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NEWS
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1 st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
Photo by Sgt Garett Hernandez, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
A Soldier from 91st Eng. Bn., 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div., explains what a Bradley
Fighting Vehicle is used for to some young Baylor University footballs fans
during the school’s Military Appreciation Day in Waco Saturday.
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Photo by Ben Santos, USFOR-A Public Affairs
Maj. Gen. John Thomson and Command Sgt. Maj. Maurice Jackson of the 1st
Cav. Div. uncased their colors today at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during a
Transfer of Authority ceremony marking the end of 10th Mtn. Div.’s 10-month
deployment. Gen. John Nicholson, commander Resolute Support Mission,
thanked 10th Mtn. Div. for a job well done and welcomed 1st Cav. Div. to its
third deployment to Afghanistan.
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghani-
stan — The commander of 10th
Mountain Division, Maj. Gen. Jef-
frey Bannister, and the commander
of 1st Cavalry Division, Maj. Gen.
John Thomson III, conducted a
Transfer of Authority ceremony on
Bagram Airfield Tuesday at the
U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (Nation-
al Support Element) compound.
The event marks the completion
of the mission and the relinquish-
ing of all duties and responsibilities
from the Soldiers of the 10th Mtn.
Div. (Light Infantry), to their 1st
Cav. Div. counterparts in support
of the deputy commanding gen-
eral, United States Forces Afghani-
stan (Support) and the commander
of the United States National Sup-
port Element.
Thomson additionally relieved
Bannister of his duties and respon-
sibilities as both the commander
of Bagram Airfield and U.S. Task
Force 10.
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These deployments would include
engaging anti-Iraqi and Al-Qaeda
forces throughout the country, the
first free elections in Iraq and pro-
viding training to Iraqi security
forces and support to the people.
The 1st Cav. Div. and its bri-
gades have deployed to Afghani-
stan four separate times in support
of Operation Enduring Freedom.
With the 1st Cav. Div. Headquar-
ters and elements of the 3rd Cav-
alry Regiment now deployed to
Afghanistan, the division’s remain-
ing units take on new missions
around the world. These areas
included Europe, Korea, Africa
and Cuba.
“We are very proud to be here
the common threat of enemy tac-
tical ballistic missiles and aircraft.
Using programs and existing com-
munication channels, everyone
can have access the exercise.
Once a hostile threat is identi-
fied, the elements of the Army,
Navy and Air Force communi-
cate with each other, processes
the information and rely on their
standard operating procedures to
determine which air defense asset
is to engage the given threat.
The JADEX builds relationships
across the sister services, stress-
es their procedures and crosstalk
when fighting against air threats.
“Communication is very impor-
tant both inside and outside the
unit,” 1st Lt. David Parks, tacti-
cal director for Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battal-
ion, 44th Air Defense Artillery
Regiment, 69th ADA Bde., said.
“Effective communication is need-
ed for commanders at all levels to
make decisions and mitigate risk
for their units.”
Parks is responsible for tracking
aircraft and missiles and commu-
nicated the information with his
battalion and the air defense artil-
lery fire control officer at the bri-
gade. He watches where friendly
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division was re-designated as the
10th Mtn. Div. on Nov. 6, 1944,
and reactivated at Fort Drum, in
1985 as a light infantry division.
The division served in Italy during
World War II, contributing to the
final surrender of German forces.
Since reactivation, it has served in
numerous multinational and joint
operations, including Somalia,
Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo.
During the past year, it con-
ducted more than 3,100 combined
and partnered patrols with Afghan
teammates, managed a $2.5-bil-
lion budget, reduced the amount
of material in theater by thousands
of individual pieces of equipment,
created and managed the USFOR-
A Posture the Force Line of Effort,
and managed 1.3 billion worth of
contracts, processed 3500 awards,
and hosted more than 150 distin-
guished Coalition and U.S. guest
visits. “The real credit goes to the
men and women of USFOR-A and
their joint and civilian teammates
at Resolute Support and around
the country,” said Bannister, com-
manding general of 1 Oth Mtn. Div.
“Working together with our
Coalition and Afghan partners we
have helped set the conditions to
posture the force to ensure our
teammates, who are doing the
heavy lifting of training, advising
and assisting; have the right equip-
ment and forces on time every
time,” he added.
The 1st Cav. Div. was formally
activated on Sept. 13, 1921 at Fort
Bliss. The division’s early duties
included rough-riding and patrol-
ling the Mexican border. From
the beginning of the Global War
on Terrorism, the 1st Cav. Div.
and its brigades continued its tra-
dition of service and excellence
by deploying six times to Iraq in
support of Operation Iraq Free-
dom and Operation New Dawn.
Military Apprecia-
tion Day, Soldiers
from the 91st Engi- COITIing
neer Battalion dis-
played a Bradley OUt.
Fighting Vehicle
for the spectators
of the Baylor vs.
