V CORPS FORWARD: PHOTO ALBUM

United States Army, V Corps - America's Victory Corps est. July 7, 1918

VICTORY FORWARD PHOTO ALBUM

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OCTOBER 2006
	OCTOBER 9 Photo by Tech Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, raid a house in Ramadi, Iraq.
	OCTOBER 4 Photo by Spc. Richard C. Boyles Maj. Gen. Fred D. Robinson Jr., acting V Corps commanding general and commander of 1st Armored Division, administers the oath of enlistment to 62 Soldiers at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Soldiers, assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, which is currently attached to 1st Armored Division, decided to reenlist before they moved north into Iraq.
	OCTOBER Photo by Cpl. Trenton Harris (From left to right) Spc. Paul Michael, Staff Sgt. Joel Ovanic, and Spc. Jonathan Russ, scouts with 1st Armored Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor, move wires to enter a courtyard during Operation Dealer in Ramadi, Iraq.
SEPTEMBER 2006
	SEPTEMBER 27 Photo by Lance Cpl. Clifton D. Sams Spc. Jennie Baez of 1st Armored Division's 47th Forward Support Battalion provides security for fellow Soldiers during an operation in the Al Anbar province of Iraq.
	SEPTEMBER Photo by Master Sgt. Bob Johnson Sgt. Joel Hamilton from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of 1st Armored Division's 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry uses a density detector during clearance of Objective Risalah in Baghdad during Operation Relentless Hunt in September 2006. The operation supported the larger mission of Multi-National Division - Baghdad's Operation Together Forward, a joint coalition-Iraqi forces undertaking to increase security in the Baghdad area. (Photo by Master Sgt. Bob Johnson)
	SEPTEMBER Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Soldiers from 1st Armored Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, show Iraqi Soldiers how to clear a room during a training class in Ramadi, Iraq.
	SEPTEMBER Photo by Sgt. Joe M. Battle Leaders including Maj. Gen. James Thurman, who commands Multi-National Division - Baghdad and 4th Infantry Division, and was had just been nominated to be V Corps commander (center) and V Corps' Command Sgt. Major Ralph Beam, serving as Multi-National Corps - Iraq command sergeant major (right) pause for a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony for the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. The ceremony took place on the fifth anniversary of the attack at the Al-Faw palace, Camp Victory, Iraq.
	SEPTEMBER 3 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock 1st Lt. Ian Blackstone of 1st Armored Division's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, radios in his unitís status while searching a school during a morning raid in the Tameem district of Ramadi, Iraq.
	SEPTEMBER Photo by Spc. Sandra Pockwinse Spc. Patricia Padgett of Company C, 47th Forward Support Battalion, redirects incoming mail for her unit's Soldiers in Iraq.
	SEPTEMBER Photo by Spc. Joshua Ramey Chaplain (Maj.) Anthony Horton of 1st Armored Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion (standing) speaks to Soldiers during a reintegration class on at Camp Libery, Iraq.
AUGUST 2006
	AUGUST 27 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Sgt. Michael Crowley of 1st Armored Division's 2nd Battalion, 37th Infantry, clears the stairway of an abandoned house during a weapons search in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	AUGUST 18 Photo by SStaff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Soldiers from 1st Armored Division's 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored climb a stairwell as they clear a house during a patrol in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	AUGUST 16 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Sgt. John Christofferson of 1st Armored Division's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, searches an Iraqi man while conducting a traffic control point on Alternate Supply Route Michigan in Tameem, Iraq.
	AUGUST 13 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Pfc. Matthew Fabish from 1st Armored Division's 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment guards suspected insurgents during a joint raid with Iraqi police in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	AUGUST 7 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Soldiers from 1st Armored Division's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, enter a house in Tameem, Iraq in search of suspects linked to a shooting on American forces the day before.
	AUGUST 7 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Sgt. Jose Lanzarin of 1st Armored Division's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, watches as a young Iraqi girl tries on his Kevlar helmet while he and his team help her mother fill out a census form in Tameem, Iraq.
	AUGUST 1 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Master Sgt. Roy Lee and Sgt. 1st Class James Haftmann of V Corps Artillery use ground penetrating radar to locate underground objects as they pass over a section of land in Iraq.
JULY 2006
	JULY 24 Photo by Sgt. Raul Montana Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division are joined by U.S. Marines in a search for insurgents in houses across the street from Outpost 293 in Ramadi, Iraq, after the outpost was attacked by mortar and small-arms fire.
	JULY 24 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division search for insurgents in houses located across the street from Outpost 293 in Ramadi, Iraq, after the outpost was attacked with mortars and small-arms fire.
