4th IBCT exercise combined air, ground night assault

By Staff Sgt. Elvis UmanzorFebruary 3, 2015

4th IBCT exercise combined air, ground night assault
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, sling load 105 mm howitzers during a night air assault exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on Fort Stewart, Ga., during the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID, field ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
4th IBCT exercise combined air, ground night assault
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, delivers a 105 mm howitzer during a night air assault exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on Fort Stewart, Ga., during the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID, field traini... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
4th IBCT exercise combined air, ground night assault
3 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 15th infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct a ground assault convoy during Vanguard Focus, a brigade level training exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on Fort Stewart, Ga. (U.S. Army Phot... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol in an armored Humvee as part of a ground assault convoy during Vanguard Focus, a brigade level training exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on F... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scans his sector behind a TOW missile system during a ground assault convoy exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on Fort Stewart, Ga. (U.S. Army Ph... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 15th infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, secure a landing zone after an air assault as part of Vanguard Focus, a brigade level training exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on Fort Stewart, Ga. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT STEWART, Ga. - Soldiers of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, or the Vanguard Brigade, of 3rd Infantry Division, moved under the darkness of night and conducted a combined air and ground assault to control a landing zone during a training exercise, Feb. 1, 2015, on Fort Stewart, Ga.

The coordinated attack included an air assault and ground assault convoy by infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th IBCT, and a two gun raid by artillerymen of 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Artillery. 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd ID, provided UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to provide air transport in support of the exercise. The assault marked the beginning of the battalion's situational exercise during Vanguard Focus, a three-month brigade level field training exercise designed to validate the brigade's combat capabilities and mission readiness to fight and win anywhere.

Related Links:

The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division DVIDS page.

The official 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart Facebook page.

The official 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Facebook page.

The official 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart website.

The official 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division website.