Serving the Soldiers, Civilians and Families of 2nd BCT, 4th Inf. Div.

Issue 22 August 19, 2010

Commander’s Corner
I want to take
a moment to
express my pride
in the Lonestar
family as we
come to the end
of our Phase I
Full Spectrum
Operations
training. Next,
the Battalion
will shift its
focus to counter Lt. Col. Patrick Stevenson, commander
insurgency opera- 2nd Special Troops Battalion
tions. Our Pinon Canyon exercise, as part of
Warhorse Rampage, was the pinnacle event
for the Lonestar Battalion to deploy, validate
our previous training, and work collectively
as a team.
At Pinon Canyon, the battalion brought
together all of our assets and enablers to work
as a team in support of the brigade. For this
exercise, the battalion deployed indepen-
dently to focus on collective training at Pinon
Canyon and conduct operations in a Full
Spectrum Operations (FSO) fight.
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
(HHC) “Hellraiser” established a detainee
holding area, conducted base defense opera-
tions, executed Raven flight operations, small
arms ranges, MEDEVAC training, weapons
intelligence team analysis, and daily convoy
logistics patrols. An opposing force and local
national role players provided
realistic scenarios for the
company to react to. The training provided
stressful situations that our Soldiers would
experience in a FSO fight and prepared them
for future operations.
Company A “Stalker” provided the intel-
ligence feed to the brigade with the Fusion,
Signal Intelligence, and Human Intelligence
Platoons. HUMINT and SIGINT teams also
supported company team situational training
exercise lanes, as the maneuver units learned
to incorporate intelligence enablers into their
missions. The infantry and armor company
teams provided security and safety for HU-
MINT and SIGINT to conduct the intelli-
gence analysis for the unit. These enablers are
a critical part of our battalion and they gather
valuable intelligence for the maneuvering
units in order to allow them to find, fix and
destroy the enemy.
Company B “Bulldogs” provided continu-
ous communications across the brigade’s area
of operations. Two distant RETRANS sites
supported the long range FM communica-
tions which enabled command and control of
the exercise. The Joint Network Node, Line of
Sight, and Enterprise Network Management
teams provided tactical internet and friendly
force tracking (FBCB2) infrastructure to all
elements in the brigade.
Company C “Cobra” executed Bradley
gunnery with 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalary
Reg., at Fort Carson. Immediately following
gunnery, 1st PLT moved to Pinon Canyon to
conduct the breaching operations in support
of 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiments,
deliberate attack. The rest of Company C
trained on engineer qualification tables at
Fort Carson in order to certify the engineers
to breach obstacles with live explosives. The
engineers are emplacing and breaching obsta-
cles, digging fighting positions for troops and
armor, and emplacing minefields to validate
their mission essential tasks in FOS.
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
(HHT) “Headhunters” established the brigade
tactical operation center to command and
control the battalions training at Pinon Can-
yon and Fort Carson. They also established an
administrative command and control node in
the cantonment area to maintain accountabil-
ity of personnel movement, and to coordinate
with MEDEVAC, the fire department and
range control. They provided command and
control for the Observerc ontrollers, opposing
force and contracted roleplayers supporting
in the brigade exercise.
The training at Pinon Canyon was an
exceptional event that brought our battalion
together and united the Warhorse Brigade
across all elements. Our Soldiers developed
vital skills that will enable them to execute a
FSO and these skills and confidence translate
to COIN phase of training.
Warhorse Rampage was a success and Lon-
estar Soldiers are now postured and prepared
to move to the next phase of training.

