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Col. John DiGiambattista, commander, 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div., and Brig. Gen. Brian Mennes, deputy
commanding general for maneuver, 2nd Inf. Div., welcome Ironhorse Soldiers from Fort Hood to
South Korea on the tarmac at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Monday.
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Signifying their rotation to
South Korea, Soldiers of the 1st
Brigade Combat Team Ironhorse,
1st Cavalry Division cased their
brigade colors during a ceremony
Jan. 28 on Cooper Field.
The Ironhorse brigade began
training for the Korea mission in
the spring of 2015 with squad-
and platoon-level training. In
August, they certified their crews
during a combined live fire exer-
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Col. John DiGiambattista, commander, 1st BCT Ironhorse, 1st Cav. Div., and
Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Coffey case the brigade colors Jan. 28 on Cooper
Field at Fort Hood, signifying the start of a nine month deployment to Korea.
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Brig. Gen. Brian Mennes, deputy commanding general for maneuver, 2nd Infantry Division,
welcomes Ironhorse Soldiers to South Korea on the tarmac at Osan Air Base, South Korea,
Monday. More than 4,000 Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
will train with Republic of Korea military forces and participate in several joint and multina-
tional large-scale exercises during a nine-month rotation to the peninsula.
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