Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.03.2010
The soldiers of ‘Beast’ Platoon, listen during a pre-mission brief as Sgt. Kevin Sosa, combat engineer, attached from Company Echo, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Regiment, reviews safety drills and procedures....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.03.2010
Pfc. Seth Jones, a combat engineer, Company Echo, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Regiment, tests the functions of the TALON robot before a route clearance mission along MSR Tampa. The robot is used to safely probe for and interrogate suspected explosive devices....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.03.2010
The remote manipulator arm, operated by Pfc. Nicholas Bolchak, combat engineer, Company Echo, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Regiment, flips over a plastic pallet and probes a piece of training debris during a functions check before being used for a mission later that evening....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.02.2010
A mine-resistent ambush-protected vehicle comes to a stop at an Iraqi army checkpoint during a route clearance mission conducted by Company E, 1st Bn., 8th Inf. Reg., 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.02.2010
A soldier of Company E, 1st Bn., 8th Inf. Reg., 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., runs past the lights of the lead vehicle of a route clearance patrol before getting into position in one of the rear vehicles. The patrol is ready to leave for its route clearance mission in the Dhi Qar province....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.02.2010
A soldier of Company E, 1st Bn., 8th Inf. Reg., 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., runs past the lights of the lead vehicle of a route clearance patrol before getting into position in one of the rear vehicles. The patrol is ready to leave for its route clearance mission in the Dhi Qar province....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.02.2010
Cpl. Andrew Lebold, combat engineer, Company E, 1st Bn., 8th Inf. Reg., 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., pulls security in front of an MRAP while the patrol leader, 1st Lt. Christopher Painter, and platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Byron Flakes, meet with an Iraqi army soldier about current hazards and threats on the road while stopped at a checkpoint during a route clearance mission....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.02.2010
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Painter, platoon leader, Company E, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Division, and Sgt. 1st Class Byron Flakes, platoon sergeant, talk through an interpreter with an Iraqi army officer about current hazards and threats on the road while stopped at a checkpoint during a route clearance mission....
