Command Sergeants Major Dennis Eger (left), Melvin Carr Jr. (obscured) and Brouston Hale enjoy a moment after the 4th Brigade Combat Team's last pre-deployment brigade run at Cooper Field May 30. The command sergeants major and their units should be ...

Col. Philip Battaglia (center), commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, talks to his troops May 30 at Fort Hood, Texas after the last brigade run before deploying to Iraq in mid-June. The brigade run was the last time the whole brig...

Col. Philip Battaglia, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team,1st Cavalry Division speaks to his troops after the brigade run May 30 at Fort Hood, Texas. He reiterated that the unit is still set for a 15-month deployment to Iraq and that Soldiers and the...