Soldiers cut the National Guard's birthday cake at a celebration at the Al Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Sunday, Dec. 13. From left to right, Lt. Col. Charles Cody, Braintree, Mass., commander, 101st Engineer Battalion; Command Sgt. Maj. Peter Chase, Derry, , 101st Engineer Battalion Sergeant Major; Maj. Gen. Peter Aylward, deputy commanding general for Iraqi security forces, Arlington, Va.; Major General Richard C. Nash, commander, 34th Infantry "Red Bull" Division; Brig. Gen. Donald Currier, commander, 49th Military Police Brigade; Pfc. Jeramie Burgos, Worcester, Mass, 101st Enginee

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Soldiers cut the National Guard's birthday cake at a celebration at the Al Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Baghdad, Sunday, Dec. 13. From left to right, Lt. Col. Charles Cody, Braintree, Mass., commander, 101st Engineer Battalion; Command Sgt. Maj. Peter Chase, Derry, , 101st Engineer Battalion Sergeant Major; Maj. Gen. Peter Aylward, deputy commanding general for Iraqi security forces, Arlington, Va.; Major General Richard C. Nash, commander, 34th Infantry "Red Bull" Division; Brig. Gen. Donald Currier, commander, 49th Military Police Brigade; Pfc. Jeramie Burgos, Worcester, Mass, 101st Engineer Battalion, the youngest member of the unit. The 101st Engineer Battalion was originally organized in 1636 as The East Regiment from existing militia companies of Saugus, Salem, Ipswich and Newbury. Oldest Unit in Military Celebrates Guard Birthday 231117

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