1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

 

 

Operation Iraqi Freedom

 

A soldier from Charlie Company is backed up by a Bradley fighting vehicle
during a foot patrol through the streets of Tikrit, Wed Feb 11, 2004.

(AFP/Stan Honda) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

A Regular walks past a mosque during a patrol in Tikrit, Sun Feb 8, 2004.
(AFP/Stan Honda) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

1-22 Regulars sort pictures, documents and portraits of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his family, confiscated during a joint night patrol with Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) members
in Tikrit, the former stronghold of Saddam , 28 February 2004.

(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

1-22 secures the area during a night raid in the city of Tikrit, Tue Mar 9, 2004.
(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

Regulars secure a street shortly after discovering an improvised explosive device (IED)
in Tikrit, late 05 March 2004.

(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

A 1-22 soldier uses night vision technology attached to a .50 caliber machine gun
during a night patrol in Tikrit, Thu Mar 4, 2004.

(AFP/File/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

SGT Gilbert Nail
(AFP/File/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

November 5, 2003
A 1-22 soldier passes out leaflets describing the US Army's rebuilding efforts
and other civic programs to townspeople along the main street running through Tikrit.
The coalition has spent nearly $2 million throughout the province of Salah ad Din,
bearly $1.1 million right in Tikrit.
USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com

 

A Regular hands out leaflets describing Coalition programs, Tikrit, November 5, 2003.
(USA TODAY/Jack Gruber) http://www.usatoday.com

 

SSG Jason Shields stands guard outside Tikrit's Agricultural Bank, November 5, 2003.
(USA TODAY/Jack Gruber) http://www.usatoday.com

 

Tikrit patrol :
William "Liam" Harrison of Charlie Company is silhouetted by the orange lights from a building
during a patrol in Tikrit, Wed Feb 11, 2004.

(AFP/Stan Honda) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

A Regular is silhouetted by the setting sun during a patrol in Tikrit, Sun Feb 8, 2004.
(AFP/Stan Honda) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

 

 


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