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direct support (DS) artillery battalion but ultimately assumed responsibilities as another ground maneuver unit. As a ground maneuver unit, 2-5 FA was responsible for an area of operations (AO) that exceeded 6,500 square kilometers within the Al Anbar
Province. 2-5 FA priorities shifted to include providing security and re-establishing national operations in Iraq, serving as a maneuver force, conducting humanitarian assistance (HA) operations and training Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) forces. 2-5 FA conducted combat patrols, manned traffic control points (TCPs) and conducted raids to defeat those militant forces seeking to destabilize the towns and cities within 2-5 FA's AO. 2-5 FA shot more than 1,000 rounds in support of the 3d ACR and battalion operations. 2-5 FA redeployed to back Fort Sill, rejoining 212th FA BDE in March 2004. 2-18 Field Artillery battalion received a warning order to prepare to deploy to operation Iraqi Freedom I in 2003. The battalion quickly fielded the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) version 6.3.1, Automated Deep Operations Coordination System (ADOCS),Command and Control Personal Computer (C2PC), Effects Management Tool (EMT), Blue Force Tracker, All Source Analysis System (ASAS) Light, completed individual training certifications (TSJRTs) and rail loaded its equipment in record time. The main body deployed in January 2003. The pace of operations was intense in theater as the battalion completed its Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (RSOI) within 48 hours of receiving equipment from the Sea Port of Debarkation (SPOD). The battalion and its Soldiers were one of only a few units to participate in the full spectrum of conflict. SSG Rucker and SGT Harvey, Alpha Battery Section Chiefs, and SSG Molyneaux of Charlie Battery, each fired lethal Block lA ATACMS Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) missions for both V Corps in support of the II " Attack Helicopter Regiment's attack in zone (TALON I) and Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) in support of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF). On 14 April 2003, the battalion officially transitioned from combat to stability operations and support operations (S0S0) as part of CJTF-7"s TF Bullet I effort to collect and secure captured enemy ammunition and equipment (CEE/CEA). Unlike previous US Army SOSO deployments, coalition forces in the Iraqi Theater of Operations (ITO) faced a determined former regime paramilitary effort, while performing their missions. The Mission Ready battalion uploaded, cataloged and transported •over 5100 short tons of enemy equipment/ammunition and traveled over 17,000 kilometers in support of CEA operations throughout the ITO. 2-18 FA also provided over 30 percent of its assigned strength in support of fixed site security for LSA Dogwood and Mission Ready Base. On 12 September 2003, CJTF-7 assigned the battalion the mission to standup and train an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) battalion for Multi-National Division, Central South (MND CS). When completed with training, this CDC battalion served with MND (CS) 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Poland. Both TF Bullet and CDC were key elements in providing a safe and secure Iraq and setting the conditions for a peaceful transfer of political control from the Office of
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