BAGHDAD - Bemidji, Minn. native, Staff Sgt. Renatta Draper (left), a vocalist, enthusiastically sings for a crowd at Camp Liberty, here, July 16, as Spc. Chris Rettig (right), a tuba player and vocalist from Defiance, Ohio, provides backup vocals dur...

BAGHDAD - While banging on the drums, Staff Sgt. Rodolfo Rendon, a native of Uvalde, Texas, assigned to 1st Cavalry Division Band, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cav. Div., sings a tune for the crowd at Camp Liberty, here, July 16. The band, ...

BAGHDAD - After poking fun at his noncommissioned officers during a rendition of a Rage Against the Machine song, Spc. Chris Rettig (foreground), a tuba player and vocalist from Defiance, Ohio, does push-ups on stage as Sgt. Jason Smelser, from Kille...

BAGHDAD - Lead guitarist, Sgt. Jason Smelser, from Killeen, Texas, and bass guitarist Staff Sgt. Dennis Milne, a native of Rockford, Ill., both assigned to 1st Cavalry Division Band, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cav. Div., jam together duri...

BAGHDAD - Killeen, Texas native, lead guitarist, Sgt. Jason Smelser, assigned to 1st Cavalry Division Band, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cav. Div. does his signature move playing the last song of the night, "Free Bird" behind his head at at...

BAGHDAD - Spc. Chris Rettig (right), a tuba player and vocalist from Defiance, Ohio, belts out lyrics at a rock show at Camp Liberty, here, July 16, while Staff Sgt. Renatta Draper (center) a vocalist from Bemidji, Minn., sings back up and Sgt. Jason...