Photo By Staff Sgt. Kevin Bromley | The gunners view of the highway taken from a C Company humvee near Camp Taji. The...... read more read more
Capt. Brian Spurlock
C Company, 4-1 FA
TAJI, Iraq -- At least one Task Force Baghdad unit has recently been adjusting to a new mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 3.
To the Soldiers of C Company, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, transitions come pretty naturally and now they are again being asked to transition from one mission to another.
The Soldiers of C Co. were initially organized and trained as an eight-gun howitzer battery tasked with providing indirect fire support for 3rd Bde, 1st Armored Div. The battery completed the first half of its deployment fulfilling its role as the providers of artillery fires for 3-1 AD, 10th Mountain Division, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, and the 7th Marine Regiment.
Recently, the battery quickly found itself tossed into a completely different mission: providing maneuver forces in the battalion's area of responsibility near Taji, Iraq. The two firing platoons of C Co. were reunited at Taji to perform a new set of missions, working solely for the 4-1 FA, known as the "Gunner Battalion," once replacements from the Georgia Army National Guard arrived.
The men of 2nd Platoon, C Battery immediately transitioned to providing fixed-site security for key locations in their area of operations. They parked their howitzers in the motor pool, polished up their rifle marksmanship and went to work as a motorized battery.
After spending five months providing indirect fire and firing more than 1,000 rounds while supporting the tankers of Task Force 2-70, the men of 1st Platoon, C Btry. were moved to Camp Taji to assume this new mission.
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 09.13.2005 16:52 |
| Story ID: | 2995 |
| Location: | TAJI, IQ |
| Web Views: | 150 |
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