Task Force Destiny welcomed a new addition to their operational command during an uncasing ceremony here Aug. 5. TF Dragon, commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Bowery and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Todd, is an attack reconnaissance battalion supporting TF D...

Task Force Destiny welcomed a new addition to their operational command during an uncasing ceremony here Aug. 5.
TF Dragon, commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Bowery and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Todd, is an attack reconnaissance battalion supporting TF D...

Task Force Destiny welcomed a new addition to their operational command during an uncasing ceremony here Aug. 5. TF Dragon, commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Bowery and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Todd, is an attack reconnaissance battalion supporting TF D...

Task Force Destiny welcomed a new addition to their operational command during an uncasing ceremony here Aug. 5. TF Dragon, commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Bowery and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Todd, is an attack reconnaissance battalion supporting TF D...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Task Force Destiny welcomed a new addition to their operational command during an uncasing ceremony here Aug. 5.

TF Dragon, commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Bowery and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Todd, is an attack reconnaissance battalion supporting TF Destiny with AH-64 Apache helicopters, increasing fire power and security capabilities to combat operations here.

Usually known as 1st Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, TF Dragon has the mission to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance, close combat attacks and air assault security in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with TF Destiny.

They also have additional aviation maintenance, logistical and administrative assets to support the mission here.

They have experienced three deployments to Iraq and are ready to take on the demanding environment and combat operations in Afghanistan.

"I believe today, 1-4 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion has its own 'rendezvous with destiny' across Afghanistan, from the mountains of RC (East), to the plains of RC (North), to the river valleys and deserts of RC (South) in support of our special operations brothers on the ground and in the air," said Bowery at the uncasing ceremony.

The battalion received the Meritorious Unit Citation for its last two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.