1st Battalion February 2009

U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Leever, Delta Company Vehicle Maintenance, 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
reaches for the puck during the nightly hockey game at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, on Feb. 9, 2009

U.S. Army Spc. Adam Ramos and Sgt. Seth Earnheart, members of Delta Company Vehicle Maintenance,
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry, prepare for the puck to drop starting the nightly hockey game
at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, on Feb. 9, 2009.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Leever,
Delta Company Vehicle Maintenance,
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry, takes the puck
down the concrete during the nightly
hockey game at
Forward Operating Base Falcon,
Iraq, on Feb. 9, 2009.

Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq
Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Leever, Delta Company Vehicle Maintenance, 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
takes a shot at the opposing goal during the nightly hockey game at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, on Feb. 9, 2009.

U.S. Army Sgt. Seth Earnheart, Delta Company Vehicle Maintenance, 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
reaches to take the puck from a rival player at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, on Feb. 9, 2009.

U.S. Army Spc. Adam Ramos, Delta Company Vehicle Maintenance,1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
takes a penalty shot from the side line, during the nightly hockey game at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, on Feb. 9, 2009.

U.S. Army Pvt. Geovany Alayon, native of Newark, N.J., a member of Delta Company,1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
provides security on the second floor of a clinic in Risalah, Iraq, on Feb. 10, 2009.

U.S. Army Pvt. Ted Ziegenfuss,
native of Warner Robins, Ga.,
a member of Delta Company,
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
provides security outside
of a clinic in Risalah, Iraq, on Feb. 10, 2009.

Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq
Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

U.S. Army Pvt. Ted Ziegenfuss,
native of Warner Robins, Ga.,
member of Delta Company,
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry,
provides security outside
of a clinic in Risalah, Iraq, on Feb. 10, 2009.

Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq
Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Pfc. Gene Wolf, a wheeled vehicle mechanic from Summerville, S.C.,
assigned to Forward Support Company E, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, the brigade’s commander,
after accepting an Army Commendation Medal Feb. 13 at Forward Operating Base Falcon in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Sgt. 1st Class Abelardo Tijerina (left), a combat engineer
from Dallas, assigned to Company E, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, receives his Bronze Star Medal Feb. 14
from Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, the battalion’s commander, at Forward Operating Base Falcon in southern Baghdad’s Rashid district.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
presents a Purple Heart to Staff Sgt. Manuel Cisneros, a forward observer from Tehachapi, Calif., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B, Feb. 15, at a joint security station in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

(U.S. Army photo courtesy of Capt. James Crews, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Spc. William Sony, a wheeled vehicle mechanic from Marquez, Texas,
assigned to Forward Support Company E, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, , receives an Army Commendation Medal
Feb. 18 from Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, the battalion’s commander, at a joint security station in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

(U.S. Army photo courtesy of Capt. James Crews, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Lt. Col. Matthew Elledge, (standing), commander of the
1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, speaks to Soldiers of Company A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., Feb. 18,
after awarding the Soldiers of “Gator” Co. their end-of-tour awards at a joint security station in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

(U.S. Army photo courtesy of Capt. James Crews, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)