Operations

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Capt. Christopher Wilton, senior communications officer for 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Senatobia, Miss., holds a young rat snake he found in his office Feb. 18. ... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Capt. Christopher Wilton, senior communications officer for 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Senatobia, Miss., holds a young rat snake he found in his office Feb. 18. ... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Salt crystals cover the flagstones of the COL Q-West mayor cell, Jan. 15. Evaporated from rainwater, the frost-white crystals indicate a high salt content in the groundwater and soil, said Sgt. Maj. Perry... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Spc. Daniel R. Burke (right), a gun truck driver from Apalachicola, Fla., and Pfc. Michael J. Slemensky, a medic from Hernando, Miss., eat a quick breakfast on the hood of their gun truck before a mission... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Spc. Andrew D. Cantler (right), a gun truck driver from Memphis, Tenn., and Spc. Brandon L. Pettit, a gunner from Clarksdale, Miss., eat a quick breakfast on the hood of their gun truck before a mission F... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Capt. Drew Clark (left) - a resident of Madison, Miss., and commander of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the Q-West force protection compa... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Capt. Drew Clark (left) - a resident of Madison, Miss., and commander of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the Q-West force protection compa... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Staff Sgt. Benjamin P. Wills, a squad leader from Southaven, Miss., scans the rooftops and back alleys of Al Qayarrah from the water filtration plant the serves COL Q-West during a routine patrol to the T... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Spc. Jackie L. Johnson, III, a gun truck driver with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., carries a stuffed toy reptile on the dash of his truck... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Spc. Tobias Butler (right), a gunner from Indianola, Miss., serving with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Oxford and Indianola, Miss., receives a deployment... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Sgt. Gerrelaine Alcordo (right), a truck commander from New York City serving with A Company, 106th Brigade Support Battalion, out of Magee, Miss., receives a deployment coin from Lt. Col. Kerry Goodman, ... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Lt. Col. Kerry Goodman (left), resident of Meridian, Miss., and commander of 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team out of Senatobia, Miss., awards deployment coins to Spc. Tobias B... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Command Sgt. Maj. Perry Campbell (left), a Senatobia, Miss., resident and senior enlisted Soldier of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team out... ... READ MORE

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq - Lt. Col. Kerry Goodman (left), a Meridian, Miss., resident and commander of the Mississippi Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team out of Senatobia, Miss., rec... ... READ MORE