	JULY 24 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock A 1st Armored Division soldier steps over strands of barbed wire as he searches for insurgents across the street from Outpost 293 in Ramadi, Iraq. Division Soldiers began searching after the outposte came under attack by mortars and small-arms fire.
	JULY 13 Photo courtesy 22nd Signal Brigade NCOs from V Corps and Multi-National Corps - Iraq units are inducted into the elite Sergeant Morales Club during the first such ceremony in Iraq, on Camp Victory in Baghdad.
	JULY Photo by Sgt. Raul Montana Spc. Brandon Steininger (center) and Pfc. Eric Mixon (right) of 1st Armored Division's Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, secure a perimeter during a training exercise in preparation for the unit's future service in Iraq, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
JUNE 2006
	JUNE 31 Photo by Lance Cpl. R. Drew Hendricks V Corps' Maj. Robert Gunther, serving as executive officer for Multi-National Corps - Iraq's effects information operations section, plays his bagpipes on a balcony at Baghdad's Al Faw Palace. Of Scottish descent, Gunther has been playing the pipes for more than two decades.
	JUNE 28 Photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Sr. Soldiers from 1st Armored Division's Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery check a home in Al Bayaa, Iraq during a cordon-and-knock operation conducted in partnership with police officers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 1st Iraqi National Police. The purpose of the operation was to capture or kill members of an assassination cell operating in the area.
	JUNE 21 Photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Sr. Police officers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 1st Iraqi National Police, scan rooftops for insurgent activity during cordon-and-knock operations in Al Bayaa, Iraq conducted in partnership with Soldiers of 1st Armored Division's Battery B, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery. The aim of the mission was to capture or Kill members of an assassination cell operating in the area.
	JUNE Photo courtesy 22nd Signal Brigade Chaplain (Capt.) Dave Stoner, chaplain for V Corps' 32nd Signal Battalion, 22nd Signal Brigade, prepares to pass out boxes of Girl Scout cookies donated by scouts in New York to Iraqi children in a village near Balad.
	JUNE Photo by Spc. Joshua Ramey Pfc. Ryan Turner of Service Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery fires an AT-4 anti-tank weapon during recent training near Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
MAY 2006
	MAY 27 Photo by Pfc. Jason Dangel Staff Sgt. Luis Alicea, a squad leader with the 1st Armored Division's Battery B, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, searches for weapons caches on a farm south of Baghdad, Iraq.
	MAY 24 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Pfc. Shayne Sanderson of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division looks through the scope of an M-4 rifle while taking part in a security mission in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	MAY 23 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey 2nd Lt. Matthew Biellik of 1st Armored Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team searches an abandoned house for a weapons cache during a joint cordon-and-knock with the Iraqi army in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	MAY 18 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Staff Sgt. Jesse Linen of the 1st Armored Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team shows an Iraqi soldier the functions of the American M-4 assault rifle during joint weapons training in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	MAY 17 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Sgt. David Burns of the 1st Armored Division's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armor, conducts a checkpoint assessment in Tall Afar, Iraq.
	MAY 13 Photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey 1st Armored Division Soldiers sight in their weapons during training at a firing range near Tall Afar, Iraq.
	MAY 8 Courtesy photo A huge wall of sand moves in as a sandstorm prepares to engulf Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, home base of deployed Soldiers and civilian employees of the V Corps Special Troops Battalion and other corps units.
APRIL 2006
	APRIL 28 Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Mullett Gen. David D. McKiernan, U.S. Army Europe commanding general, speaks with Col. Sharon Duffey, deputy commander of V Corps' 3rd Corps Support Command, during the general's visit to Logistical Support Area Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.
	APRIL 26 Photo by Sgt. Dennis Gravelle Spc. Malaia Vioau from the 16th Engineer Battalion of 1st Armored Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team looks a little beaten up after round one of her three-round match during a boxing smoker at Forward Operating Base Sykes, Iraq. Vioau's opponent bloodied the specialist's nose, but after round one Vioau came back to win the bout.
	APRIL 18 Photo by Spc. Curt Squires V Corps' Capt. Ruth Vetter, currently serving as a legal advisor for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq plans and operations section, plays fiddle with country-rock star Charlie Daniels at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq. It was the first time Vetter, a classical violinist, had played fiddle.
	EASTER 2006 Photo by Capt. Joey Errington Soldiers of 1st Armored Division's Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery participate in Easter 2006 services outside Camp Buehring, Kuwait, conducted by battalion Chaplain (Capt.) Junghun Park.
	APRIL 10 Photo by Lance Cpl. R. Drew Hendricks Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division ride in an M2 Bradly Fighting Vehicle on a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq.
	APRIL 8 Photo by Lance Cpl. R. Drew Hendricks Lt. Kylen Mays from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, takes part in a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq.
