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SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
FORMATION OF TROOPS
TWO MINUTE WARNING
INVOCATION, PRESENTATION OF FLOWERS, SOUND OFF
ARRIVAL OF OFFICIAL PARTY AND PRESENTATION OF HONORS
HONORS TO THE NATION
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASING THE BATTALION COLORS
REMARKS BY: ADCS
REMARKS BY: BATTALION COMMANDER
BENEDICTION
RETIREMENT OF THE COLORS
“IRON SOLDIER MARCH”
“ADA MARCH”
“THE ARMY SONG”
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FORMATION OF TROOPS
TIMELINE: THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BEFORE THE CEREMONY IS BASED ON
THE “START TIME” FOR THE CEREMONY. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE START
TIME ARE DENOTED AS “ST” FOLLOWED BY THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT
THE EVENT IS EXECUTED BEFORE THE START TIME.
ST - 30: All units will form in the designated troop staging area.
NOTE: BATTERIES WILL FORM IN COLUMNS WITH A 6-MAN FRONT AND FIVE
SOLDIERS IN DEPTH. BATTERIES WILL MARCH ONTO THE PARADE FIELD IN
COLUMNS OF THREE. AS THE BATTERIES COMPLETE THEIR FINAL MOVE
ONTO THE LINE OF TROOPS, THEY WILL FORM THE UNIT WITH A 6-MAN
FRONT. BATTERY COMMANDERS WITH THEIR GIDEON BEARERS WILL
MARCH AT THE FRONT OF THE FORMATION WITH THE 1SG MARCHING IN THE
REAR. OFFICERS AND SENIOR NCOS WILL MAN THE FRONT RANK OF EACH
COLUMN. THE REST OF THE FORMATION BEHIND THE FRONT RANK WILL BE
SIZED WITH THE TALLEST SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT. THE SECOND SOLDIER
IN THE RIGHT COLUMN WILL SERVE AS THE RIGHT GUIDE FOR THE BATTERY
FORMATION. THIS WILL ALLOW THE OFFICER OR SENIOR NCO IN THE FRONT
RANK TO REMAIN IN PLACE WHILE THE RIGHT GUIDE POSTS.
ST - 15: UNITS MARCH TO THE FINAL LINE OF TROOPS.
BATTERY COMMANDERS WILL ALIGN THEIR UNITS AND COMMAND “PARADE
REST”.
ST- 5: Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ON BEHALF OF LTC JENKS REID, WELCOME TO
TODAY'S INACTIVATION CEREMONY. WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU COULD
ATTEND AND HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE CEREMONY. THE CEREMONY WILL
BEGIN IN FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU."
COT:
COT, STAFF, MARCH FROM THE REVIEWING STAND TO THEIR POSITION ON
THE PARADE FIELD. COT HALTS THE STAFF AND COMMANDS THEM AND
HIMSELF TO EXECUTE AN ABOUT FACE, TO FACE THE REVIEWING STAND.
COT THEN COMMANDS THEM AND HIMSELF TO PARADE, REST.
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ST- 2: Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED, THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN
IN TWO MINUTES. WE WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY TODAY’S EVENT, PLEASE
REFRAIN FROM GOING FORWARD OF THE REVIEWING STAND DURING THE
CEREMONY. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES
AT THIS TIME."
COT:
COMMANDS ATTENTION FOR STAFF AND HIMSELF. COT DOES AN ABOUT
FACE AND DIRECTS BRING YOUR UNITS TO ATTENTION AND PARADE, REST.
ONCE ALL UNITS ARE AT PARADE REST, THE COT DOES AN ABOUT FACE AND
COMMANDS PARADE, REST FOR THE STAFF AND HIMSELF.
Narrator: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ON BEHALF OF
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JENKS, REID, THE COMMANDER OF THE 1ST
BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, WELCOME TO McCULLY BARRACKS
AND THE 1ST BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY INACTIVATION
CEREMONY. THE REVIEWING OFFICER FOR TODAY’S CEREMONY IS
BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK P. HERTLING THE ASSISTANT DIVISION
COMMANDER (SUPPORT) OF AMERICA’S TANK DIVISION, THE FIRST ARMORED
DIVISION. THE 1ST BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY COMMANDER OF
TROOPS IS MAJOR ERIC D. HANDY, THE COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR IS
COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR LYNWOOD LEWIS SR.
