Courtesy Photo | Col. Gustave Perna, 4th Sustainment Brigade commander, awards a Combat Action Badge to...... read more read more
LOGISTICAL BASE SEITZ, Iraq " Soldiers from the 590th Field Service Company (FSC) recently received the Combat Action Badge in a ceremony at the 189th Corps Support Battalion headquarters for encountering the enemy during their last deployment to Iraq.
Col. Gustave Perna, 4th Sustainment Brigade Commander presented some of the awards on Dec. 12 at Seitz.
The Army Chief of Staff approved the creation of the Combat Action Badge in May 2005; however awards can be retroactive back to action beginning Sept. 18, 2001.
The 590th FSC was deployed in the northern region of Iraq from January 2004 to January 2005 where Soldiers provided gun truck escorts on combat logistics patrols.
During these patrols, the enemy engaged the Soldiers several times, involving small-arms fire, improvised explosive devices, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
Fortunately, only a handful of the Soldiers sustained minor injuries, said Staff Sgt. Warren Jones, the force protection NCOIC with the 590th.
Upon redeployment, the unit submitted the paperwork for the recently approved Combat Action Badge. All twenty Soldiers submitted for the award were approved.
Soldiers received the badges in two separate ceremonies.
The first awards ceremony, for 13 of the unit's Soldiers, was held on Nov. 2, 2005 at the Fort Drum Rapid Deployment Facility, where the unit prepared to deploy to Iraq once again. Maj. Robert Feldman, Rear Detachment Commander, presented the awards.
"I think it is a good step forward," said Staff Sgt. Jerome Reed.
"We now have something that shows we do come in contact with the enemy. We are not just sitting on the FOB [Forward Operating Base],"he added.
The current mission of the 590th FSC is to provide laundry, shower, and clothing renovation support to several camps in the central region of Iraq. The unit also provides part of the force protection and guard force for Logistical Base Seitz.
| Date Taken: | 02.02.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 02.02.2006 08:11 |
| Story ID: | 5287 |
| Location: | LOGISTICAL BASE SEITZ, IQ |
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