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Valorous Unit Award for dates of service 1 Dec 2005 - 4 Nov 2006. [1]For extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. During the period 1 December 2005 to 4 November 2006, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment and its subordinate units displayed extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The 'Silver Lions" of 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, were the only armor battalion located on Fort Carson, with 48 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, 32 Armored Personnel Carriers, Over 50 Tactical Wheeled vehicles, 5 Tracked Maintenance/Recovery vehicles and over 600 personnel. 1–68 Armor had 4 Companies (HHC, A, B, and C), with 14 M1A1 ...
From 1979 onwards, the first V Corps unit detailed to reinforce the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in the Fulda Gap in the event of hostilities was the 8th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment (1-68 Armor), stationed at Wildflecken to the south of the Gap. The mission of 1-68 Armor was to establish a defensive line across ...
The 1st Battalion, 13th Armor followed shortly behind towards the end of March 2003. ... The first order of battle for the 1st Armored Division ... 68th Armored Field ...
1st Light Armored Recon Battalion [3] 7th Marine Regiment [3] ... 1st BN, 68th Armor Regiment [3] ... This is an order of battle (identification and command structure ...
The regiments were reorganized in 1963, 1964 (when the 172nd Infantry and 172nd Armor were merged) and 1968, when the 172nd Armor was reorganised in February to comprise the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division. 1st Battalion, 172nd Armor and 2nd Battalion, 172nd Armor were both inactivated as the result of the 86th ...
3rd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment search and destroy and security operation: vicinity of An Khê, Pleiku Province: Mar 17 – Jul 30: Operation Duong Cua Dan/Operation People's Road [1] [8]: 69–70 9th Infantry Division security operation for repair of Route 4: between Cat Lay ...
The regiment was reorganized on 31 January 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division; on 1 July 1975 it added a 3rd Battalion, also an element of the 50th Armored Division; on 16 October 1984 it dropped the 1st Battalion, 2nd and 3rd Battalions remaining with the 50th AD; withdrawn from the Combat Arms ...