101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Artillery.The 101st Airborne Division's Guns of Glory Division Artillery Artillery that is permanently an integral part of a division. For tactical purposes, all artillery placed under the command of a division commander is considered division artillery. , Fort Campbell Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee and is home to the 101st Airborne Division. The fort is named in honor of BG William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee. , Kentucky, continues to provide timely, accurate and devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. fires in support of all division operations. In February and March 2003, the Div Arty deployed to the sands of Kuwait in anticipation of the division's attack north into Iraq. In mid-March, the Div Arty supported the division's attack and provided fires for the next five weeks--the Top Guns 1-320 FAR, Balls of the Eagle 2-320 FAR, Red Knights 3-320 FAR, Gunslingers 1-377 FAR, Guardians 2 FAD and Eagle Fires HHB HHB Headquarters Battery HHb Deoxyhemoglobin HHB Headquarters & Headquarters Battery HHB Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion HHB Half Human Band (band) HHB Hello Honey Bear Div Arty fought as one. Guns of Glory battalions provided close supporting fires in the Battles of Karbala, An Najaf, Kifl and Al Hilla and in the liberation of south Baghdad, often reinforcing each other in the fight. After the liberation of Baghdad, the division moved north to Mosul to control deteriorating stability in that region. During this mission, the Div Arty performed various security missions. The Top Guns had their own sector of Mosul to patrol and provide stability for while maintaining their guns ready to provide fire support. Balls secured a large area south of Mosul, portions of the Northern Oil Pipeline and the largest ammunition supply point See: distribution point. (ASP) in northern Iraq. The Red Knights were positioned in the west with their task force where they provided security for oil refinery fixed sites and thousands of oil tanker convoys from the Syrian border. The Gunslingers ran collecting, securing and destruction operations of captured enemy ammunition caches. The Guardians provided 24-hour radar coverage for all division operations. The Soldiers of Eagle Fires provided non-stop support to the Div Arty TOC for all missions. Following redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. to Fort Campbell in the spring of 2004, the Div Arty began to support the transformation of the 101st Division as directed by the Chief of Staff of the Army. As part of the transformation, the three DS battalions have been assigned to BCTs as of 10 September, and 4-320 FAR was activated as part of the 4th BCT BCT Brigade Combat Team BCT Basic Combat Training BCT Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (EPA) BCT Business Cards Tomorrow BCT Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Central Bank of Tunisia) on 17 August. The Div Arty will continue to command and control HHB, 2 FAD and C/1-377 FAR until a decision is made to transform the Div Arty into the 101st's Fires Brigade. Whatever the name or structure, Guns of Glory Redlegs stand ready to support the 101st in its next Rendezvous With Destiny! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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