4th Battalion

Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, affix the regimental colors to a rucksack to carry during the Manchu Mile Sept. 13, here. The history of Manchu Mile dates back to 1900 when soldiers of the 9th More

Soldier's from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Manchus), 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division finish strong, completing the Manchu Mile foot march April 6. The Manchu's pushed through th More

Three U.S. Army M109-A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzers operated by A Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, Division Artillery (DIVARTY), 1st Armored Division, stand ready to fire at the Dona Ana firin More

Rct. Maria Daume, Platoon 4001, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, yells orders to her team during the Crucible Jan. 5, 2017, on Parris Island, S.C. Daume was born in a Russian prison and brought to More

The “Pando Commando” glows in night vision from a festive jack-o’-lantern display, October 27, 2019, at Fort Drum, New York. The skiing panda, or “Pando Commando,” has recently gained popularity across the “Com More

Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, line up outside of the containerized kitchen operated by the food service specialists of G Company, 47th Brigade Support Battalion as part of the Phillip A. Co More

Spc. Zach Ambrose of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division polishes the over two foot long silver ladle that accompanies the Liscum Bowl April 24, 2018, p More

Pfc. Robert Kyser, member of Company D, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, paints the Combat Aviation Brigade bus stop structure as part of the sergeant's major detail, Sept. 17, 2007, Camp Striker, Baghdad.

Soldiers of Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment tactically move from one building to another near Tal Tasa, Iraq, Oct. 2. The Soldiers were targeting insur More

U.S. Army Maj. Michael Williams, with 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team calls in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit after finding an unexploded Im More

A local citizen led U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division to the site of unexploded improvised explosive More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brendon McGann from 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment looks through the rubble of a house that has been ravaged by fire and theft in Saydiyah, Al Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. (U.S. N More

A U.S. Army Bradley tank, manned by Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, waits within the walls of Forward Operating Base Falcon before conducting More

2nd Lt. Robert Boles, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment reviews math homework with Soldiers at Camp Striker, Baghdad.

Capt. Benjamin Fielding, a Youngstown, Ohio, native, who is the commander of Company A, 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, and Iraqi Lt. Basher, a platoon leader with 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Na More

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Sumner, a native of Tyler, Texas, who serves as the platoon sergeant of the 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 4th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, briefs his Soldiers at More

Displaced Iraqis line up in Saydiyah to fill out paperwork to return to their homes, Feb. 9. Iraqi security forces and Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment helped more than 2,000 displaced familie More

St. Louis native, Sgt. Adebowale Osisanya, a communications non-commissioned officer with the 47th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, passes a soccer ball during a match with the 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Nation More

Staff Sgt. Joseph Bailey, left, monitors Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear specialist Soldiers Spc. Phillip Drwila, Co. E 4-3rd Avn. and Spc. Precious Haynes, Co. D 4-3rd Avn. as they practice deconta More

Staff Sgt. Landon B. Powell, head medic for the aid station at Forward Operating Base Zormat, Headquarters Headquarter Troop, 4th Battalion, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divisio More

Soldiers with 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade enjoy a comedy show, March 22, at the 3rd CAB flight line dining facility at Camp Striker, Iraq.

Bobby Rush, singer with Bluzapalooza, sits in a Kiowa Warrior during a visit to the Combat Aviation Brigade flight line on April 5 in Baghdad. Later that day Rush performed in Bluzapalooza, a four-act blues fes More

Iraqi army soldiers hand out humanitarian aid packages, backpacks filled with hygiene items, in Qadisiyah, Iraq. This impoverished neighborhood is full of displaced nationals in desperate need of aid.

A U.S. Army Soldier provides security while a soldier in the Iraqi army meets with locals to explain how they will receive humanitarian aid packages in Qadisiyah, Iraq. The U.S. Soldiers are with Headquarters, More

1st Lt. Damien Barrineau, physician's assistant for 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), treats a young Iraqi girl for a stomach ache du More

U.S. Soldiers visit the Wesam Handicapped Rehabilitation Center to distribute soccer balls and jerseys to the Iraqi children in Yormouk, Iraq, on Sept. 10, 2008. The Soldiers are members of Gulf Forward Support More

An Iraqi soldier holds a leaflet at his side during an Iraqi army-led information operations dissemination mission through markets of Abu Sajjad, Iraq, on Oct. 12, 2008.