	APRIL 11 Photo by Lance Cpl. R. Drew Hendricks The Boogie Brass Band, a section of V Corps' 76th Army Band, practices in the old pool building at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. The group performs for servicemembers at special events, and can sometimes be heard at the camp's dining facility.
	APRIL 4 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon 1st Lt. Patrick Vankirk from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division hands out candy to Iraqi children during a combat patrol in Sighar, Iraq.
MARCH 2006
	MARCH 25 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division join Iraqi troops to conduct a combat patrol in Sighar, Iraq March 25, 2006. (Photo By Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)
	MARCH 22 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 101st Airborne Division's Task Force No Mercy during an air assault mission in Iraq's Al Jazeera Desert March 22, 2006. (Photo By Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)
	MARCH 22 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division dismount a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation -- part of the 101st Airborne Division's Task Force No Mercy -- during an air assault mission in Iraq's Al Jazeera Desert.
	MARCH 12 Photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner Iraqi forces and Soldiers of 1st Armored Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry patrol the city of Hit, Iraq during Operation Montgomery.
	MARCH 12 Photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner An Iraqi soldier attached to Company A of the 1st Armored Division's 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry helps provide security for coalition and Iraqi forces in the city of Hit, Iraq, during Operation Montgomery.
	MARCH 6 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division's F Troop, 1st Brigade reconnaissance team and members of the Iraqi army air assault a landing zone near Iraq's border with Syria, with the help of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters belonging to Company B, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation, part of the 101st Airborne Division's Task Force No Mercy.
	MARCH Photo by Capt. James Collado Soldiers from Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery clean their howitzer barrel (also known as “punching the tube”) in the motor pool at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
	MARCH Photo by 1st Sgt. Reginald Orr Capt. James Collado (left with pointer), a platoon leader for 1st Armored Division's Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, briefs his fellow commander, Capt. Joey Errington of the 4-27th's Battery C (seated at right) during a Rehearsal of Concept drill prior to an exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
	MARCH Photo by Spc. Spencer Case Staff Sgt. Stephen Brooks, routes NCO in charge in the highway division of V Corps' 27th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 3rd Corps Support Command, monitors routes in Iraq from the 'fusion cell' at Logistical Support Area Anaconda in Balad.
	MARCH Photo by 1st Lt. Wesley Brooks Soldiers of 1st Armored Division's Company B, 40th Engineer Battalion prepare to enter and clear a building during Military Operations on Urban Terrain training in Kuwait.
	MARCH Photo by 1st Lt. Timothy Erwin Sgt. Jeremy D. Bauer (right) coaches Pfc. Billy P. Zachary on how to restrain his platoon sergeant, Staff Sgt. Robert Best, during training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. All three Soldiers are assigned to 1st Armored Division's Company C, 40th Engineer Battalion.
FEBRUARY 2006
	FEBRUARY 20 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon 1st Armored Division Soldiers conduct a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq.
	FEBRUARY 20 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon A pair of M1 Abrams tanks from the 1st Armored Division conducts a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq.
	FEBRUARY 19 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon Pfc. Joseph Grace of the 1st Armored Division tosses a football with his fellow Soldiers prior to a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq.
	FEBRUARY 18 Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Katrina Beeler Soldiers from 1st Armored Division's 1st Battalion, 37th Armor use their weapons' scopes to search for insurgents in Owesat, Iraq who fired a mortar.
	FEBRUARY 16 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph McLean Lt. Gen. Syed Afzal Ahmed, surgeon general and director of general medical services for the Pakistan army, speaks at a transfer of authority ceremony at V Corps' 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. The 212th, which is preparing to leave the country after spending several months helping earthquake victims there, is turning over the facility to Pakistan.
	FEBRUARY 14 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon Sgt. Daniel Wert from the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, takes part in a combat patrol with Iraqi police officers in Tal Afar, Iraq.
	FEBRUARY 14 Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon 1st Armored Division Soldiers conduct a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq in their M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.
	FEBRUARY 10 Photo by Pfc. Sean Finch Capt. Gary S. Cooper, commander of V Corps' Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 30th Medical Brigade (right), awards combat patches to his deployed Soldiers during a ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq.
	FEBRUARY 10 Photo by Spc. James Hunter V Corps' Pfc. Scott Krumwiede and Spc. John Huth (right), currently serving with the Multi-National Corps-Iraq command group in Iraq, prepare an intravenous injection for a mock patient during a mass casualty exercise at Baghdad's Al Faw Palace February 10. The goal of the exercise was to prepare Soldiers to respond to an insurgent attack on the palace.
