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The 173rd Airborne Brigade serves as the conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe. [6] It was a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army's V Corps and after June 2013, subordinate to US Army Europe. The 173rd Airborne Brigade currently consists of 3,300 paratroopers [7] in six subordinate battalions as well as a headquarters company: [8]
Five days before the battle, on July 8, a platoon from the Second Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team established Vehicle Patrol Base (VPB) Kahler and a separate observation post called OP Top Side near Wanat. 2nd Platoon, Chosen Company, departed from Camp Blessing after sunset in a ground assault convoy for ...
Norwegian Special Forces units also have deployed to Afghanistan. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Colonel James Johnson) The 173rd relieved the 3rd BCT, 10th Mountain Division in December 2009. [1] It is responsible for Wardak and Logar provinces as part of Regional Command East.
Elements of nearly every major U.S. special operations unit have served in Afghanistan. The 173rd Airborne Brigade deployed to Afghanistan beginning in May 2007. The brigade was scheduled to deploy to Iraq but the Pentagon changed the deployment to maintain the current level of forces in anticipation of a spring offensive by the Taliban.
On November 8, 2007, members of the 1st Platoon, Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, and 173rd Airborne Brigade moved to the village of Aranas in Nuristan Province to meet with the village chiefs. The American platoon consisted of 14 Americans alongside an Afghan-allied squad.
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Task Force Bayonet) FOB Shank, Logar: Responsible for Logar and Wardak Provinces. 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (Task Force Destiny) Bagram Airfield: Provides aviation support for eastern and northern Afghanistan. 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (Task Force Spartan) FOB Salerno, Khost
The 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (4-319th FAR) is the field artillery battalion assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Nicknamed "The King of the Herd", 4–319th AFAR has participated in battles from World War I to current operations around the globe. The battalion's mission is to provide direct supporting fires to the brigade.
[1] [3] Spearheaded by Captain Louis Frketic of A Company and Captain Dan Kearney of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal Valley, the goal of the assault was to both disrupt Taliban and insurgent routes of transit in the area, as well as trying to establish a ...