DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
U.S. ARMY HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND
200 STOVALL STREET
ALEXANDRIA VA 22332·0400
PERMANENT ORDERS 182-16 1 July 2010
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173d Airborne Brigade
(26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
1st Battalion, 508th Infantry (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
2d Battalion, 503d Infantry (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
1st Battalion, 63d Armor (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
74th Infantry Detachment (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
Battery D, 319th Field Artillery (26 March 2003 to
5 November 2003)
173d Support Company (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
501st Support Company (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
509th Signal Battalion
(26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
3d Platoon, 554th Military Police Company (26 March 2003 to
5 November 2003)
250th Medical Detachment (26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003)
1st Battalion, 12th Infantry (1 May 2003 to 31 August 2003)
Announcement. is made of
the following award: Award: Meritorious Unit Commendation
Period of service: As listed above.
Authority: AR 600-8-22, paragraph 7-15
Reason: For exceptionally meritorious service. During the period
26 March 2003 to 5 November 2003, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 173d Airborne Brigade and its subordinate units
displayed exceptionally meritorious service in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit conducted a combat parachute
assault onto Bashur Airfield and opened a northern front in
order to distract Iraqi divisions while main coalition forces
closed on Baghdad. Through demonstrations and feints as well as
select direct and indirect fire engagements, the brigade
successfully prevented the repositioning of Iraqi forces in
defense of Baghdad. Additionally, the unit successfully drove
Iraqi forces from Kirkuk and took control of three air fields
and numerous oil and gas complexes. Once in control of Kirkuk,
the brigade transitioned to stability and security operations
and quelled a highly charged, multi-ethnic city of nearly one
million people. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173d
Airborne Brigade's outstanding performance of duty is in keeping
with the finest traditions of military service and reflects
distinct credit upon the unit and the United States Army.
PERMANENT ORDERS 182-16, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 200
Stovall St., Alexandria, VA 223'32, 1 July 2010
The award is still subject to final confirmation in Department
of the Army General Orders. Official verification of a specific
unit's entitlement to display the award in the form of an
appropriate streamer on its flag or guidon rests with the U.S.
Army Center of Military History (CMH), which is also responsible
for determining official unit Lineage and Honors for MTOE
organizations. CMH will use this permanent order to authorize
the manufacture of an appropriate decoration streamer for any
organization clearly entitled to display the .award. The
streamers will then be manufactured and sent to the U.S. Army
Human Resources Command for automatic distribution to the units
concerned.
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BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
: STEWART . STEPHENSON,
JR.
LTC, AG
Chief, Military Awards Branch |