by his platoon. The TCP was meant to interdict insurgent movement in the area and stop the smuggling of weapons....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 08.18.2011
U.S. Army Sgt. Leonel Vazquez, a communications specialist with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, adjusts a satellite antenna at his battalion headquarters Aug. 18. The Queens, N.Y., native, who was working as a plumber on Long Island when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in nearby Manhattan, cites that event......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 08.18.2011
U.S. Army Sgt. Leonel Vazquez, a communications specialist with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, prepares for a communications training exercise at his battalion headquarters Aug. 18. Vazquez, who was working as a plumber on Long Island when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in nearby Manhattan, cites that......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 08.17.2011
U.S. Army Spc. Jose Vallejo, an infantryman with the Focus Targeting Force of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, poses outside his BCT headquarters on Forward Operating Base Salerno July 17. Vallejo, a Queens, N.Y., native cites the attacks of 9/11 and his resulting desire to help fight terrorism as major reasons behind his joining the military....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 07.07.2011
U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lopez, a Los Angeles native and signal support specialist with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, stretches after a workout in the Forward Operating Base Salerno gym July 7. Lopez, who is training to be a boxer, said he is currently in the conditioning phase of his training, in which he gets himself ready......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 07.07.2011
U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Lopez, a Los Angeles native and signal support specialist with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, trains on a speed bag at the Forward Operating Base Salerno gym July 7. Lopez has tailored his workouts and diet to help him reach his maximum potential as a boxer....
