4th Brigade Combat Team

RIP/TOA
(Relief in Place, Transition of Authority)
Baghdad - January 2006


photos from MAJ Darin Harper (506th RCT Medical Operations Officer, 2004-2007)
C-17 at BIAP
A C-17 took the 506th RCT ADVON (Advanced Echelon) from Kuwait to BIAP
(Baghdad International Airport).

Advanced Echelon
Close-up of the Advanced Echelon, which is "a separate, small and highly mobile advanced
headquarters, free of most administrative details and charged primarily with the immediate
direction of combat operations."


Butte & Hawk
CPT Jason Butte (506th RCT Aviation Officer) and SFC Edward Hawk (S3 Operations NCO)
wait for the move to the FOB (Forward Operating Base)

Decker & Picinich
MAJ Andrew Decker (Assistant S3, 506th RCT) and CW2 Michael "Reggie" Picinich
(All Source Intelligence Technician, S2, 506th RCT) at Baghdad International Airport.


DiSalvo and Vail

January 6, 2006: Transition of Authority

(R) COL Thomas D. Vail (CO, 506th RCT, 101st Division] presents
a Currahee Challenge Coin to COL Joseph P. DiSalvo (CO,
2nd BCT, 3ID) for his support during the Transition of Authority.



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This page updated 10/17/11