BAGHDAD-Tieton, Wash. native, 1st Lt. Nathan Kroger, shakes hands with Mohammed Jassim Almhinawi as he hands him $1,950 in cash as a micro grant May 10. Lt. Kroger is the Fire Support Officer for Troop B, 1st "Garryowen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regime...

BAGHDAD-From left to right: Capt. Alex Aquino, Capt. Andre Brady, and Master Sgt. Gregory Minonno. The Squadron held a punch bowl ceremony at JSS Istiqlal on April 27 to honor these three leaders who have since left the 1st "Garryowen" Squadron, 7t...

BAGHDAD-Capt. Jordan Enger, commander of Troop A, 1st "Garryowen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives a thumbs up to a manager at an Iraqi business on May 4. During a neighborhood patrol, Soldiers in ...

CAMP TAJI, Iraq-Pvt. 1st Class Efrain Santiago steadies Spc. Patrick Johnson during firefighter training at Camp Taji. They are two of the Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st "Garryowen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade...

BAGHDAD-Spc. Thomas Springer, a track vehicle mechanic in Troop D, 1st "Garryowen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, polishes a steel plate that will be placed behind the letters in a squadron's guidon sta...

BAGHDAD-Command. Sgt. Maj. Mervyn Ripley (right) affixes the Meritorious Service Medal to Master Sgt. Greg Minonno's collar May 7, during a ceremony on Joint Security Station Isitqlal . Master Sgt. Minonno received the award for his exceptional serv...

BAGHDAD-Spc. David Riha, a generator mechanic in Forward Support Troop D, 1st "Garryowen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, and the 1st Cavalry Division, reaches into the compartment of a generator while conducting routine ...