Southwest Method-
ist University foot-
ball game.
“We really appreciate their
vice,” said Matt Smith, a
Bears football fan. “My son
seeing (the Bradley), so we really
appreciate them coming out.”
Parked just outside the gate,
the Bradley, along with two
today in support of Operation
Freedom’s Sentinel, supporting
U.S. forces, NATO and our other
partners. Working together, we
vow to honor the work of those
that have come before us. The
entire 10th Mountain team set a
tradition of excellence that we will
strive to continue to improve on,”
Thomson said, “I can’t think of any
better day to complete this transfer
of authority than on the birthday
of the 1st Cavalry Division. We all
look forward to the hard work and
challenges of sustaining our forces
and helping set the conditions to
allow the continued success of the
Resolute Support train, advise and
assist mission.”
Photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 69th ADA Bde. Public Affairs
1st Lt. Michelle Hartberger-Solano, the executive officer with Battery C, 1-44 ADA Regt., 69th ADA Bde., briefs Col.
Richard Harrison, commander of the 69th ADA Bde., during the commander’s visit to the Patriot site in an undis-
closed location.
According to Gen. John Nich-
olson, commander, USFOR-A
(NSE), the 10th Mtn. Div. and the
entire NSE team had the difficult
task of taking the guidance from
U.S senior civilian and military
leadership in terms of U.S. troop
levels and matching troop to task
requirements across the theater
to ensure continued capacity and
capability in support of the train,
advise and assist mission, as well as
the continued U.S. counterterror-
ism mission.
“Without the efforts of the entire
USFOR-A team our coalition part-
ners and the Afghan security forces
could not have continued to weak-
en insurgents and improve security
and other vital government services
to the people this last year,” Nich-
olson said.
The 10th Mtn. Div., based
in Fort Drum, New York, ends
its seventh deployment — six in
Afghanistan and one in Iraq. The
10th Light Division was origi-
nally activated on July 15, 1943,
at Camp Hale, Colorado. The
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and hostile air tracks
and coming from.
When Parks is given a fire mis-
sion, he repeats the transmission
which is acknowledged back to
him. The mission is also commu-
nicated to the designated Patriot
crew which validates the informa-
tion back to the ADAFCO prior
to firing.
This verification process only
takes few seconds upon which the
crew can then fire at the incoming
threat.
“For the Army’s side of the
house, it’s a function of their
command and control channels
for dealing with TBM fight,”
Runshe said. “Between the three
days of scenarios, there was better
improvement on the last day with
the most difficult scenarios.
The JADEX is used to correct
any deficiencies and prepare for
a larger scoped, air and missile
defense exercise.
“Our units were able to get
realistic training,” Parks said.
“Everyone gains from participat-
ing in the JADEX, from the com-
manders, all the way down to the
individual Soldier operating their
systems. The unit performed to
standard as expected.”
HMMWVs, were on hand for
adults and children alike.
“I’m prior service myself; was
19D Cav. scout and spent time on
the Bradley,” said Jeremy Johnson,
a former Soldier
and father of three
boys. “It brings
back memories. My
boys are having a
good time looking
at (the Bradley).”
Not only were
the Soldiers on
hand to show their
vehicles, but to
watch the game
as well. The Fort
Hood Director-
ate of Family and
Morale, Welfare
and Recreation
program provided
free tickets to Fort
Hood Soldiers who wished to
watch the game in person.
“It’s very exciting to be able to
come here and do this,” said Pvt.
William Bigwood, a combat engi-
neer with the 91st Eng. Bn. “I’m
having a lot of fun doing this and
shaking everyone’s hand.”
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WACO — Troopers from the 91 st
Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 1 st
Cavalry Division,
treated others and
were treated to a
special event at the
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SOUTHWEST ASIA — The
69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
participated in a Joint Air Defense
Exercise, a three-day training
event focused on increasing the
readiness of all air defense assets
in the United States Central Com-
mand’s area of responsibility, last
month.
The JADEX is designed to test
the communication between vari-
ous echelons throughout differ-
ent military branches. It stresses
the commanders’ abilities to assess
and react to potential threats they
could face in real-world scenarios.
“The JADEX is primarily oper-
ated in a simulated environment,”
said Capt. Robert Runshe, chief
of exercises with the Air Force
forces staff in the Combined Air
Operations Center. “The exercise
stretches across the AOR with the
Army Patriot units, Navy ships
and command and control Air
Force agencies; they are all linked
in together into the simulated
environment.”
The simulation acts as a massive
video game where commanders
and air defense units use to face
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Photo by Sgt. First Class Eliodoro Molina, USFOR-A Public Affairs
Maj. Gen. John Thomson of the 1st Cav. Div. shakes hands with Afghan coun-
terparts at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, after the Transfer of Authority cer-
emony marking the end of 10th Mtn. Div.’s 10-month deployment.
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