Another Successful Annual Training For HHB, 1-181st

  • Friday, May 27, 2016

The soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1-181st Field Artillery Regiment returned to their home station armory in Chattanooga after completing a successful annual training exercise at Volunteer Training Site – Tullahoma.  

During the course of the two week annual training the soldiers of HHB, 1-181st, commanded by CPT Justin G. Woodward and 1SG Danny Duncan, continued certification and proficiency on prescribed Artillery Tables, completed individual and collective Army Warrior Tasks and participated in a multi-day battalion, field training exercise.  

Additionally, HHB, 1-181st  was a key participant in Operation Winter Storm Olaf, a statewide Defense Support of Civil Authorities exercise, involving several state agencies and units of the Tennessee Army National Guard.  HHB soldiers were primarily responsible for search and rescue operations, as well as command and control operations for Operation Winter Storm Olaf.  

At the conclusion of annual training, HHB’s own Fire Direction Center Section, led by SGT John Tucker, was awarded the Battalion’s best section by LTC Brad Steverson and CSM Russell Wright.

"As always, the leaders of HHB, 1-181st would like to express their tremendous gratitude and appreciation to the consistently supportive families, friends and employers of our soldiers," officials said.

HHB, 1-181st, stationed in Chattanooga serves as the battalion headquarters for 1-181st , the Tennessee National Guard’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Battalion.  Many of the individual soldiers of HHB, 1-181st have served multiple deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn.  The soldiers of HHB serve in a variety of military occupational specialties and our always seeking interested applicants.

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