INVOCATION
Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY
(SGM CARTHEN) AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE ENTRY OF THE OFFICIAL
PARTY AND THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
NOTE: (SGM CARTHEN) MOVES FORWARD AND GIVES THE INVOCATION.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVOCATION, HE RETURNS TO HIS SEAT.
Narrator:
(FOLLOWING INVOCATION) PLEASE BE SEATED
Narrator:
SPC ______________, A MEMBER OF THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION TOP GUN
CREW IS PRESENTING MRS.REID A BOUQUET OF RED ROSES. RED IS THE
COLOR OF THE HEART AND REFLECTS THE LOVING CONCERN THAT MRS.
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REID HAS SHOWN FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. HER ROSES ARE
IN FULL BLOOM, SYMBOLIZING THE BEAUTY AND FULFILLMENT OF HER TIME
WITH THE “BY DARING DEEDS!” BATTALION.
NOTE: ONCE THE FLOWERS ARE PRESENTED, THE NARRATOR WILL INITIATE
APPLAUSE.
SOUND OFF
NOTE: ONCE THE FLOWER PRESENTATIONS ARE COMPLETE AND FLOWER
BEARERS HAVE DEPARTED, THE NARRATOR SIGNALS THE COT BY STEPPING
TO THE SIDE OF THE PODIUM.
COT: ASSUMES THE POSITION OF ATTENTION, COMMANDS “SOUND OFF"
OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER THEN GOES TO PARADE REST.
BAND: AS SOON AS THE COT IS AT PARADE REST, THE BAND CONDUCTS
SOUND OFF BY PLAYING AND MARCHING ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE
FORMATION, AND THEN RETURNING TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION ON THE
FINAL LINE OF TROOPS.
NARRATOR:
WHILE THE BAND IS MARCHING IN FRONT OF THE TROOPS, THE NARRATOR
WILL READ THE BAND’S HISTORY:
THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION “OLD IRONSIDES” BAND TRACES ITS HERITAGE
FROM 1943, WHEN IT WAS ACTIVATED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WORLD WAR II.
TO THIS BAND HOWEVER, MUSIC WAS OFTEN A SIDELINE AS DIVISION BANDS
WERE USED AS INFANTRY UNITS DURING WORLD WAR II. THE MAJORITY OF
THE BAND’S TIME WAS NOT SPENT IN REHEARSING AND PERFORMING, BUT IN
GUARDING SUPPLIES OR HEADQUARTERS INSTALLATIONS.
THE BAND DEPLOYED FIRST TO NORTH AFRICA AND PARTICIPATED IN THE
FIRST LARGE-SCALE ALLIED INVASION OF WORLD WAR II. FOLLOWING
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ITS MISSION THERE, THE BAND SERVED WITH
THE DIVISION IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN NEAR NAPLES, ADVANCING
THROUGH ROME, THE NORTHERN APENNINES, THE PO VALLEY, AND
SOUTHERN FRANCE. FOLLOWING THE WAR, THE BAND RETURNED TO THE
UNITED STATES AND WAS DEACTIVATED.
IN MAY 1951, THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION WAS REACTIVATED IN RESPONSE
TO THE KOREAN CONFLICT. THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF AN ENTIRE MARCHING
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BAND, A TEN-MAN DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS WAS FORMED. THIS CORPS
REMAINED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS, AND THERE THE UNIQUE 1ST ARMORED
DIVISION JEEP-MOUNTED BAND WAS UNVEILED.
IN 1971, THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION RETURNED TO EUROPE. THE “OLD
IRONSIDES” BAND FOLLOWED AND SETTLED IN AT MONTEITH BARRACKS IN
NUERNBERG. IN 1975, THE BAND MOVED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO THE
PICTURESQUE BAVARIAN TOWN OF ANSBACH.
WITH IRAQ’S INVASION OF KUWAIT, THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION WAS AGAIN
CALLED INTO ACTION. IN DECEMBER 19990, THE “OLD IRONSIDES” BAND
DEPLOYED TO SOUTHWEST ASIA WHERE IT TOOK PART IN THE MULTINATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE KUWAIT.
