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The 4th Battalion of the 27th Field Artillery Regiment (4-27 FA) is a mechanized artillery battalion stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.One of five combat battalions assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (1AD), 4-27 FA currently fields approximately 600 artillery and support personnel, operating self-propelled M109A6 howitzers, and providing direct fire support to the brigade.
The 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States) is an air defense artillery battalion in the United States Army based at Fort Bliss, Texas. Known as "five-five- deuce ", the battalion motto is "Always Prepared" The former motto was "We Build Warriors".
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is an Armored Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. First organized in 1944, as Reserve Command, 1st Armored Division, the unit fought in Italy in World War 2, in Operation Desert Storm and in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas.Named in honor of LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor, Ft. Bliss has an area of about 1,700 square miles (4,400 km 2); it is the largest installation in FORSCOM (United States Army Forces Command) and second-largest in ...
The 212th was reactivated as a Fires Brigade (FiB) on 16 August 2011 at Fort Bliss, Texas, under the First Armored Division, with COL David Hamilton commanding. At the time, the unit only consisted of a Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, a Target Acquisition Battery, a Signal Company, and a Brigade Support Battalion - no Fires Battalions ...
This June 15, 1998, article by Daniel Perez was part of a special section commemorating Fort Bliss' 150th anniversary. ... She soon will take command of the 3 rd Battalion, ...
1 May 2009 battalion moves [4] from Fort Polk, LA, to Fort Bliss, TX. 26 May 2011 142nd conducts Relief in Place [5] for the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Bagram Airfield Afghanistan; 28 April 2012 142nd conducts Transfer of Authority [6] to the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Bagram Airfield Afghanistan
The battalion deactivated in 2007 in Giessen, Germany, and reactivated in 2008 as part of the Ready First Combat Team at Fort Bliss. 2-3 FA deployed to Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, from December 2012 to September 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a combined arms task force as well as provided artillery support ...