Operation Spartan Shield
Operation Spartan Shield (OSS) is a United States Department of Defense operation in the Middle East. OSS is commanded by United States Central Command and includes units from all service branches. Task Force Spartan is the U.S. Army component of OSS.[1]
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Belligerents | ||||||||
United States | Iran | Iranian Proxies |
Units
- 29th Infantry Division from December 2016[2] until July 2017.[3]
- 35th Infantry Division from July 2017.[3]
- 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division until November 2017.[4]
- 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division until July 2018.[5]
- 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team from July 2018.[5]
- 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division from March 2019.[6]
- 65th Field Artillery Brigade from July 2018 Until April 2019. [7]
- 169th Field Artillery Brigade from January 2017 - September 2017.[8]
- 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion from August 2019 - TBD
- 7th Transportation Brigade
- 352nd Civil Affairs Command (Forward), also known as, Civil Affairs Planning Team (CAPT), from July 2015 to present (?). Attached to Army Central Command Headquarters (ARCENT), Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
- 626th Maintenance Company North Carolina National Guard October 2019 to Present
- 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division from December 2019 to Present.
Aviation units
- 4th Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment (35th Combat Aviation Brigade) during March 2013.[9]
- 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (UH-60) from May 2015.[10]
- 1st Battalion (General Support), 168th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) between October 2015 and August 2016 (40th Combat Aviation Brigade).[11]
- 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment from April 2016.[12]
- Company D, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (UH-60) from April 2016.
- Company A (AH-64 & UH-60),[13] B,[14] & D, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) between February and October 2016 (77th Combat Aviation Brigade).[15]
- 2nd Battalion (General Support), 149th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) from February 2017.[16]
- C Company, 2nd Battalion (General Support), 211th Aviation Regiment attached to 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 108th Aviation Regiment (35th Combat Aviation Brigade) during December 2018.
References
- Ewer, Daniel. "TF Spartan Command Historian". Minnesota National Guard. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "More than 450 Guard soldiers to deploy to the Middle East". Army Times. March 4, 2019.
- "29th Infantry Division to transfer mission to 35th Infantry Division". Virginia National Guard. March 4, 2019.
- "Soldiers complete successful mission in support of Operation Spartan Shield". U.S. Army. March 4, 2019.
- "155th takes over Operation Spartan Shield in Middle East". WTVA. March 4, 2019.
- "Task Force Spartan". U.S. Army/DVIDS. March 16, 2019. p. 2.
- https://www.dvidshub.net/news/288643/task-force-spartan-battery-passes-torch-incoming-unit
- https://www.dvidshub.net/news/250242/169th-fab-75th-fab-complete-transfer-authority
- "Battle buddies duke it out in CrossFit Open 2013 [Image 3 of 6]". DVIDS. March 4, 2019.
- "Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin adjutant general". The National Guard. March 4, 2019.
- "Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins speaks to Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers". Oregon National Guard. March 4, 2019.
- "Task Force Dragon". DVIDS. March 16, 2019. p. 1.
- "Deck Landing Qualifications in Arabian Gulf". DVIDS. March 16, 2019.
- "A Flare for Rescue". DVIDS. March 4, 2019.
- "Watch The Deck". U.S. Army. March 16, 2019. p. 9.
- "Family and friends gathered with nearly 100 Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers from the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 149th Aviation Regiment". The National Guard. March 4, 2019.
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