UPON ITS RETURN FROM SOUTHWEST ASIA THE “OLD IRONSIDES” BAND
PREPARED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MOVE. IN DECEMBER 1991, THE BAND
CLOSED ITS DOORS IN ANSBACH AND IN JANUARY 1992, MOVED OPERATIONS
TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN BAD KREUZNACH.
IN DECEMBER 1995, THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION WAS CALLED TO BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA AS PART OF OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR. ON 3 JANUARY
1996, THE “OLD IRONSIDES” BAND DEPLOYED TO TUZLA AIR BASE, BOSNIA,
HOME OF THE HEADQUARTERS MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION (NORTH) AS PART
OF OPERATION JOINT GUARD AND JOINT FORGE. HIGHLIGHTING THE BAND’S
SECOND ROTATION TO BOSNIA WAS THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR THE
HONORABLE LOUIS CALDERA, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, IN AUGUST 1998.
THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION BAND REDEPLOYED BACK TO BAD KREUZNACH
ON 22 OCTOBER 1998.
CURRENTLY, THE BAND IS COMPOSED OF ONE WARRANT OFFICER AND 39
ENLISTED SOLDIERS. THE “SHOWPIECE” OF THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION
PERFORMS THROUGHOUT THE RHEINLAND-PFALZ AREA FOR THE MILITARY
CEREMONIES OF US AND NATO UNITS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING A VARIETY
OF GERMAN/AMERICAN AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. DISPLAYING
A MULTITUDE OF VERSATILITY, THE BAND CAN PERFORM IN ANY MUSICAL
SETTING. WHETHER PLAYING THE LATEST IN CONCERT REPERTOIRE,
MARCHING IN MILITARY REVIEWS AND PARADES, PERFORMING
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ, OR ENTERTAINING IN A FEST TENT, THE “OLD
IRONSIDES” BAND CONTINUES TO UPHOLD THE MOTTO: “PERFORMING WITH
PRIDE.”
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ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY PRESENTATION OF HONORS
COT: ONCE THE BAND HAS RETURNED TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION, THE
COT WILL COMMAND THE STAFF TO ATTENTION, EXECUTE AN ABOUT FACE,
AND COMMANDS, BRING YOUR UNITS TO ATTENTION. ONCE UNITS ARE AT
ATTENTION, THE COT WILL EXECUTE AN ABOUT FACE TO FACE THE
REVIEWING STAND.
COT: AFTER THE REVIEWING PARTY HAVE MOUNTED THE REVIEWING STAND
AND TAKEN THEIR POSITIONS, THE COT WILL EXECUTE AN ABOUT FACE AND
COMMANDS BRING YOUR UNITS TO “PRESENT ARMS”. ONCE UNITS ARE AT
PRESENT ARMS, THE COT WILL EXECUTE AN ABOUT FACE, TO FACE THE
REVIEWING STAND. THE COT WILL COMMAND THE STAFF AND SELF TO
PRESENT ARMS.
Narrator: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE STAND FOR HONORS TO
BRIGADIER GENERAL HERTLING.”
NOTE: THE BAND WILL PLAY THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF RUFFLES AND
FLOURISHES AND THE GENERAL’S MARCH FOR THE REVIEWING OFFICER.
Narrator: UPON COMPLETION OF PRESENTATION OF HONORS
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED.”
COT:
UPON COMPLETION OF PRESENTATION OF HONORS OR EXCHANGING
SALUTES WITH THE REVIEWING OFFICER, THE COT COMMANDS HIS STAFF TO
“ORDER ARMS,” FACES ABOUT AND COMMANDS BRING YOUR UNITS TO
“ORDER ARMS AND PARADE REST.”
HONORS TO THE NATIONS
COT: EXECUTES AN ABOUT FACE AND COMMANDS BRING YOUR UNITS TO
ATTENTION, AND OFFICERS AND COLORS, CENTER, MARCH.”
BAND: PLAYS MARCHING MUSIC AFTER THE SECOND STINGER, WHEN THE
ELEMENTS OF THE DETACHMENT BEGIN TO MARCH FORWARD TO THE
CENTER OF THE PARADE FIELD. THE BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AS THE
DETACHMENT IS FORMED AND THE COT THEN MARCHES THE DETACHMENT
FORWARD TO THE REVIEWING STAND. THE BAND WILL STOP PLAYING
IMMEDIATELY, ONCE THE COT HALTS THE DETACHMENT IN FRONT OF THE
REVIEWING STAND.
