Maj. John Page, Rear-Detachment commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks about the long and valorous history of the 187th Infantry Regiment during an a More
U.S. Army Spc. Deonty Eastmon of the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, secures his sector during a patrol through Al Betra, Iraq, as the rest of his squad More
U.S Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, conduct a dismounted patrol through Qwesat, Iraq, Nov. 24, as they make their way to a possib More
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, help carry and care for an injured Iraqi man after his Concerned Local Citizen checkpoint wa More
U.S. Army Soldiers, from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, provide security near a possible burial site in Qwesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, as U.S. Army Soldier More
Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), uncover a huge cache of spent and unused munitions Feb. 25, west of Owesat.
Staff Sgt. Timothy Vigen, from Minneapolis, Company C, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), gets a workout on the rock-climbing gym he built wi More
An Iraqi doctor examines a man from Janabi village during a medical mission March 2, 2008, being conducted by U.S. Army Soldiers and members of Sons of Iraq in Yusufiyah, Iraq. The Soldiers are from Charlie Com More
First Lt. Keith Guglielmi (center), platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and his interpreter, Wike, c More
Soldiers of Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), when not on missions, are busy making th More
Staff Sgt. James Lutz, the 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) platoon sergeant hands out candy to students in the Uthman school i More
Sgt. Joshua Seymour, an Army Reserve Soldier with Company A, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), points to fish More
Soldiers from A Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry occupy an overwatch position during recent operations near the Yahya Khel District in Paktika province, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), get a class on the Vallon Mine Detector at Forward Operating Base Waza Kwah, More
Spc. Lee Garcia, a Forward Observer for Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, observes a nearby mountain during a mission in the Zirat Mountain Area, Waz More
U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Wilson of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, provides security during a mission in the Zirat Mountain Area, Waza Kwah District, More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Hanson of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, talks to locals about a local checkpoint in Waza Kwah District, Paktika province, More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, push barrels of fuel during a fuel drop at Forward Operating Base Waza Kwah, Paktika provin More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, are awarded Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars at Forward Operating Base Waza Kwah, Paktika pro More
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Charles Evans, platoon leader for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., gives a mission briefing to a group of Afghan National Arm More
A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, watches over an area in the Waza Kwah District here during dismounted operations. The Iron Rakkasans passed the responsi More
Army Pfc. Charles Hanson, rifleman and native of Spartanburg, S.C., Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment keeps an eye on a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle during a recent test flight at Camp Salerno. More
Army Spc. Marcos Nino (center), radio operator and native of Dallas, Texas, Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment pilots the controls of a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle as Army Pfc. Charles Hanson ( More
Afghan National Security Forces escort the Sub-Governer of Sabari District to to a local mosque for a key leader engagement and evening prayer in Sabari District, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Oct. 19.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Peter Sprenger from Stockton, Calif., Platoon Leader for Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, fires the Polish AR47 as part of the officer exchange with Polish Battle Group Alpha.
U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Robinson of Tacoma, Wash., Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, poses for a photo after receiving the Silver Star Medal du More
U.S. Army Capt. Edward Hoogland (left), battalion supply officer; U.S. Army 1st Lt. Austin Bass (center), Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, exe More
Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, maneuver through Sabari District during patrols to disrupt insurgent activity in the area Dec. 30. (Photo by More
U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Charles, an infantryman with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, and a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., provides security as platoon leaders question locals about an imp More
A U.S. Army soldier and member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya's security forces element, keeps a crowd of Afghan children at bay outside of a cool storage facility in Ahmad Abad District of Paktya Pro More
Col. Morris Goins, commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan and Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Gardner, 4th ABCT, 25th ID, salute the American flag before casing More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeffery Shafer, platoon leader for 3rd Platoon, Company A, 3rd Battalion,187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), completes the benc More
Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Crabtree (near), Command Sgt. Maj., and Col. R.J. Lillibridge (far left), Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), serve Thanksgiving dinner More
Pfc. Jacob Adams (left) and Spc. Artem Boyev (right), both infantrymen assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), More
U.S. Army Sgt. Lizeth Wakasa (left), a food service specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault More
Staff Sgt. Robert Kelly, an infantryman assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), double checks the team's rear s More
U.S. Army soldiers attached to 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the security forces element for Provincial Reconstr More
Army Sgt. Luciano Mada, a medic assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), shakes hands w More
U.S. Army Spc. Janice Pagan, an automated logistical specialist assigned to Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, uses a Bobcat to mo More
JarMarcus King, the Integrated Blast Effects Sensor Suites (IBESS) project lead with R4, Inc., stands with an IBESS system at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan, May 7, 2013. The IBES More
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment look on intently as a training specialist deployed from TACOM Detroit Arsenal, explains how the Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station can be mounted on a More
Sergeant 1st Class Julio Mella, 21st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division poses in front of a firetruck at the Oak Grove Fire Department. Mella has been volunteering as a More
Maxson “Mac” Mills and John Wood examine the Vietnam War portion of the stone pylon which honors four major periods of 101st Airborne Division history in front of McAuliffe Hall at Fort Campbell Sept. 8, 2017. More
Cogbill, left, along with Maj. Joshua Glonek, right, the 3rd BCT’s operations and training officer, and Maj. Ross Pixler, the operations and training officer of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, obser More
Captain Hampton Moore, commander of A Company 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and 1st Sgt. Jonathan Peters, hold up the company guidon and physical training T-shir More
Maj. John Page, Rear-Detachment commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), salutes the commander of troops to conclude a 187th Infantry Regiment activation cere More
U.S. Army Spc. David Wilcher of the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, lets an Iraqi army soldier out of elementary school Al Betra, Iraq, as he provides s More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Hood, of the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, provides security near a possible burial site in Qwesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2007, as U More
Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), dig out munitions from a huge cache Feb. 25 west of Owesat.
