Fort Bliss Monitor

Team Deuce prepares
for exercise

Pfc. Jessika Malott

Pvt. Laurence Chute, C Btry., climbs up a ladder onto an Internal Storage Unit or ISU-90.

Pfc. Jessika Malott
11th ADA Bde. Public Affairs

The 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery conducted line-haul operations March 30 through April 3 at the railhead operations area of Biggs Army Airfield.

The units within Team Deuce and elements of the 11th ADA Headquarters and Headquarters Battery will be participating in a joint exercise culminating in Yuma, Ariz. later this month.

The Weapons and Tactics Instructor exercise will not only help Team Deuce prepare for their gunnery qualifications and field training, but also for their upcoming deployment to the Korean Theater of Operations later this year.

To conduct operations in Arizona, it is pertinent for the 5-52 ADA to take their equipment with them to be mission capable throughout their entire battalion. The equipment will make a 550-mile, one-way road trip to the exercise.

“We started operations here [last] Thursday and will be working through [last] Monday,” said 1st Lt. Patricia Colacicco, C Battery, 5-52 ADA executive officer. “We will have loaded over 100 vehicles onto trailers by [last] Monday.”

The exercise will be a learning experience for units throughout the unit. Loading the vehicles and equipment onto the trailers has been a learning experience for all of the Soldiers involved.
“I think that this [training] is a great idea,” said Pvt. Frank Carroll, A Btry., 5-52 ADA. “It gives us an opportunity to train for movement.”

Although the loading can be difficult, Soldiers who have trained in other means of loading equipment and vehicles find this method very easy.

“I have done air-loading prior to this,” said Pfc. Antoine Anderson, A Btry., 5-52 ADA. “Line-haul is a lot easier, but I have learned a lot.”



www.bliss.army.mil	Published for the Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas Community	April 6, 2006

	Team Deuce prepares for exercise Pfc. Jessika Malott Pvt. Laurence Chute, C Btry., climbs up a ladder onto an Internal Storage Unit or ISU-90. Pfc. Jessika Malott 11th ADA Bde. Public Affairs The 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery conducted line-haul operations March 30 through April 3 at the railhead operations area of Biggs Army Airfield. The units within Team Deuce and elements of the 11th ADA Headquarters and Headquarters Battery will be participating in a joint exercise culminating in Yuma, Ariz. later this month. The Weapons and Tactics Instructor exercise will not only help Team Deuce prepare for their gunnery qualifications and field training, but also for their upcoming deployment to the Korean Theater of Operations later this year. To conduct operations in Arizona, it is pertinent for the 5-52 ADA to take their equipment with them to be mission capable throughout their entire battalion. The equipment will make a 550-mile, one-way road trip to the exercise. “We started operations here [last] Thursday and will be working through [last] Monday,” said 1st Lt. Patricia Colacicco, C Battery, 5-52 ADA executive officer. “We will have loaded over 100 vehicles onto trailers by [last] Monday.” The exercise will be a learning experience for units throughout the unit. Loading the vehicles and equipment onto the trailers has been a learning experience for all of the Soldiers involved. “I think that this [training] is a great idea,” said Pvt. Frank Carroll, A Btry., 5-52 ADA. “It gives us an opportunity to train for movement.” Although the loading can be difficult, Soldiers who have trained in other means of loading equipment and vehicles find this method very easy. “I have done air-loading prior to this,” said Pfc. Antoine Anderson, A Btry., 5-52 ADA. “Line-haul is a lot easier, but I have learned a lot.”