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Colonel Ronald Kapral and State Command Sergeant Major Robert Sweeney. During their time in Iraq, the brigade was visited by Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire and Washington Adjutant General, Brigadier General Toney. It suffered one fatality during its
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Battalion, 185th Armor (after fall 2004); Company B, 1st Battalion, 185th Armor; Company B, 160th Infantry (CA Army National Guard); Company A, 579th Engineer Battalion (CA Army National Guard), Headquarters Company, 898th Engineer Battalion (WA Army National Guard); and other
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Associated Unit Program (AUP). However, with the end of the AUP, the brigade donned its original "Raven" patch again in September 2021. As of 2022, the 81st SBCT has changed its alignment from the 7th Infantry Division to the
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Division and wearing its patch instead of the separate brigade patch. In 1991, the 9th Division was deactivated and the 81st was a separate brigade once again, tasked to augment the
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Gunner (later renamed to FOB Highlander in honor of the battalion's nickname), Baghdad, Iraq. For its performance in combat, the 1–161st
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and served in theater from March 2004 to March 2005. The brigade was broken up, and its components extensively reorganized under the 13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM) to meet the mission requirements:
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for their support in operation founding fathers. The unit displayed extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy and help set the conditions for the first free democratic elections in the
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Troop A, 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment received the Distinguished Service Unit award. The award was received on behalf of the unit by Captain Patrick Gehring and First Sergeant Travis Wise.
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in South Korea. With the shift to being an armored brigade in 2005, it was affiliated for mobilization purposes to the
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for his valorous actions in the Philippine Campaign of WWII
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The Institute of Heraldry: 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team
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1st Battalion, 161st Infantry; 1st Battalion, 303d Armor
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153:Nickname(s)
139:Garrison/HQ
1385:Categories
1357:7 February
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1057:5 December
990:mil.wa.gov
972:References
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587:Marysville
575:Marysville
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478:Battery B
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415:Company C
409:Company B
399:Company A
320:Moses Lake
274:Infantry.
235:California
227:Washington
179:Commanders
147:Washington
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81:Allegiance
46:81st SBCT
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1169:10 August
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1079:10 August
369:Bremerton
353:Anacortes
314:Wenatchee
225:based in
186:commander
1147:9 August
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595:Company
538:Tumwater
456:Tumwater
417:Palmdale
194:Insignia
161:Motto(s)
803:(2004)
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689:in the
620:History
612:, near
608:at the
544:Ephrata
357:Redmond
326:Spokane
308:Spokane
288:Seattle
239:Stryker
184:Current
143:Seattle
123:Brigade
63:Country
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778:Tacoma
559:I FSC
548:H FSC
542:G FSC
536:F FSC
530:E FSC
411:Colton
241:BCT.
231:Oregon
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735:Unit
1359:2012
1329:2012
1299:2012
1266:ISBN
1252:2012
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1141:KTVZ
1123:2020
1081:2020
1059:2022
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643:32nd
597:Kent
573:HHC
561:Kent
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363:Kent
355:and
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345:HHC
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119:Size
109:Type
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