Soldiers with D Company, 1st “Vanguard” Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center compete in a tug-of-war competition during an organizational day May 3, 2011 at Camp Taji, Iraq. The purpose of the organizational day was to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of the battalion’s formation. ( Army photo by Spc. William K. Ermatinger 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C) %%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%98Vanguard%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%99 Battalion soldiers celebrate 150th anniversary of the unit%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%

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Soldiers with D Company, 1st “Vanguard” Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center compete in a tug-of-war competition during an organizational day May 3, 2011 at Camp Taji, Iraq. The purpose of the organizational day was to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of the battalion’s formation. ( Army photo by Spc. William K. Ermatinger 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C) %%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%98Vanguard%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%99 Battalion soldiers celebrate 150th anniversary of the unit%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%99s formation with an organizational day, %%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%98last round%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%99 ceremony 402222

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