	FEBRUARY 9 Photo by Sgt. Kristopher Joseph V Corps' Sgt. 1st Class James W. Smith, currently deployed as operations NCO for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq Staff Judge Advocate office, prepares the U.S. flag for a promotion ceremony at the Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq.
	FEBRUARY 6 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph McLean Capt. Stephen Schmelzer (center) and Sgt. Reginald Toney (right) of V Corps' 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital demonstrate how to assemble a field sink to Pakistan army medical technicians in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. The MASH has been participating in Operation LIFELINE, a Pakistani-led relief operation, since shortly after the devastating earthquake that struck the region Oct. 8, 2005.
	FEBRUARY 4 Photo courtesy MNCI V Corps' Col. Joseph Coleman, currently serving as the Multi-National Corps-Iraq inspector general (left), swears in two of his fellow V Corps Soldiers -- Maj. (Chaplain) Charles M. Herring and equal opportunity advisor Sgt. 1st Class Christopher A. Balduf (right) -- as temporary assistant IGs at Camp Victory in Baghdad February 4, 2006. Herring and Balduf will serve as assistant IGs for an upcoming quality of life inspection.
	FEBRUARY Photo by 1st Lt. Kenneth Jordan Spc. Stephen Hancock (left), Sgt. Jeremy English and Spc. Brandon Hawn (in background) of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, launch a round from their 120mm mortar tube during training in Kuwait.
	FEBRUARY Photo by Capt. Kelsey Smith Air crew members from V Corps' 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry, walk the flight line in Jalalabad, Afghanistan after a mission supporting the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
JANUARY 2006
	JANUARY 30 Photo courtesy Spc. Michael Zuk Col. Mark McKearn, commander of V Corps' 12th Aviation Brigade (left) and the 12th's Chief Warrant Officer 2 Roberto Torres share a moment of silence during a dedication ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The ceremony dedicated a maintenance facility in honor of five brigade crewmembers from F Company, 159th Aviation -- affectionately known as 'Big Windy' -- who died when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed April 6, 2005.
	JANUARY 23 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey, on duty in Iraq as sergeant major for the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, takes time for a photo opportunity in his Baghdad office.
	JANUARY 22 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Sgt. Maj. David Tolver, on duty in Iraq with the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, conducts daily business at Camp Victory in Baghdad.
	JANUARY 22 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Lt. Col. David Acevedo, on duty in Iraq as chief of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, strikes a happy pose in his office at Camp Victory in Baghdad.
	JANUARY 18 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Sgt. Maj. David Tolver and Master Sgt. Dayne Bruce, on duty in Iraq with the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, take an opportunity to have a picture taken in "the chair" in Baghdad's Al-Faw Palace.
	JANUARY 16 Photo courtesy 12th Aviation Brigade Soldiers from Task Force Sabre of V Corps' 12th Aviation Brigade work on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during the first heavy snow of the season at Bagram (Afghanistan) Airfield.
	JANUARY 14 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Spc. Karla Yepez, on duty in Iraq with the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, conducts supply business at Camp Victory in Baghdad shortly after the corps' arrival there.
	JANUARY 14 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Pfc. Anna Lozano, on duty in Iraq with the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, works on new information systems in Baghdad's Al-Faw Palace.
	JANUARY 10 Photo courtesy Sgt. Maj. Brian Kinsey V Corps' Staff Sgt. Giovanni Saraos, on duty in Iraq with the Multi-National Corps-Iraq information management directorate, trying to acquire a signal from the Iraqna cell phone network on Camp Victory in Baghdad.
	JANUARY Photo by 1st Lt. Greggory Johnson A column of M1 Abrams tanks from B Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor prepares to roll out on a training mission in Kuwait.
	JANUARY Photo by Pfc. Evan Richardson (Clockwise from front left) Pfc. Nickolas Orvik, Spc. Victor Bardales and Sgt. Alberto Romero of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, prepare to carry comrade Pfc. David Whidbee, who is role-playing as a wounded Soldier, to a medical evacuation helicopter during casualty evacuation training that was part of a convoy live-fire exercise at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
December 2005
	DECEMBER 21 Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley From left, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mike LeFever, Pakistan disaster relief coordinator; Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Col. Angel Lugo, commander of V Corps' 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, take a tour of the 212th's facilities in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Rumsfeld is visiting the areas damaged by the Oct. 8 earthquake and the U.S. personnel working to aid the survivors.
	DECEMBER Photo by 1st Lt. James Collado Soldiers from C Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery fire a round from their M109A6 Paladin on a range in Kuwait.
	DECEMBER Photo by 1st Lt. Timothy Conners Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment negotiate an urban training range at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
	DECEMBER Photo by 1st Lt. Scott Love Soldiers of the 3rd platoon of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry conduct close-quarter marksmanship training at a Kuwait firing range.