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NOTE: ON THE FIRST STINGER OF OFFICERS AND COLORS, CENTER, MARCH
ALL COMMANDERS, COLOR BEARERS, AND GIDEON BEARERS WILL EXECUTE
A LEFT OR RIGHT FACE, FACING THE CENTER OF THE PARADE FIELD. THE
COT’S STAFF WILL EXECUTE A RIGHT FACE. ONCE ALL SOLDIERS HAVE
COMPLETED THEIR FACING MOVEMENTS, THE BUGLER WILL SOUND THE
SECOND STINGER. ON THE SECOND STINGER, THE COT’S STAFF WILL TAKE
15 PACES FORWARD, HALT, AND EXECUTE A LEFT FACE. THE COLOR GUARD
WILL BEGIN MARCHING AND MOVE FORWARD TO A POSITION IN FRONT OF
THE LINE OF COMMANDERS AND HALT. ALL COMMANDERS, COLOR BEARERS
AND GIDEON BEARERS WILL MOVE TO A POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE
PARADE FIELD, BEHIND THE COLOR GUARD. COMMANDERS, COLOR
BEARERS AND GIDEON BEARERS WILL CONTINUE TO MARK-TIME UNTIL THE
RIGHT MOST COMMANDER SOFTLY COMMANDS DETACHMENT, HALT. THE
RIGHT MOST COMMANDER WILL THEN SOFTLY COMMAND CENTER, FACE SO
ALL MEMBERS OF THE DETACHMENT ARE FACING THE REVIEWING STAND.
ONCE ALL MEMBER OF THE DETACHMENT ARE FACING THE REVIEWING
STAND, THE COT MOVES TO WITHIN FIVE PACES IN FRONT OF THE COLOR
GUARD AND EXECUTES AN ABOUT FACE.
BAND: CONTINUES TO PLAY.
COT: IN A VOICE LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE DETACHMENT TO HEAR THE COT
COMMANDS “FORWARD, MARCH.” THE COT MUST TIME THE COMMAND OF
MARCH WITH THE DRUMBEAT OF THE BAND AS THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY.
NARRATOR: WHEN THE COT AND DETACHMENT BEGIN MARCHING FORWARD
TO THE REVIEWING STAND, READ: FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES THE
STARS AND STRIPES IS THE BANNER UNDER WHICH AMERICANS HAVE LIVED,
FOUGHT, AND DIED. MORE THAN A SYMBOL, THE FLAG IS THE EMBODIMENT
OF OUR GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE, IDEALS, AND VALUES. THUS AS THE FLAG IS
PRESENTED TO THE REVIEWING OFFICER, RESPECT IS PAID TO THE NATION.
COT: THE COT AND THE DETACHMENT MOVE INTO POSITION IN FRONT OF
THE REVIEWING STAND. THE COT COMMANDS “MARK TIME, MARCH AND
DETACHMENT, HALT" WHEN HE IS APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) STEPS FROM THE
REVIEWING STAND. AFTER THE COMMAND DETACHMENT HALT AND THE
BAND HAS STOPPED PLAYING, THE COT SALUTES THE REVIEWING OFFICER
AND REPORTS “SIR, THE OFFICERS AND COLORS OF THE “BY DARING
DEEDS!” BATTALION ARE PRESENT.”
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REVIEWING OFFICER: RETURNS THE COT’S SALUTE AND DIRECTS, “PRESENT
THE COMMAND.”
COT: THE COT TURNS TO THE RIGHT AND PASSES AROUND THE RIGHT FLANK
OF THE COLORS, AND PROCEEDS DIRECTLY TO HIS POST, IN FRONT OF AND
CENTERED ON HIS STAFF. THE COT DIRECTS THE BUGLER TO SOUND
“PRESENT ARMS".
BUGLER: SOUNDS “ PRESENT ARMS”. ALL UNITS ON THE FIELD EXECUTE
PRESENT ARMS.
