1-3 ARB Awarded Top Aviation Battalion of the Year

Photo By Sgt. Brandon Brashere | The 1-3 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (Task Force Viper), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade was awarded the Lt. Gen. Ellis D. Parker Award for Aviation Battalion of the Year for the combat category and the Overall Aviation Battalion for 2018. (Pictured) Col. Kenneth C. Cole Presents Lt. Col. John A. Morris III with the plaque signifying his Battalion's accomplishment.  

KATTERBACH, BY, GERMANY

02.22.2019

Story by Sgt. Brandon Brashere 

12th Combat Aviation Brigade

The 1-3 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (Task Force Viper), 12th Combat
Aviation Brigade was awarded the Lt. Gen. Ellis D. Parker Award for Aviation
Battalion of the Year for the combat category and the Overall Aviation
Battalion for 2018.

(Pictured) Col. Kenneth C. Cole Presents Lt. Col. John A. Morris III with
the plaque signifying his Battalion's accomplishment.

During 2018, Task Force Viper conducted decisive action aviation operations
in support of NATO Allies, conducting more than 14 training iterations in
over 18 countries across Europe.

The Lt. Gen. Ellis D. Parker Award was established in 1993 by then- Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan to honor the Army's top Aviation Battalion. The award recognizes excellence at the battalion level in Army Aviation across all of the Army.

• Date Taken: 02.22.2019
• Date Posted: 02.28.2019 09:15
• Story ID: 312206
• Location: KATTERBACH, BY, DE