1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Honors Fallen Iraqi Soldier

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Raider Soldiers honor service of fallen Iraqi comrade

Staff Sgt. Brent Williams

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B

September 26, 2008

Baghdad — Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
Multi-National Division – Baghdad, offers his condolences to local community leaders Sept. 26 during a funeral
conducted in the Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad. Martin, a Jacksonville Beach, Fla., native,
attended this event to pay his respects to the families and friends of Iraqi Lt. Col. Ra’ad Sahaar Moyan Juda al-Hussaini,
commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, who was killed during an enemy ambush in the Diyala province.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Baghdad — Sgt. 1st Class Jermaine Asberry, surrounded by Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team
Personal Security Detachment: (from left to right) Spc. Christian Schmidt, infantryman; Spc. Joseph Lopez, cavalry scout;
Spc. Arturo Nelms, armor crewmember; and Pfc. Eric Kemple, cavalry scout, escort the folded colors Sept. 26
to honor the service of a fallen Iraqi comrade. Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st BCT, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, and Soldiers of his PSD rendered honors
as the colors passed by, carried by the 1st BCT PSD to Col. Ted Martin, 1st "Raider" Brigade commander.
Martin passed the colors to the brother and family members of Iraqi Lt. Col. Ra’ad Sahaar Moyan Juda al-Hussaini,
commander of the 3rd Bn., 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, who was killed during an enemy ambush in the Diyala province.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Baghdad — Sgt. 1st Class Jermaine Asberry, platoon sergeant of the personal security detachment,
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad,
renders a salute as he presented the folded colors, Sept. 26, to Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.,
at an Iraqi Security Forces combat outpost in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Martin, who hails from Jacksonville Beach, Fla.,
presented the flag to the brother of a fallen Iraqi comrade, Lt. Col. Ra’ad Sahaar Moyan Juda al-Hussaini,
commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, following a memorial for the Iraqi NP,
who was killed in an ambush in the Diyala Province of Iraq earlier in the week.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Baghdad — Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad,
presents the colors to the brother of a fallen Iraqi officer, Sept. 26, to honor the service of Lt. Col. Ra’ad Sahaar Moyan Juda al-Hussaini,
commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, who was slain in an ambush during security operations
in the Diyala province. Martin paid his respects to his fallen comrade, with the assistance of Iraqi Staff Brig. Gen. Shakir Laftah Abdalretha
Al-Assadi, commander, 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, attending Ra'ad's memorial and offering his condolences
at an Iraqi Security Forces combat outpost in the Aamel community of southern Baghdad's Rashid district.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Baghdad — Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad,
presents the colors to the brother of a fallen Iraqi officer Sept. 26 to honor the service of Lt. Col. Ra’ad Sahaar Moyan Juda al-Hussaini,
commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, who was slain in an ambush during security operations
in the Diyala province. Martin paid his respects to his fallen comrade, attending Ra'ad's memorial and offering his condolences
at an Iraqi Security Forces combat outpost in the Aamel community of southern Baghdad's Rashid district.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

Baghdad — Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, leads Soldiers of his personal security detachment in rank Sept. 26
during a flag presentation ceremony at an Iraqi Security Forces combat outpost in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
Elledge, who hails from Dexter, Mo., attended the memorial and follow-on flag presentation ceremony in honor of a fallen Iraqi comrade,
who worked closely with Leaders and Soldiers of the 1st "Raider" Brigade. Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.,
presented the colors to the brother of a fallen Iraqi officer Sept. 26 in honor of the service of Iraqi Lt. Col. Ra’ad Sahaar Moyan
Juda al-Hussaini, commander of the 3rd Bn., 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade,
who was slain in an ambush during security operations in the Diyala province.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

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