Lt. Darren Thompson, British Territorial Army, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, conducts an International Security Assistance Force patrol around Kabul, Oct. 24, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government More

Members of the British Territorial Army 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, prepare for an International Security Assistance Force patrol around Kabul, Oct. 24, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government in e More

An Iraqi policeman directs traffic in the Karkh District of northwest Baghdad during a shift at an Iraqi traffic control point. Iraqi Pplice have participated in training to include basic fundamentals of marksm More

U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Jason Young with the 4th Battalion, 42nd Infantry, posts guard at an Iraqi school house in Karkh, Iraq, Jan. 16. School houses, like this one, will be used for voting facilities for the up More

U.S. Army Capt. Brandon Anderson, Headquarters Company Commander, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment and his interpreter invite a village Mullah, Muslim religious leader, to a key leader engagement in Omar Z More

Fort Bliss, Texas – A 1st Armored Division Soldier from the 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team performs a Goblet Rear Foot Elevated (RFE) Split Squat during an early morning Holistic He More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Battery B, 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division certify on the M777A2 155 mm Howitzer during Operator New Equipment Training in More

Capt. Keirn Brown (right), the Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment commander, explains to the I Corps deputy commanding general, Maj. Gen. Lloyd Miles, the set up for the defensive tactical exercise More

A soldier with the 4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, awaits the rest of his squad as they march through the snow during the battalion's spur ride held at Freisen Nature R More

Patricia A. Oliver, a Copperas Cove, Texas, native, now an electronic tax preparer with the U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder Tax Center, assists Sgt. Luis A. Torres, a San Bernardino, Calif., native, now a squad l More

Iraqi mechanics perform preventive maintenance checks and services on an Iraqi humvee during a maintenance class at Kirkush Military Training Base, Iraq, March 10, 2011. The mechanics, assigned to 4th Battalion More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William Lucus, Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, supervises an obstacle course race at Kirkush Military Training Base, Iraq, March 12. The Iraqi soldiers learned good physic More

Iraqi Army Pvt. Dhiya Karim Abed-al-Hussen, a mortarman assigned to 4th Battalion, 21st Brigade, 5th IA Division, sets the sights on his 81mm mortar tube after firing a round during a Tadreeb al Shamil training More

Sgt. Joseph MacDonald (left), a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment communicates with a member of his squad during a practice run prior to a platoon live-fire evaluati More

Maj. Gen. William G. Beard, the deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve-Pacific, and Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Leota, U.S. Army Reserve-Pacific, visit troops from Washington in Singapore July 26. The soldier More

Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, out of Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Wash., utilize skills and share strategies with the 2nd Singapore More

Staff Sgt. Deangelo Benjamin, signal support systems specialist, 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), listens as wife, Sgt. Tiffany Benjamin, human resource specialist, 4th Battalion, 3rd U More

U.S. Army Maj. Mark Moss, chaplain (left, background) looks on as his son, 1st Lt. Jonathan Moss with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, is promoted Oct. 8 at a training area here. Mark, a chaplai More

Sgt. Matthew McCrea, a squad leader with Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, yells to squad members during a live-fire exercise Oct. 19. McCrea, an Alma, Ga., native, was unable to celebrate his so More

Daughters Allyson and Riley Drake (left) and son Austin Drake (right) gather with their mother, Dana Drake, for a family photo. The Drake family was named the 2011 U.S. Military District of Washington Family of More

From left, Sgt. 1st Class Tristan Ruark, an adviser with Imam Sahib District Advisory Team, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shared Christmas with his brother and fello More

Soldiers from Company G, 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, winners of the brigade's Best Squad Competition on Jan. 11, receive certificates of achi More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William D. Stuckey, a squad leader and native of New Holland, Ohio, from Troop C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, was awarded the Army More