Soldiers with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) gather information from people of the Jenabi Village during biometric testing, dur More
Two Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull security on a hilltop in the salt flats outside Minari villag More
A Soldier stands on a metal plate replacing a plywood plank in a concrete structure on Combat Outpost Meade. The metal, which can support a Soldier's weight, is much safer than the wood it replaced. It is just More
First Lt. Keith Guglielmi (left), platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and his interpreter Wike conve More
Sgt. Joshua Seymour, an Army Reserve Soldier with Company A, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), photographs th More
Children help SoI build a new checkpoint on the small road through Fuhail Mujeer village by carrying sandbags for the structure while Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment More
Staff Sgt. Dennis Speek of the 707th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company gives a class on the Vallon Mine Detector to U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigad More
A U.S. Army Soldier from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, provides security during a mission in the Zirat Mountain Area, Waza Kwah District, Paktika More
A U.S. Army Soldier from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, enters a local national into the Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment during More
Soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, keep an eye out for enemy movement during a patrol through the Wazi Kwah District of Paktika province. The Iron Rakkasans have recently been sear More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and Afghan National Security Forces push barrels of fuel during a fuel drop at Forward Oper More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, are awarded Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars at Forward Operating Base Waza Kwah, Paktika Pro More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Vance Gonzales, a native of Weddinton, N.C., and executive officer, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., takes a moment to shak More
U.S. Army soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, set up a mortar tube during dismounted operations near the Waza Kwah District here. The Iron Rakkasans passed the respons More
Army Spc. Marcos Nino, radio operator, Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, throws a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle into the air at Camp Salerno during a recent test flight. The small UAV provides More
Army Spc. Marcos Nino (left), radio operator and native of Dallas, Texas, assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment checks the controls of a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle as Army Pfc. Charle More
U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and Afghan National Security Forces escort the Sub-Governer of Sabari District More
A Silver Star Medal sits ready for presentation prior to a Dec. 23 ceremony at Forward Operating Base Salerno recognizing the actions of U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Robinson from Tacoma, Wash., with Company D, 1st More
U.S. Army Spc. Shane Harris from 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and a Dublin, Ind., native, sets up a 60 mm mortar system upon occupying a vacant housing More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Schaffner, a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, a native of Camby, Ore., exits a compound after squad members and Afghan National Secur More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Ruden (right), a food security specialist with the Agribusiness Section for Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya, facilitates a key leader engagement with officials from Ahmad Aba More
Col. Morris Goins, commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan and Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Gardner, 4th ABCT, 25th ID, begin casing their Brigade colors durin More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Danny Chappell, platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon, Company A, 3rd Battalion,187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), completes More
Soldiers assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), point out areas of interest during a patrol in search of signs More
U.S. Army Sgt. Lizeth Wakasa (right), a food service specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assaul More
Afghan Uniformed Police, teamed with soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), complete a search of room insid More
U.S. Army Spc. Janice Pagan organizes supplies and vehicle parts for motor pool operations at Forward Operating Base Gardez in Paktya province, Afghanistan, March 15, 2013. Pagan is an automated logistical spec More
Stephen Jackson, expeditionary engineer, Exponent, Inc., fires up the Computer Numerical Control machine at the Rapid Equipping Force Expeditionary Lab at Forward Operating Base Salerno, May 7, 2013. The CNC cr More
A training specialist deployed from TACOM Detroit Arsenal (second from right), observes Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment who are completing operator training on the Common Remotely Operated More
Ray Pfeffer rappels from the tower at The Sabalauski Air Assault School with help from the cadre during a tour of Fort Campbell Sept. 8, 2017. Pfeffer was part of D Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regime More
From left to right: Maj. John Page and 1st Sgt. Jeremy Clark, the Rear-Detachment Command Group of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Irving Weinsoff, president of t More
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, set up a mobile command post at an elementary school in Al Betra, Iraq, during patrol operat More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Hood, of the101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, provides security near a possible burial site in Qwesat, Iraq, Dec. 18, as U.S. Arm More
A local Iraqi man tries to comfort an injured relative as U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Jovanovic, a combat medic, from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, pre More
Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and Sons of Iraq lay out munitions from a huge cache Feb. 25 west of Owesat.
First Lt. Keith Guglielmi, platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and his interpreter, Wike, examine a More
The owners of an Arab Jassim fish farm proudly display fish from their pond on April 5.
First Lt. Michael Nolan, from San Antonio, platoon leader for 2nd Platoon, Co. C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, inspects the nearly complete SoI checkpoint in the Fuhail Mujeer village less than two h More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brent Olson, a military dog handler and Blek, a military working dog, clear caves during a mission with U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, More
U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew Thomas from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, holds a puppy during a patrol in Waza Kwah District, Paktika province, Afghanist More
Rakkasan soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and Afghan National Army soldiers from the 3rd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps stop to take a break during a j More
Army Sgt. Justin Miller, native of West Palm Beach, Fla., infantry team leader and Raven operator, assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment attaches the wings to a Raven unmanned aerial veh More
U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), escort the Sub-Governer of Sabari District to to a local mosque for a key leade More
Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George Casey salutes U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Robinson of Tacoma, Wash., Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, durin More