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Kit Bags
Hoist
900 lbs
Fuel Probe Cargo Net
Lowering
Cargo Net
on 70
degree
slope
2000 lbs of
recovered
a/c parts
Crazy Troop completes
gunnery qualifications
Story by 1st Lt. William Morgan
1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment
Troop C “Crazy Troopers” from 1st Squad-
ron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division completed their gunnery qualifica-
tion course on Aug 1. The course lasted for 12
days and they conducted Gunnery Tables 2, 3,
5, 6, and 12 in order to qualify their Bradley
Fighting Vehicles and HUMVEES.
Hours of hard work and dedication went
toward mission accomplishment and Crazy
Troop emerged from gunnery qualification a
stronger and more effective combat unit.
Gunnery began with dry fire rehearsals and
crew drills at Table 2.
The Bradley crews worked the kinks out
and familiarized themselves with their vehicle
platforms. After two days of dry fire rehearsals
at Table 2, Crazy Troop mounted up and occu-
pied Table 3 (the first live fire range).
At Table 3, Crazy Troop used their 25mm
gun and 7.62mm machine gun to engage
targets and practice their overall accuracy and
crew drills.
Following Table 3, the Crazy Troopers
mounted up again and moved to Table 5,
which was a pre-qualification range.
At Table 6, the Crazy Troopers engaged
pop-up and moving targets from defensive
and offensive positions.
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3-16 conducts Mt Massive
recovery operation
Story by 2nd Lt. Ian Faison, photos by 2nd Lt. Erick Balish
3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment
Soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, 10th Special Forces Group and 160th
Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) conducted a parts recovery op-
eration for Aircraft 378, July 28-29.
They were recovering a MH60 Special Operations Aircraft that went down over
Mount Massive during a training exercise, just west of Leadville, Colo.
Soldiers flew from Fort Carson to Leadville in a MH-47 Chinook helicopter,
their mission took two days to complete and they cleared approximately 2000
pounds of debris.
The operation was cleared by Lt. Col. James Yount, chief of operations and plans
for 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson, and a Colorado state park ranger.
The debris is being transported to the 10th SFG (A) and from there the 160th
SOAR will coordiante ground transportation to Fort Campbell, Ky.
Public affairs representatives from 4th Inf. Div. and 10th SFG(A) held a press
conference in Leadville to address the community about maintaining the Army’s
responsibility to the environment and the citizens of Leadville.
When the smoke cleared, it was Crazy 56
earning the coveted “Top Gun” award, com-
manded by 1LT “Hurricane” Michael Hanna
with Staff Sgt. Ted Moore as his gunner and
Pfc. Brian Tweed driving the track. They “dis-
tinguished” their track by shooting 928/1000
on Table 6, outgunning all other tracks.
Following Table 6, the Crazy Troopers
moved out to occupy Forward Operating Base
Bison and conduct Table 12 to round up the
entire field exercise.
Table 12 proved to be one of the most de-
manding tables, not only technically but also
physically.
Table 12 consisted of both day and night
operations, deploying a complete and effec-
tive cavalry troop combined arms force in
their troop’s area of operation, consisting of:
Bradley’s, HUMVEES, indirect fire support ,
supply, maintenance assets, medical support
and a troop command post.
Table 12 proved to be a great success,
along with the entire gunnery qualification.
Every single crew developed and refined
their cavalry skills over the 12 day exer-
cise, returning with soaring confidence and
strengthened bonds within the troop.
Crazy Troop 1st Sqdn., 10th Cav. Reg., now
seeks to continue training and move forward
while mastering their cavalry skills.
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Engineers breach a minefield

Story and photo by 2nd Lt. Christopher Larson emplaced in phase one. The breaching was
2nd Special Troops Battalion done with live demolitions.
Soldiers of the Company C “Cobras,” 2nd The squads were broken down into a demo
Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat team, assault and marking force. The demo
Team, 4th Infantry Division, sighted in, em- team would emplace and destroy the obstacle
placed, and breached a minefield August 10-13 using demolitions and would then be followed
to complete required engineer qualification by the assault force.
tables. The Soldiers received valuable training The assault force ran through the obstacle
in high intensity conflict tactics and were able to establish a secure point on the far side of
to continually improve their ability to conduct the obstacle. The marking force follow the as-
battle drills. sault force and marked a left hand rail for fol-
The first phase of the training involved low on forces to use as they traveled through
Soldiers emplacing a mined wire obstacle. The the breach lane.
minefield was sighted in and the wire obstacle The training provided the engineers of 2nd
built. Mine laying teams then layed rows of STB with skills for present and future con-
mines until the minefield was complete. flicts and enhanced the brigade’s war-fighting
When the minefield was complete it was capabilities.
recorded on a hasty protective row minefield Emplacing and breaching a minefield also
record form so follow on forces could clear the provided the engineers with extra demolition
Spc. Xavier Perez, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Special
Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry minefield. and leadership training for our future deploy-
Division, places a block of C4 near an improvised train- The second phase involved squads perform- ments.
ing mine during breach training at Range 131A. ing a breach of the mined wired obstacle they

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