From top, Captain Derek Moore, field artillery officer, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, works to pin his opponent during a wrestling match, at the C More

Spc. Shawn Soden, cannon crewmember, Battery A, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conducts artillery loading drills at Fort Carson Training Area 16, F More

Sgt. 1st Class Billy Cuellar, platoon sergeant, B Company, and 1st Lt. Louisguens Vallsaint, intelligence officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat More

Pfc. Megan Greder, junior medic, 4th Battalion, 5th Air & Missile Defense Regiment and Irvington, Ky., native, is given simulated medical aid during a Combat Life Saver course situational exercise here April 4. More

Heroic WWII fighter ace, jet pioneer and retired United States Air Force Maj. Gen. Chuck Yeager speaks about his experiences during his visit here April 12.

Pfc. Steven T. Mcelveen (middle), from the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, holds the 4th Battalion colors as Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Fredrick Pasley (left), and 4th Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Rick More

Country music superstar and USO veteran Toby Keith hits a high note while singing "American Ride" to a crowd of service members and others at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 26.

Lt. Gen. William E. Ingram Jr. (right), director, Army National Guard, poses with Lt. Col. Steve Fritz, deputy brigade commander, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade and Fairfax, Va., resident, at the 29th CAB Headqua More

M1A2 Abrams Tanks of the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Cavalry maneuver before engaging targets during a Combined-Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFX) with the Kuwaiti Army's 151st Tank Battalion, 15th Mubarak Ar More

Sgt. Jessie Mcmichael (top left) and Pfc. Andrew Martin (bottom left), both armor crewmen assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, help studen More

Spc. Randall Adkins (left) and Spc. Ramon Roberts (right), 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, play opposing forces during a training exercise with Kuwaiti National Guard troops near Kuwait City on May 16. More

Lt. Col. Andrew Morgado, commander for 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, welcomes Elaine Simmons, Director of Land Forces Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Estimate and Program Evaluation, More

Black Hawk helicopters of the 108th Assault Helicopter Battalion carry Company C, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, troops on an air assault during an embassy defense and evacuation exercise at Range 5 ne More

Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and airmen from 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, along with observer-controllers, prepare for a Joint Air Attack Team exercise here June More

Spc. Kathy Martinez, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, is one of 55 female soldiers who volunteered to deploy with the Female Engagement Team.

Spc. Christopher Powell, of Lucerne Valley, Calif., sings and leads the band Sgt. Stroud’s Mullet in their rendition of “Bulls on Parade” by Rage Against the Machine during a talent show at Camp Virginia, Kuwa More

Sgt. Colin Jeffcoat, the non-commissioned officer in charge of Camp Buehring’s First Sergeant’s Detail, poses by a white board showing the myriad of ongoing chores and projects his soldiers are tasked with in o More

Command Sgt. Maj. William Johnson, the command sergeant major for ISAF Joint Command, shakes the hand of Pfc. Gage Andrews, a native of Bloomington, Ill., of A Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artil More

Col. John Thompson, commander of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Ky., takes the colors for the regiment's 4th Battalion from Lt. Col. Heath Niemi, the former commander of the Jo More

Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, set up a fire directional center after unloading from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter More

Soldiers of A Company, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment move out to clear buildings and a trench system as part of a platoon live-fire exercise at the Udairi Range Complex in northern Kuwait on July 31. I More

Sgt. Victor Barrington, of Clio, S.C., applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during combat lifesaver re-certification in the Medical Simulation Training Center at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Barrington belong More

U.S. Army soldiers from A Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, fire an illumination round from a M119A cannon at Combat Outpost Kherwar More

Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), participate in the 2012 Week of the Eagles Division Run at the Division Parade Field on Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 17, 2012.

Soldiers from the Company E, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, run to the CH-47F Chinook helicopter to stand up a jump-forward arming and refueling point during a Joint Operations Aviation Exercise at For More

Mortar men assigned to 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment set up their mortar system with the new One Tactical Engagement Simulation System, Aug. 22, in the Fort Drum training area.

