page_title: 206th Field Artillery Regiment
section_title: Task organization
hierarchical_section_title: 206th Field Artillery Regiment / History / Global War on Terrorism / Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-08 / Task organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Soldiers of 1st Combat Escort Team (On Mission 1), 1st Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1-206th FA (less two soldiers on leave) during operations at Camp Liberty, VBC, Baghdad, Iraq, OIF 08-09, with two of our new MRAPs and one ASV.
context_page_description: The 206th Field Artillery Regiment is a United States artillery regiment, currently represented in the Arkansas Army National Guard by the 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery, Headquartered at Russellville, Arkansas. The 1–206th FA is an element of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
  The regiment's history begins with the creation of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry in 1917 as a part of the expansion of the guard following the Mexican Expedition and just before World War I. The unit was reorganized for World War I as the 141st Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 39th Infantry Division. The unit deployed to France but did not see combat before the end of the war. Between World War I and II, the unit was reorganized as the 206th Coast Artillery and many of its units were stationed at state colleges. The 206th CA was mobilized for World War II and participated in the Battle of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on 3 and 4 June 1942. Following World War II the unit was reorganized as the 206th Artillery and served as the Division Artillery for the 39th Infantry Division.
context_section_description: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery was designated as a 42-man Rear Area Operations Center and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division to provide the Garrison Command Staff for Camp Taji, Iraq
  Battery A, 1–206th FA was organized as a convoy security company, with 131 soldiers and was subsequently assigned to convoy security duty at Camp Liberty, Iraq, in support of the 168th Brigade Support Battalion, and element of the 1st Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command. The battery received the attachment of two Regular Army platoons, bringing the strength the unit to 175 soldiers during the deployment. Battery A safely executed over 700 combat logistic patrols totaling more than 575,000 miles throughout the MND-B Area of Operations. Seven soldiers from Battery A were awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Battery A soldiers also received three impact Army Commendation Medals, two Combat Action Badges, and several Army Achievement Medals and Drivers badges.
  Battery B, 1–206th FA was organized as a convoy security company, with 131 soldiers and was subsequently assigned to convoy security duty at Camp Taji Iraq, in support of the 165th Corps Sustainment Support Battalion, from the Louisiana National Guard, an element of the 1st Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command. Battery B received the attachment of one regular army platoon, bringing its deployed strength to 147 soldiers. The battery was responsible for sixty three assorted gun trucks and completed over 600 combat logistics patrols.
  Company G, 39th BSB, the battalion's forward support company, was organized as a convoy security company, with 131 soldiers and was subsequently assigned to Convoy Security Duty at Camp Taji Iraq, in support of the 165th Corps Sustainment Support Battalion, from the Louisiana National Guard, an element of the 1st Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command. Company G was assigned seventy eight gun trucks during the deployment and completed over 112 combat missions that consisted of over 210,000 accident free miles. Convoy security elements from Company G traveled as far north as Mosul, in northern Iraq, and made repeated runs to Kuwait. The Company was recognized for inventing the first rolling RETRANS system, a radio relay system, which allowed combat logistics patrols to communicate at nearly triple the normal distance.
  The 1–206th FA also received the attachment of the 1123rd Transportation Company, of the 871st Troop Command for the deployment. The 1123rd was organized as a force protection company with 131 soldiers and was subsequently assigned to the 1–152 Cavalry Squadron, an element of the 1st Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in order to asst with base defense operations at Camp Taji, Iraq.
  Finally the 1–206th FA also received the attachment of the 1038th Horizontal Construction Company, of the 875th Engineer Battalion. The 1038th was organized as a force protection company with 131 soldiers and was subsequently assigned to the 1–152 Cavalry Squadron, an element of the 1st Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in order to asst with base defense operations at Camp Taji, Iraq.
caption: Members of 1st Platoon, Battery A, 1–206th FA at Camp Liberty with their MRAP vehicles
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