Wednesday, December 23, 2009

3rd HBCT Soldiers Earn Their Patches

Soldiers of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, carry lit sledgehammers to ignite a bonfire during the brigade's combat patch ceremony held, Dec. 18, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldiers cross when deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Third Infantry Division combat patches were placed on the right shoulders of Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division during a combat patch ceremony held, Dec. 18, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldier crosses when they have been deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Sgt. 1st Class Candy, a bomb sniffing member of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receives her unit combat patch during a ceremony held, Dec. 18, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Command Sgt. Maj. James Pearson, 3rd HBCT, congratulates her.
Third Infantry Division combat patches were placed on the right shoulders of Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Inf. Div., during a combat patch ceremony held, Dec. 18, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The patch ceremony is a milestone a Soldiers cross when deployed to a combat zone with a unit for 30 days.
Col. Peter Jones, commander, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and his senior enlisted advisor, Command Sgt. Maj. James Pearson, put the 3rd Inf. Div. combat patch on the right shoulders of staff officers and non-commissioned officers during a ceremony held, Dec. 18, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq.

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