Soldiers from the Company E, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, run to the CH-47F Chinook helicopter to stand up a jump-forward arming and refueling point during a Joint Operations Aviation Exercise at For More

Air Force Senior Airman Jacob Hale, a battlefield weather forecaster attached to Task Force Wings, checks the weather forecast during a Joint Operations Aviation Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug.23. Weather is More

Spc. Joshua Long (left) and Sgt. William Hyde (right), of the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard, check ribs that they’re barbecuing during the opening of the battalion’s More

Afghan soldiers from the Afghan National Army’s 7th Kandak and an Afghan Uniformed Policeman, set up a traffic control point to check local nationals moving through the area during Operation Thunder, an operati More

Sgt. 1st Class John Gallman (right) briefs candidates during the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) course held in and around Camp Buehring, Kuwait, from Sept. 17 to 21. Eleven candidates passed the course, which i More

Staff Sgt. Andrew Craig, an Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) course evaluator (right) watches as EIB candidate 1st Lt. Maurice Merritt reads a map during the EIB course held in and around Camp Buehring, Kuwait f More

Afghan soldiers from 4th Toli, 2nd Kandak of the Afghan National Army overwatch the Kona Kumar valley in Afghanistan's Wardak province, Oct. 4, 2012. The Afghan soldiers were providing security in assistance of More

U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Serna patrols near Combat Outpost Garda in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Oct. 4, 2012. Serna is a 23-year-old native of Corcoran, Calif., who is serving in eastern Afghanistan with B Batt More

The Afghan Local Police of Magat, Afghanistan conducted their first partnered patrol with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Divisio More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brady Freeman (left), a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with the Company B, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, gives the cadets from the Civil Air Patrol Central Louisiana Composite Squadron More

Maj. Harry Bird, operations officer for the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment (right) and Maj. Josef, Kuwaiti 25th Commando Brigade, observe their soldiers during an urban operations training exercise at C More

Members of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (FDC), 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), recite the oath of enlistment at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C., Oct. 17. FDC has inspired More

Lt. Col. William Dowling, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Missile Defense Battalion, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Phifer, uncase their battalion colors during a welcome home More

Aided by another soldier, Spc. Gabriel Wilson (center) erects a fence to enclose the Convenience Center at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The center is designed so troops and other camp personnel can leave second-hand More

The 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment's softball league finished up here, Nov. 16, with the Delta Company Juggernauts winning the championship over the Camp Command Cell Cobras. The final score was 30 to 1 More

Soldiers of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, engage targets with TOW missiles at the Udairi Range near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 27. In addition to performing security-force and camp ope More

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, wait to receive their initial rappel tower brief aboard Mar More

Pvt. Andy Amezcua, artilleryman, 1st Section, Battery B, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, sits beside an M777 Howitzer prior to receiving a fire missi More

Staff Sgt. Walter C. Hickman conducts “Train the Trainer” ambulance training Jan. 10 on Forward Operating Base Zangabad in the Panjwa’i District of Afghanistan. Hickman is a Medic Mentor Noncommissioned Officer More

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Cross (right), 4th Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), instructs a group of Soldiers on how to perform a squat during a physical fitness seminar, Jan. 9, at the Smith Gymn More

Jeff Giles, a member of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team unloads winter jackets from a truck at the Shahid Al Ahad Khan Karzi Orphanage in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2013. The Kandahar More

Kane, a Patrol Explosive Detection dog attacks U.S. Army Spc. Antonio Sanchez, left, a member of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, during a training exercise at Camp Nathan Smith, Kandahar province, More

Soldiers with 15th BSB, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., conduct medical evacuation procedures with members of the 2nd Bn., 227th Aviation Regt., 1st ACB during convoy live-fire training here, Feb. 6. (Photo by Sgt. Qu More

U.S. Army Pfc. Franklin Sena, an infantryman and Tactical Explosives Detection Dog (TEDD) handler with Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd I More