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Jan- 9-2009 » Filed Under: 4/2 SBCT

The Northwest Guardian has a nice article featuring the 2-12 FA, 4/2 SBCT.

The 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery got back to its roots during two weeks of field artillery training in December. The Vikings, recently returned from a 15-month deployment in Iraq, have been training rigorously to hone their core skills as artillerymen following a combat tour that saw them used in other ways.

The 2-12 FA deployed to Iraq with the 4th Brigade from April 2007 to June 2008.

As part of the “Surge” strategy, the battalion was employed as a provisional infantry unit in Northern Baghdad and the volatile Diyala Province. The artillerymen exchanged their howitzers for rifles and patrolled the streets, earning distinction within the brigade as an effective land-owning unit.


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