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Photos : Brigade Run
By Staff Sgt. Alex Licea, 3rd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office
Nov 5, 2008 - 9:25:44 PM

Blackanthem Military News
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -

(Left to Right) Command Sgt. Maj. (R) Ted Gaweda, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment honorary command sergeant major, and Col. Timothy McGuire, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, lead the brigade's final run on Fort Bragg before its deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Oct 31. The brigade is scheduled to deploy later this month. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Licea, 3rd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office)

Col. Timothy McGuire, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, awarded each of the brigade's six battalions a Meritorious Unit Award campaign streamer during a ceremony prior to the brigade run, Oct. 31. The award was given for the brigade's service during its last deployment to Iraq in 2006 and 2007.

Paratroopers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team give it their all during the brigade's final esprit de corps run on Fort Bragg, Oct. 31. The brigade is scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraq Freedom later this month.