FORT BLISS, Texas — Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery demonstrated their readiness to deploy during a July 21 live-fire exercise, culminating nearly two weeks of pre-deployment training.
FRANKLIN, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker and senior Wisconsin National Guard leaders joined families and friends at a July 6 sendoff ceremony for more than 350 members of the 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery headed to the Middle East in support of Operations Inherent Resolve, Spartan Shield and Freedom’s Sentinel.
MADISON, Wis. — More than 350 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers will deploy to the Middle East this summer.
FORT MCCOY, Wis. — Family and friends of Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery attended a family-oriented, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire demonstration on a sunny Saturday morning at Fort McCoy, Sept. 9.
The Plymouth, Wis.- based Battery B, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery of the Wisconsin Army National Guard - also known as the Bravo Barracudas - received the 2013 Hamilton Alexander Award during a Wednesday night ceremony at the National Guard Professional Education Center in North Little Rock, Ark.The Alexander Hamilton Award recognizes the year's outstanding National Guard field artillery battery for superb mission accomplishment and overall unit excellence.
All of Sussex, Wisconsin-based Battery A, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery is now back safely in the United States after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.Approximately half of the unit returned to Wisconsin in December, but the rest remained in Afghanistan to continue its fire support mission. The high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) unit was among the first Army National Guard units to complete a fire support mission in Afghanistan. Its sister battery, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery became the first in 2012.More than 30 Soldiers from the unit landed at Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 10, where senior leaders from the Wisconsin Army National Guard were waiting planeside to greet them. The Soldiers subsequently travelled to Fort Bliss, Texas, where they will complete the demobilization process before returning to Wisconsin.
