Tag Archives: 4th Brigade Combat Team

Photo: U.S. Army Pfc. Travis McGehee, an infantryman assigned to 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment "Red Currahee," 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), watches as his fellow Currahees walk up a mountain trail on a joint patrol with the Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Khandak, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps from Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Todd A. Christopherson)

Another Year in the Books

Posted on January 1, 2014 by bniegel

As the year winds down the 4th Brigade Combat Team “Currahee,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) takes a look back at their busy deployment filled year.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 101st Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Platoon, 203rd Corps, 4th BCT, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 506th Infantry Regiment "Red Currahee", Afghan National Army, ation Enduring Freedom, deployed, h Khandak, JRTC, Wednesday Warfighter | Leave a comment

Currahees pull security at FOB Lightning

Worth A Thousand Words: Wire Watch

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

U.S. Army Sgt. Cara L. Hubbard, a paralegal specialist assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pulls security during a battle drill on Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2013.
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Posted in Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 4th Brigade Combat Team, Afghanistan, Army, Army Sgt. Cara L. Hubbard, Army Sgt. Justin A. Moeller, Forward Operating Base Lightning, United States Army, Worth a Thousand Words | Leave a comment

Photo: Army 1st Lt. Joshua Pitcher receives the Expert Infantry Badge from Army Col. Tim Watson, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, during a ceremony on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 6, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Armas/Released)

Amputee Earns Expert Infantry Badge

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Army 1st Lt. Joshua Pitcher brings new meaning to the word “resilient.” He was recently awarded the Expert Infantry Badge a year and a half after losing his leg in Afghanistan.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 4th Brigade Combat Team, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, amputee, Army 1st Lt. Joshua Pitcher, Army Col. Tim Watson, Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Armas, Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Petrik, Expert Infantry Badge, Kentucky, paratrooper, Rineyville, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Wednesday Warfighter, wounded warrior | Leave a comment

Photo: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, assigned to White Platoon fire team, 8-1 Cavalry, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides overwatch on a road near Dahla Dam, Afghanistan, July 2012. (U.S Army photo/Photo Illuststration by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Niegel/Released)

Soldier of Valor

Posted on August 7, 2013 by bniegel

Army Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter will receive the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House, Aug. 26, 2013. Learn more about his courageous actions that have earned him this esteemed award.
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Posted in DoD News, Medal of Honor, Rotator | Tagged 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Afghan, Afghan forces, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Carter, Colo, combat, Combat Outpost Keating, Fort Carson, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Medal of Honor, post traumatic stress, president, President Barack Obama, Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter, Wash., Wednesday Warfighter, White House | Leave a comment

Operation Proper Exit: Afghanistan

Posted on February 10, 2013 by nmcfarland

Operation Proper Exit returns severely wounded service members to the theater where they sustained their injuries to help in the healing process.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 2/508th Parachute Airborne Regiment, 3/7 Weapons Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Afghanistan, Camp Nathan Smith, Feherty’s Troops First Foundation’s Operation Proper Exit, Improvised Explosive Devices, memories of war, mental wounds, Operation Proper Exit, Pennsylvania National Guard’s 1/109th Infantry, return to afghanistan, war emotional closure, wounded Marines, wounded return afghanistan, wounded soldiers, wounded warrior healing, wounded warriors | Leave a comment