300th Area Support Group Inactivates

Photo By Master Sgt. Paul Tuttle | Sgt. Maj. Haywood Williams cases the flag of the 300th Area Support Group held by the commander of the 300th ASG, Col. David E. Aucoin, for the final time as Brig. Gen. William D. Razz Waff, deputy commanding general of the 99th Regional Readiness Command in Coraopolis, Pa., looks on during an inactivation ceremony held at Fort Lee, Va., Sept. 7, 2008. The 300th ASG, which served in Iraq in 2004, was inactivated because of the restructuring of the Army Reserve.  

UNITED STATES

09.08.2008

Story by Spc. Marc Heaton 

214th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

By Marc Heaton
214th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

FORT LEE, Va. – After 37 years of service, Army Reserve Soldiers folded their unit's flag for the last time, Sept. 7, 2008.

The 300th Area Support Group cased it colors at an inactivation ceremony in Mifflin Hall at Fort Lee, Va.

The 300th ASG was organized in November 1971 and has served as a multi-functional headquarters for units conducting support exercises, training, and operations. Soldiers from this unit volunteered to deploy for Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and the entire unit deployed in January 2004 to Iraq in support of the global war on terror.

Due to the current transformation of the entire Army Reserve, the 300th ASG, along with numerous other units, is being inactivated to help change the Army Reserve from a force in reserve to be called upon in times of need, into a fully operational force that is an integral part of the national defense strategy.

The Soldiers of the 300th ASG will be dispersed to a number of different units across the country, with several of them preparing for deployment.

• Date Taken: 09.08.2008
• Date Posted: 09.08.2008 17:34
• Story ID: 23388
• Location: US