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101st Transfers Authority To 2nd Infantry Division

Jan-19-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Here's another article from CJTF7 describing the transfer of authority in Mosul.

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[Update, 1-21-04] Here is another article with a great picture of the uncasing of the colors during the ceremony. Definate wallpaper material for us 14th CAV folks.

CJTF7 Press Release

MOSUL, Iraq – On what was described as a bittersweet day for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the soldiers of 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division formally relieved 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division of its responsibilities in the western Nineveh province.

The ceremony marked the first turnover from the 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT) to the Arrowhead Brigade.

Soldiers from both units gathered at a forward operating base west of Mosul where the Rakkasans of 3rd Brigade cased their unit colors as the Warhorse squadron unfurled theirs for the first time in this northern area of operations.

The ceremony concluded more than two weeks of relief-in-place operations conducted between the two units as control switched from the brigade level to the battalion level, in keeping with the troop reduction in Iraq intended by the Department of Defense.


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