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1st Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment
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Formerly the 1st Battalion 41st Infantry Regiment belonging to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
 

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BAGHDAD – An Iraqi Army Soldier serving with the 6th Iraqi Army Division and Moscow Mills, Mo. native, Sgt. Christopher Whitebread, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion “Vanguards,” 18th Infantry Regiment, searches for weapons in a vehicle in the Jawadeed neighborhood of northwest Baghdad March 28. The Vanguards and Iraqi Army work together daily to search vehicles for weapons to help keep violence off of the streets of northwest Baghdad.
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi Army Soldier serving with the 6th Iraqi Army Division and Moscow Mills, Mo. native, Sgt. Christopher Whitebread, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion “Vanguards,” 18th Infantry Regiment, searches for weapons in a vehicle in the Jawadeed neighborhood of northwest Baghdad March 28. The Vanguards and Iraqi Army work together daily to search vehicles for weapons to help keep violence off of the streets of northwest Baghdad.
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Hurriyah clinic converts to solar power
BAGHDAD – Maj. Andrew Attar, a native of Bristol, Conn., joint project management officer, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, inspects the newly installed solar panels on the roof of the Dahkel Clinic in the Hurriyah neighborhood of northwest Baghdad June 17. As the main health clinic in Hurriyah, the solar panels will keep the clinic powered longer, providing more service to 500,000 Iraqis. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dustin Roberts, 2nd HBCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B)

BAGHDAD – Another health clinic in northwest Baghdad was converted to a solar-powered facility.

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Hurriyah Public Works Sub Station transfers to Government of Iraq
BAGHDAD – Sgt. 1st Class John Bissem (left), a native of La Crosse, Wis., and Capt. Nathan Williams, a native of Raleigh, N.C., both of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad observe the transfer ceremony of the Hurriyah Public Works Sub Station in the Kadhamiyah district of northwest Baghdad June 17. The PWSS has proved important to the people of Hurriyah, who rely on its services to keep the neighborhood streets clean. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dustin Roberts, 2nd HBCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B)

BAGHDAD – The local Iraqi government in northwest Baghdad's Hurriyah neighborhood has increased its ability to provide for ...
Vanguard transfers JSS Hurriyah II to IA
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Soldiers serving with the 1st Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division (center) stand in formation among Soldiers serving with the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division—Baghdad at Joint Security Station Hurriyah II, June 9 . The JSS transfers to the Iraqi Army with a ceremony highlighting the security agreement signed between the U.S. Government and the Government of Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dustin Roberts, 2nd HBCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B)

BAGHDAD – U.S. forces under Multi-National Division—Baghdad handed over another joint security station to Iraqi Security ...
JSS Hurriyah I transfers back to Iraqis
BAGHDAD -- Lt. Col. John Vermeesch (right), a Roscommon, Mich., native and commander of 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepares to sign transfer contracts with Samir Hadad, the secretary director for the prime minister, at Joint Security Station Hurriyah, May 30. “This is a historic time for Hurriya, for Baghdad and all of Iraq and I am proud to be a part of it,” said Vermeesch. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Ford, MND-B PAO)

BAGHDAD — An historic event took place here, May 30, when Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade ...
Hurriyah highlighted in market walkthrough
BAGHDAD – Sheik Maqmoud al-Falahi (right), a tribal leader in northwest Baghdad, speaks to attendees of the “Hurriyah Walkthrough” ceremony in the Kadamiyah district of northwest Baghdad May 11. After the ceremony civic leaders and members of the Iraqi media walked through a thriving market street in Hurriyah in order to see security and economic gains in the neighborhood. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dustin Roberts, 2nd HBCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B)

BAGHDAD – In the past year, a neighborhood in northwest Baghdad has overcome sectarian violence and seen vast improvements in ...
 
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