Fort Sill Soldiers Deploy For Iraq

About 100 Fort Sill-based soldiers are heading to Iraq. A deployment ceremony was held on Friday for soldiers with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery.

Sunday, July 20th 2008, 9:38 am

By: News On 6

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) -- About 100 Fort Sill-based soldiers are heading to Iraq. A deployment ceremony was held on Friday for soldiers with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery.

The battery will use Q-36 radar for target acquisition missions anywhere in Iraq.

The battery received the mission a year ago to begin preparing for operations in Iraq. This included assembling and training seven radar teams.

Other pre-deployment training included marksmanship, combat lifesaver courses, operations in hot weather environments, section certification, a pre-deployment site survey executed by the section chief and a battalion mission readiness exercise.