PHOTOS: Ivy Division Band entertains Striker Soldiers

By Sgt. Zach Mott

3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B

FOB WAR EAGLE, Iraq - Spc. Darnell Crater, a Chicago native, belts out a Blues tune while performing at Forward Operating Base War Eagle in northern Baghdad August 3. Crater, a member of the 4th Infantry Division Band, is part of the group "Controlled Detonation" that played for Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

FOB WAR EAGLE, Iraq - Members of the 4th Infantry Division Band's "Controlled Detonation" perform on a makeshift stage at Forward Operating Base War Eagle in northern Baghdad August 3. The band performed two hours of Blues music for Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

FOB WAR EAGLE, Iraq - From left, Staff Sgt. Keith Reiss, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native; Sgt. Pedro Martinez, a San Antonio native; Spc. Jason Miller and Spc. Darnell Carter, a Chicago native, get into the spirit of the music during a performance by the 4th Infantry Division Band's "Controlled Detonation" at Forward Operating Base War Eagle in northern Baghdad August 3. Reiss is the supply NCO for 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Martinez works for the Help Desk with 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div. Miller is with Company B, 3rd STB. Carter is a member of the 4th Inf. Div. Band.

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