While there I got to go to Jordan to the Jordanian Army/UN Peace Operations Training Center and to Sicily. The First Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment provides direct support fires to the 79th (formerly 40th) Infantry Brigade Combat Team, CAARNG. My first drill was when the Battalion went to Fort Irwin for a long weekend in early September; I was on the advanced party and was assigned to drive a M151A1 Jeep in the convoy from Van Nuys to Fort Irwin. During the battle, the units crippled the 9th Armored Brigade of the Tawakalna Mechanized Division of the Republican Guard by destroying 18 enemy combat vehicles, several Iraqi tanks and killed numerous dismounted soldiers before effectively handing the battle off to the 1st Brigade, 3d Armored Division. Something seriously wrong with us were soldiers. These valorous acts bring distinct credit to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), and the United States Army. Fighting with the Second Brigade Task Force as part of the First Infantry Division (Mechanized) and the VII Corps main effort, the Battalion rolled through the breach in the Iraqi defense west of Wadi Al Batin on 24 February and cleared the northeastern sector of the breach site of enemy resistance. The Task Force continued the attack clearing over 22 kilometers of entrenched enemy positions while maintaining fire superiority and resulted in the capture and destruction of numerous enemy vehicles, equipment, personnel and command bunkers. Order of Battle (Unit Structure) - American Forces - New River Notes 144e Veldartillerieregiment - 144th Field Artillery Regiment Such question should be directed to the U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) Awards and Decorations Branch at. Specific course dates can be found at atrrs.army.mil. Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Fort D.A. I went to Norfolk where I was assigned to the Marine Corps Security Force Battalion and my Commanding Officers, Colonel Mike Paulovich and Colonel Donald Rogers sent me about the world to care for our Marines. For six hours it was involved in continuous combat with a tenacious and determined enemy occupying extremely well prepared and heavily fortified bunkers.