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Article: GMLRS Unitary Battle Drill and the Ready First Combat Team.(guided multiple-launch rocket system)(Report)
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- FA Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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1st Brigade Combat Team (1st BCT), 1st Armored Division, or the Ready First Combat Team, with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery (2-3 FA) in direct support (DS), deployed to Tal Afar in Western Ninewa Province in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) V The BCT then moved south to Ar Ramadi to relieve the 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division (2-28 ID), Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG).
Because of the brigade's experience in Tal Afar, we were able to contrast the stark differences in the threat that can exist throughout the Iraqi theater of operations. These differences required us to employ new tactics and use new weapons, such as the M31 guided ...