COT: ONCE ALL UNITS HAVE EXECUTED PRESENT ARMS, THE COT EXECUTES
AN ABOUT FACE AND COMMANDS, “DETACHMENT, PRESENT ARMS.” ALL
MEMBERS OF THE DETACHMENT EXECUTE PRESENT ARMS. COLOR
BEARERS DIP THE ORGANIZATIONAL COLORS AND GIDEON BEARERS
EXECUTE PRESENT GIDEON. THE COT COMMANDS HIS STAFF AND HIMSELF
TO EXECUTE PRESENT ARMS.
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
NARRATOR: AFTER ALL UNITS ARE AT PRESENT ARMS, READ:
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLAYING OF THE
NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
NOTE: PLAY NATIONAL ANTHEM.
WHEN COMPLETE...
Narrator: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED”
COT: GOES TO ORDER ARMS AND COMMANDS, DETATCHMENT, ORDER ARMS
Executes about face, commands BRING YOUR UNITS TO “ORDER ARMS”.
CASING OF THE COLORS AND GUIDONS
CSM LEWIS: MOVES AROUND TO THE FRONT LEFT OF HIS COLORS AND ALL
1SG’S MOVE AROUND TO THE FRONT LEFT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GUIDONS.
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THE OFFICIAL PARTY MOVES FORWARD AND HALTS. LTC REID MOVES IN
FRONT OF THE COLORS.
LTC REID: COMMANDS “ BY DARING DEEDS BATTALION, PRESENT ARMS” TO
THE BATTALION.
NARRATOR:
1ST BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED
ON 20 OCTOBER 1786 IN THE REGULAR ARMY AS CAPTAIN HENRY BURBECK’S
COMPANY OF ARTILLERISTS AND ORGANIZED AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK.
AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE INDIAN WARS, IT WAS
REDESIGNATED ON 1 JUNE 1821 AS COMPANY D, 4TH REGIMENT OF
ARTILLERY AND SERVED UNDER THIS DESIGNATION THROUGHOUT 7
CAMPAIGNS OF MEXICAN WAR AND 25 CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
THE UNIT WAS REORGANIZED AS THE 39TH COMPANY, COAST ARTILLERY,
CORPS ON 13 FEBRUARY 1901. THE UNIT WAS REDESIGNATED 1 JULY 1924 AS
BATTERY D, 4TH COAST ARTILLERY AT FORT AMADOR, CANAL ZONE.
THE BATTALION WAS REDESIGNATED AND CONSTITUTED AS BATTERY M, 95TH
COAST ARTILLERY IN THE REGULAR ARMY ON 16 DECEMBER 1940.
REORGANIZED AND REDESIGNATED AS 12 DECEMBER 1943 AS BATTERY D,
866TH ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION, THE
BATTALION SERVED WITH DISTINCTION THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR II IN THE
PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, EARNING THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL
UNIT CITATION.
REDESIGNATED 28 JUNE 1950 AS BATTERY D, 4TH ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION, THE UNIT WAS DISBANDED ON 15
NOVEMBER 1954 IN ENGLAND AND REACTIVATED 1 SEPTEMBER 1958 AS
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 1ST MISSILE BATTALION, 4TH
ARTILLERY.
AFTER SEVERAL REDESIGNATIONS AND INACTIVATIONS, THE BATTALION
WAS ACTIVATED 13 SEPTEMBER 1972 AS THE 1ST BATTALION, 4TH AIR
DEFENSE ARTILLERY AT FORT LAWTON, WASHINGTON. INACTIVATED 30
JULY 1974, IT WAS REACTIVATED 1 APRIL 1979 AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON.
THE BATTALION WAS AWARDED THE ARMY SUPERIOR UNIT AWARD FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEAM SPIRIT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND
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FORTRESS GALE IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. THE BATTALION WAS
DEACTIVATED ON 16 APRIL 1988 AND HAS REMAINED SO UNTIL
REACTIVATION ON 18 FEBRUARY 1998 AT MCCULLY BARRACKS,
WACKERNHEIM, GERMANY AS THE 1ST BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE
ARTILLERY (AVENGER/STINGER/BRADLEY BATTALION) SERVING UNDER THE
1ST ARMORED DIVISION.
