PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stand at attention during an award ceremony on Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2013. The 37 Soldiers ...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Pfc. Bryce Chapman, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), is pinned the Combat Infantryman Badge by Cap...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Andrew Clifford, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands at attention while pinned the Combat...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Pfc. Austin Depiazza, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), is pinned the Combat Infantryman Badge by C...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Col. R.J. Lillibridge (center), commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Crabtree (left), the senior enlisted Soldier, both of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), congratulate tw...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - A Combat Infantryman Badge is pinned upon a Soldier's chest during an awards ceremony for Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans"' 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), on Forward Operating Base Gardez...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Capt. Trevor Jones, commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pins the Combat Infantryman Badge on the chest of Pfc. Mari...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Crabtree, the senior enlisted Soldier of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), congratulates Pfc. Mario Francois, and infantryman assigned to Company A, d...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Jammie Gee, a motor transport operator assigned to 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), is awarded the Combat Action Badge by Capt. Tre...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Lt. Col. Kelly Kendrick, the commander of 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), gives a speech to all Soldiers who attended the awards ceremo...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - (January 21, 2013) - Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), receieved combat awards for their involvment in combat opertions during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan, Jan. 21.

Soldiers were awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Badge and Combat Medical Badge depending on their military occupational specialty within the military.

Thirty-seven Soldiers received awards for serving under hostile enemy fire while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.