40th CAB

California Guard Member Spc. Lowelly Santos, Apache Mechanic for the 8-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 40th Combat aviation Brigade, puts the finishing touches on his unit’s insignia on a blast-resistant wall outside the command office on Camp Taji, Iraq on March 31, 2011. Painting insignias one these walls is a tradition in deployed areas to illustrate previous ownership of the battlespace to future units. (U.S. Army photo by: Spc. Darriel Swatts, Public Affairs, 40th CAB)