Lt. Col. Dale Farrand, commander of 299th “Lifeline” Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a Billings, Mont., native, pins the Combat Action Badge on Sgt. Joshua Welch, a Soldier with the Lifeline Battalion’s convoy security detachment and a Bullard, Texas, native, May 14, at Camp Liberty, Iraq. The CAB is awarded to non-infantry soldiers in recognition of actions under contact with enemy forces.