page_title: 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
section_title: Multinational Force and Observers (MFO)
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment (United States) / Multinational Force and Observers (MFO)
caption_attribution_description: English: LTC Steve Womack and CSM Bill Hogue in front of their Task Force Headquarters, during the MFO mission to Egypt
context_page_description: The 2d Battalion, 153d Infantry Regiment, is an infantry battalion of the Arkansas Army National Guard, headquartered at Searcy, assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. During World War II, the battalion was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry, nicknamed the "Gunslingers", deployed to the Sinai on a peace keeping mission in order to free regular army soldiers for service elsewhere. The soldiers of the 2–153rd deployed under the flag of the 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The battalion provided disaster relief operations to the citizens of Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Gunslingers were deployed to Iraq a second time in 2008 as a security forces battalion and conducted convoy security operations in western Iraq. Most recently, members of the 2-153rd deployed to Central America as part of the Regionally aligned forces mission in order to carry out a train-the-trainer and security cooperation mission in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. See also
context_section_description: On 10 October 2001, 2–153 IN "Gunslinger" was activated in support of the Global War on Terror. Second Battalion was sent to Egypt in order to take over the Multinational Force and Observers mission, freeing up regular army infantry units to deploy to Afghanistan.
  The 2-153's mission during the MFO was: "...to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace and employ best efforts to prevent any violation of its terms." This mission was accomplished by carrying out four tasks:
  Operating checkpoints, observation posts and conducting reconnaissance patrols on the international border as well as within Zone C; verification of the terms of the peace treaty not less than twice a month; verification of the terms of the peace treaty within forty eight hours, upon the request of either party, and ensuring freedom of international marine navigation in the Strait of Tiran and access to the Gulf of Aqaba.
  This was the first "pure" National Guard takeover of the MFO mission. 2-153rd deactivated on 11 October 2002.
caption: LTC Steve Womack and CSM Bill Hogue in front of the Task Force Headquarters, Egypt
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