Vice President Cheney Visits Fort Hood

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division, talks to his soldiers before Vice President Richard B. Cheney’s speech welcoming home the division's troops from a 15-month Iraq deployment on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicole Kojetin
  • Two 1st Cavalry Division soldiers wave American flags in the air while waiting for Vice President Richard B. Cheney to speak at a welcome home event on the division’s parade field on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney shakes hands with Army Brig. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, 1st Cavalry Division commander, during a welcome home ceremony on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Robert Yde
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney speaks to about 9,000 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during a welcome home ceremony on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexis Harrison
  • Vice President Richard Cheney talks to a sea of soldiers at a welcome home event on the 1st Cavalry Division’s parade field on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicole Kojetin
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney talks to a sea of soldiers at welcome home ceremony on the 1st Cavalry Division parade field on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicole Kojetin
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney speaks to 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during a welcome home celebration on the division’s parade field on Fort Hood, Texas Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexis Harrison
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney speaks to 1st Cavalry Division soldiers on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. About 9,000 Soldiers attended the event. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Robert Yde
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney speaks to 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers during a welcome home event on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexis Harrison
  • Sgt. Donald Davis, left, listens and watches intently to Vice President Richard B. Cheney, during a welcome back event held on the division’s parade field on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26. Davis is a transportation noncommissioned officer assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company A, 115th Brigade Support Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan Hoskins
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney shakes hands with 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during a welcome home event on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
  • Vice President Richard B. Cheney shakes the hand of a 1st Cavalry Division Soldier during a welcome home rally on Fort Hood’s Cooper Field Feb. 26. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma
  • Sgt. Donald Davis shakes hands with Vice President Richard B. Cheney as he worked his way through the crowd of 9,000 1st Cavalry Division soldiers to thank them for all their hard work during their 15-month deployment to Iraq during a welcome back event on Fort Hood, Texas, Feb.26, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan Hoskins