Story by Capt. Kyle Marr | Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve | 04.19.2024
Coalition partners from the U.S. Army, Navy and German Army worked together to perform an emergency surgery on a U.S. service member at Erbil Air Base....
Story by James Wilson | Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve | 08.22.2020
Camp Taji served as a pivotal site for planning countless counter-Daesh missions in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve. It’s fitting that the last mission planned by the small group of partner forces remaining at the Iraqi base was also one of the most challenging....
Story by Capt. Jason Welch | 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | 01.23.2019
The 1st Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne,” 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, officially assumed the mission from the outgoing 3rd Cavalry Regiment “Brave Rifles” from Fort Hood, Texas, during a ceremony held January 23, 2019. The transfer of authority was part of the regular rotation of forces that support the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent......
Courtesy Story | 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | 01.01.2019
Troopers from the Field Artillery Squadron “Steel,” 3rd Cavalry Regiment “Brave Rifles,” conducted a gun raid to provide supporting fires for Operation Swift – a series of artillery and airstrikes against ISIS targets in the Makhmour Mountains. Operation Swift was the first artillery raid conducted in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, and......
Courtesy Story | 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | 12.26.2018
U.S. servicemembers and troopers assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment “Brave Rifles” from Fort Hood, Texas, received a surprise visit from the President of the United States Donald J. Trump and first lady Melania Trump, Dec. 26, 2018, during a visit to Iraq. Brave Rifles troopers are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, working by, with and through the Iraqi Security......
Story by Capt. Jason Welch | 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | 12.18.2018
Troopers assigned to the Field Artillery Squadron, “Steel,” and 3rd Squadron, “Thunder,” helped establish the temporary firebase Nov. 8, near Iraq’s border with Syria, incorporating Iraqi M109 Paladin and French Caesar 155mm self-propelled howitzer units. Their mission: to prevent ISIS fighters from crossing the Syrian border into Iraq to escape the offensive in the Middle......
Story by Capt. Elias Zani | Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve | 11.30.2018
Camp Taji is an Iraq airfield out of which Coalition forces often operate. Much of the success of this can be attributed to the cooperation between Iraqi and Coalition airfield managers. Until recently, airfield managers didn’t have proper equipment to provide accurate and localized weather for Taji’s airfield. They also were often reliant on providing weather data from the nearest......
Courtesy Story | 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | 09.25.2018
U.S. Army Troopers from the Field Artillery Squadron “Steel,” 3rd Cavalry Regiment “Brave Rifles,” out of Fort Hood, Texas, conducted first responder training for 60 Iraqi Security Force members of the Federal Police, Sept. 3-5, 2018....
