1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 32

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Soldiers of 1-22 point their weapons while conducting a sudden raid on a house in Ouja,
a small village where Iraqi former dictator Saddam Hussein was born, near Tikrit, Jan 28, 2004.
(AFP/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Regulars on patrol in the early hours of 19 January 2004 in Tikrit.
(AFP/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Members of 1-22 cautiously peer into ground opening, Feb 5, 2004.
(AFP/Jewel Samad)http://www.afp.com/english/home/

A Regular stands guard in front of an arrested Iraqi man during a raid in Tikrit, Jan 31, 2004.
(AFP/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

A detainee is brought to Headquarters by members of 1-22 Infantry, Jan 12, 2004.
(AFP/Jewel Samad)http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Regulars ready to go on patrol, 17 January 2004.
(AFP/Jewel Samad) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

An explosives expert removes an IED (Improvised Explosive Device)
after it was detected by the side of a road that 1-22 vehicles were driving on, Feb 2, 2004.
(AFP/Jewel Samad)http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Lt. Col. Steve Russell, during a difficult meeting with Tikrit tribal leaders.
Photo by Matthew B. Stannard, for the Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/

Task Force 1-22 Command - Tikrit, Iraq 2004

Left to right standing -
CPT Keutemeyer (A Co 4FSB), CPT Fallon (HHC), 1SG Davis (A Co 4FSB), 1SG Matlock (C Co 3-66 AR),
CPT Wagner (New A Co Cdr), CPT Boyd (C Co), 1SG Evans (C Co),
CPT Cecalupo (C Co 3-66 AR), CPT Stouffer (Old A Co Cdr),

Kneeling L to R -
1SG Garza (A Co), CSM Martinez, LTC Russell, 1SG Holzworth (Old B Co, New HHC 1SG).

(B Company was in Baji and not available for the photo)
Photo courtesy LTC Steve Russell

Sgt. Maj. Cesar Castro of 1-22 Infantry holds a cut-out of Elvis Presley at the hole from where the US military captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in Adwar, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. Castro, carrying the life-size cardboard cutout, was the latest visitor to this muddy farming area that has become a tourist site of sorts since Saddam Hussein was pulled out of the underground bunker on Dec. 13 after nearly eight months on the run.
(AP Photo/Cesar Castro) http://www.ap.org/index.html

Saddam's hole.....with a little "Regular" modification, Feb 2004

Standing L to R -
PFC Sanders (partial), SFC Gilbert Nail, CSM Salvador Martinez, LTC Steve Russell, MAJ Mike Rauhut, MAJ Bryan Luke,
Joe Filmore (translator), SPC Truong.

Kneeling L to R -
SGT Jeff Mann, SSG Lonnie Hinton, CPT Clay Bell
Photo courtesy LTC Steve Russell