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September 2012 - present. Operation Spartan Shield (OSS) is a USCENTCOM (United States Central Command) operation in the Middle East. OSS is commanded by United States Army Central and includes units from all service branches. [citation needed] Task Force Spartan is the U.S. Army component of OSS. [citation needed]
Distinctive Unit Insignia. The 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team ( 30th ABCT [2] or " Old Hickory ") [1] is a modular heavy brigade of the United States Army National Guard. 30th ABCT relieved 3rd ABCT/4ID in Kuwait, 1 November 2019. [3] They returned to the U.S. in September 2020 and were replaced by the 2nd ABCT/1AD.
The Spartan shields' technical evolution and design evolved from bashing and shield wall tactics. They were of such great importance in the Spartan army that while losing a sword and a spear was an exception, to lose a shield was a sign of disgrace. Not only did a shield protect the user, but it also protected the whole phalanx formation.
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 35th Infantry Division was constituted in October 1988 as the 635th Aviation Group by authority ofm the National Guard Bureau. Between April and August 1989, the unit assumed command and control of 3rd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, 205th Medical Battalion, and 1st Battalion, 135th Aviation.
The naval Battle of Pylos took place in 425 BC during the Peloponnesian War at the peninsula of Pylos, on the present-day Bay of Navarino in Messenia, and was an Athenian victory over Sparta. An Athenian fleet had been driven ashore at Pylos by a storm, and, at the instigation of Demosthenes, the Athenian soldiers fortified the peninsula, and a ...
Battle. The final battle, fought near Megalopolis in Arcadia, ended in defeat for the Spartans. Early in the battle Antipater's lines broke, but in the end it was the sheer weight of numbers that brought victory to the Macedonians. It is written that 5,300 died on the Spartan side and 3,500 on the Macedonian side, [5] though it may have been as ...
The 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command coordinates operational sustainment support to optimize delivery of sustainment effects in the XVIII Airborne Corps areas of operation. On order, the 3 ESC deploys into an Area of Operation (AO) or Joint Operations Area (JOA) to provide mission command of assigned units in order to achieve expeditionary ...
The 28th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (former 371st Sustainment Brigade) is an Ohio Army National Guard Sustainment Brigade located at the Springfield–Beckley Municipal Airport in Springfield, Ohio. The Brigade includes the 371st Special Troops Battalion (Newark, Ohio) and the 112th Transportation Battalion (North Canton, Ohio) and ...