1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 22

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

US Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, center, is surrounded by soldiers,
after speaking to journalists, during a visit at the military base of 1-22 Infantry Battalion
of the 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse), in Tikrit .
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

CSM Salvador Martinez from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, receives his Combat Infantryman's Badge
from Ltc. Steve Russell, unseen, during a ceremony inside the Battalion heaquarters
at a former Saddam Hussein palace in Tikrit, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003.
(AP Photo Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) http://www.ap.org/index.html

An Iraqi-born US military translator (L) from the 1-22 Infantry Battalion performs the Friday noon prayer
together with other Muslims working with the US Army, at a mosque in Tikrit.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Soldiers from 1-22 prepare to launch a mortar barrage at enemy positions during a night attack,
on loyalists of Saddam Hussein, outside Tikrit, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003.
The attacks are part of military operations code named Ivy Cyclone II, which began on 16 November, as part of a campaign to root out enemy insurgents that continue to attack American troops in the area.
(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) http://www.ap.org/index.html

Soldiers from 1-22 fire a mortar round from one of their compounds in Tikrit.
(AFP/Roberto Schmidt) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Sparks fly as Regulars fire their mortar from an Armored Personnel Carrier.
(AFP/Roberto Schmidt) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Lieutenant Colonel Steven Russell, far right, stands on his humvee with other members of 1-22,
as they watch Abrahms tanks and the mortar platoon fire at an enemy target in Tikrit early 17 November 2003.
The mortar platoon targeted several positions outside town from where attacks by insurgents have taken place
in the last few days against coalition forces stationed in the area.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

A Regular takes position inside a Humvee during a night patrol in downtown Tikrit.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima)http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Soldiers from 1-22 talk to each other illuminated by the headlights of a Humvee during a night patrol in Tikrit,
Sat Dec 6, 2003.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

A Regular from Charlie Company during a patrol in Tikrit, Sun Dec 7, 2003.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

1-22 soldiers in a humvee talk to a group of Iraqi boys while patrolling in downtown Tikrit,
as part of Operation Ivy Cyclone II.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

LTC Steven Russell, right, CO of 1-22, and CSM Salvador Martinez, left, decorate for Christmas
at their headquarters in Tikrit, Sunday, Dec 7, 2003.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Seen from above, a 1-22 soldier makes a jump shot during a basketball game inside one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces along the banks of the Tigris river in Tikrit, 23 November 2003.
(AFP/Mauricio Lima) http://www.afp.com/english/home/

LTC Steven Russell, Commander of 1-22 Infantry

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