AFVI-AG-B                                                                                      5 October 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION

SUBJECT: B/1-77 FA Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 05-07 Mission Accomplishments

1.   Mission Statement:

            B/1-77 FA (CBT HET), a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Field Artillery unit, serving as a combat Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) Company in a Logistics Task Force (LTF), provides responsive, tailored and adaptive HET capabilities for staging, onward movement, integration, retrograde, and sustainment operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 and the full range of joint/coalition military operations.

2.   Mission Accomplishments from 8 OCT 05 – 4 OCT 06:

            a.  Combat Logistics Patrols (Includes Iraq and Local Kuwait missions): 253

            b.  Miles Driven:

                        (1) White Truck Miles: 14,937,156

                        (2) Green Truck Miles: 3,734,289

            c.  Pieces Moved:

                        (1) White Pieces: 6036

                        (2) Green Pieces: 1509

(87,832,367 tons)

            d.  Deployed and/or Redeployed the following units:

                        (1)   4^th Infantry Division

                        (2)   3^rd Infantry Division

                        (3)   101^st Airborne Division

                        (4)   Marine Expeditionary Units

                        (5)   3^rd Armored Cavalry Regiment

                        (6)   1^st Armored Division

                        (7)   1^st Brigade 10^th Mountain Division

                        (8)   1^st Brigade 34^th Infantry Division

                        (9)   48^TH Brigade Combat Team (BCT)

                        (10) 28^th BCT

                        (11) 3^rd Brigade 2^nd Infantry Division

                        (12) 3^rd Brigade 82^nd Airborne Division

                        (13) 172^nd Stryker BCT

                        (14) 1^st Infantry Division

                        (15) Republic of Korea Army

                        (16) Romanian Army

                        (17) British Army

3.  Company Mission Statistics:

            a.  Enemy actions against convoys:

                        (1) Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs):      37

                        (2) Small Arms Fire (SAF):                             6

                        (3) Mortar Attacks:                                         4

            b.  Personnel:

                        (1) Assigned Strength:  Beginning (272); Ending (253)

                        (2) Awards:

                                    Purple Hearts –                                   7

                                    Bronze Star Medals –                        11

                                    Meritorious Service Medals –             20

                                    Army Commendation Medals –         207

                                    Army Achievement Medals –             19

                                    Driver & Mechanic Badges –             223

                                    Combat Action Badges-                     103

                         (3) Punishment under Article 15:        3

             c.  Supply:

(1) Maintained property accountability for equipment valued over $86 million

                        (2) Financial Liability Reports: None

                        (3) Maintained accounts for Classes I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, and IX of supply

4.  Equipment On Hand & Readiness:

            a.  O/H equipment:                              192 Pacing Items

                                                                        186 LINs of equipment

b.      Operational Readiness Rate:

(1)   Above 90% throughout deployment

(2)   Operated two levels of maintenance – Organic and Direct Support

(3)   Performed over 400 Direct Support Level Maintenance Tasks

(4)   Corrected over 2,000 deficiencies

(5)   Requisitioned over $9,000,000 Million in Class IX recoverable parts

(6)   Managed 150 lines of Prescribed Load List (PLL), valued in excess of

$553,000

(7)   Managed over 450 lines of shop and bench stock, valued in excess of

$643,000

(8)   Completed over 400 Annual Services

5.  Key Leadership:

Commander:                           CPT Shawn Bault

First Sergeant:                         1SG Alexis Shelton

XO/Operations Officer:          CPT Mark Guelich/CPT Jefferson Bunce

Truckmasters:                          SFC Mark Sieminski

                                                SFC Rodney Collette

Supply Sergeant:                     SGT Michael Casey

Personnel Admin Sergeant:    SSG Christopher Smith

SR Maintenance Supervisor:   MSG Johnny Blake

Maintenance Platoon LDR:    1LT Gregory Pforter

Maintenance Platoon SGT:     SFC Troy Beadles

HQ’s Platoon Sergeant:          SFC Dan Sambrano

1^st Platoon Leader:                  1LT Ryan LeForce

1^st Platoon Sergeant:               SFC Robert Coates

2^nd Platoon Leader:                 1LT Luke Martin

2^nd Platoon Sergeant:              SFC Max Holder

3^rd Platoon Leader:                  CPT Jefferson Bunce

3^rd Platoon Sergeant:               SFC Walter Thomas

4^th Platoon Leader:                  1LT Brandon Boatwright

4^th Platoon Sergeant:               SFC Bryan Hadler

6. Convoy Commanders:

7.  The Point of Contact for this memorandum is the undersigned at DSN (312) 639-5677 or  shawn.bault@us.army.mil.

                                                                        SHAWN M. BAULT

                                                                        CPT, FA

                                                                        Commanding

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