FROM APRIL 2003 TO APRIL 2004, THE BATTALION SERVED WITH THE 1ST
ARMORED DIVISION IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. " TASK
FORCE 1-4 ADA, 1ST ARMORED DIVISION, "BY DARING DEEDS", DISTINGUISHED
THEMSELVES DURING THE PERIOD OF 14 MAY 2003 TO 7 APRIL 2004 WITH
EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AND GALLANTRY DURING GROUND COMBAT,
STABILITY, AND SECURITY OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM.
COMPRISED OF OVER 800 SOLDIERS, TF 1-4 ADA CONDUCTED 21 CORDON
AND SEARCHES, EXECUTED 1,670 COMBAT PATROLS, EMPLACED HUNDREDS
OF STATIC TCPS, SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED COUNTER MORTAR, ROCKET,
AND MANPADS OPERATIONS, AND COUNTLESS ESCORT MISSIONS
THROUGHOUT THE AREA SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT.
COMBINED WITH THE LETHALITY OF A GROUND CAVALRY TROOP, AN
AIRBORNE INFANTRY COMPANY, AND AN ICDC COMPANY, TASK FORCE
STINGER PROVED THEMSELVES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT COMBAT MULTIPLIER
FOR THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION.
REGARDLESS OF THE MISSION OR THE TASK AT HAND, EACH BATTERY,
TROOP, AND COMPANY PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN RETURNING IRAQ TO THE
CONTROL OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR ITS CITIZENS. BY DARING DEEDS!"
AFTER THE NARRATOR READS THE HISTORY:
THE COLOR SGT DIPS THE BN COLORS AND THE BATTERY GUIDON BEARER’S
DIP THEIR RESPECTIVE COLORS SIMULTANEOUSLY. CSM LEWIS AND LTC
REID ASSISTED BY THE COLOR SGT WILL BEGIN CASING THE COLORS, THE
BATTERY 1SG,S AND CDR’S ASSISTED BY THEIR GUIDON BEARER’S WILL
BEGIN CASING THE GUIDONS. ONCE THE COLORS AND GUIDONS ARE CASED,
CSM LEWIS GIVES THE COMMAND “ORDER ARMS”.
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Narrator:
READS THE INACTIVATION ORDERS: PERMANENT ORDERS 72-1 The following
unit action is directed, Action unit inactivated, assigned to Control, Headquarters,
Department of the Army Effective 15 September 2004, Authority: Message, HQDA,
Subject: Rebalancing of Active & Reserve Component Force Structure DTG:
07155Z Oct 03, AR 71-32; and AR 220-5.
LTC Reid will reassume his position next to BG Hertling and CSM Lewis and the
1SG’s return to their original positions.
Once back in position LTC Reid will give the command “ABOUT FACE,
FORWARD MARCH”.
The Official Party will return to their original position. Once at their original
position, LTC Reid will give the command “ABOUT FACE”.
COT:
Will then command “PARADE REST”
Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIGADIER GENERAL DENNIS E. HARDY, THE
ASSISTANT DIVISION COMMANDER (SUPPORT) OF AMERICA’S TANK DIVISION,
THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION"
INITIATE APPLAUSE AFTER SPEECH IS COMPLETE.
Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, the Commander of the 1ST Battalion, 4th Air Defense
Artillery, 1st Armored Division, LTC Jenks Reid.”
INITIATE APPLAUSE AFTER SPEECH IS COMPLETE.
FOLLOWING THE REMARKS: COT commands “BATTALION ATTENTION”.
Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE BENEDICTION THE
PLAYING OF THE SINGING OF “THE IRON SOLDIER MARCH”, THE “ADA
MARCH”, AND THE “ARMY SONG.” THE WORDS FOR EACH SONG ARE IN YOUR
PROGRAM.
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Upon completion of the benediction, the COT directs CSM Lewis to retire the
colors. CSM Lewis direct the colors off the field.
Once the colors exit the field, play the ADA March and the Army Song
Upon completion of the Army Song the COT salutes the Assistant Division
Commander Supply, “SIR, THIS COMPLETES THE CEREMONY”.
Assistant Division Commander (Supply) returns the salute.
Narrator:
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS COMPLETES TODAY'S CEREMONY. YOU ARE
INVITED TO ATTEND A RECEPTION LOCATED IN THE PARK AREA.
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