1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Fort Hood 2007

1st Battalion - Fort Hood, 2007

FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers role playing as Iraqi soldiers from the 25th Iraqi Army Division,
along with Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, pull security while awaiting extraction from an air assault raid on Fort Hood April 20.
The training served to simulate what the brigade’s Soldiers faced in the area northwest of the town of Karbala,
which is located north of Baghdad, Iraq, as the brigade continues to train during the final week of a three-week field training exercise.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason R. Krawczyk, 13th PAD)

FORT HOOD, Texas – Pvt. Brian Gomez, an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, sprints to finish his Expert Infantryman Badge foot march July 12.
The Soldiers must complete the 12.6-mile road march in less than three hours as a prerequisite to competing in the test phase.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Hodge, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)

FORT HOOD, Texas – Pvt. Kristopher Rodriguez, an infantryman with 3rd platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, sprints toward the finish line during the foot march portion of the Expert Infantryman Badge training
July 12. After finishing first in the 12.6-mile march, Rodriguez said "the EIB is everything to me."

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Hodge, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)

FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, listen to instructions from the gas chamber safety officer before exposing themselves to crowd suppression gas
during Expert Infantryman Badge training July 12.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Hodge, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)

FORT HOOD, Texas – Pvt. Nicholas Cerbone, an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gulps in some fresh air after a short stay in the gas chamber July 12.
Cerbone, along with fellow Soldiers from his company, trained to prepare themselves to compete for Expert Infantryman Badges.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Hodge, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)

At left is CSM Tim Guden (CSM 1-22 IN), at right is LTC Matt Elledge (CO 1-22 IN)
in the center is 1SG (Ret) David McNerney, Medal of Honor recipient.
McNerney earned his MOH on March 22, 1967 while serving as 1SG of A/1-8 IN.
He is our only living 4ID MOH recipient.

Photo taken at Fort Hood, November 16, 2007 by Bob Babcock