WELCOME HOME, JOB WELL DONE!
The 1st Veteran's Battalion would like to thank the following (1VB) Members for there service Deployed and a
BIG WELCOME HOME, JOB WELL DONE!
Master Sgt. Judd Sweitzer, aka (1VB)BigDog
Iraqi Freedom Awards
Presidential Unit Citation
Bronze Star Medal
Bronze Star Medal (1OLC)
Purple Heart
Combat Action Badge
GWOTEM, GWOTSM, ICM, AFEM
Sweitzer, who served as the Intelligence Sergeant for 2BCT, 3ID(M) during the intial invasion. He was wounded by a missile that hit his unit, causing an explosion that killed five and injured several others. Sweitzer was unconscious for four days. After regaining consciousness, he returned to his unit before being sent stateside for complications resulting from his wounds. He redeployed to Iraq from Jan 04 - Dec 04 as the First Sergeant for a special mission company operating in Baghdad.
(1VB)k9king
June 98 - Feb 99, Operation Joint Guard
Camp Colt & Camp Mcgovern, Bosnia
Radar Air Traffic Services, Shift Leader
Okla Army National Guard
Jan 03 - Dec 03, Operation Enduring Freedom
Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia
Radar Air Traffic Services, Shift Leader
Okla Army National Guard
Mar 04 - July 04, Operation Enduring Freedom
Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia
Radar Air Traffic Services, Shift Leader, Facility Chief
Department Of Defense
Dec 04 - Nov 05, Operation Iraqi Freedom
FOB Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq
Radar Air Traffic Services, ATS Platoon SGT, Facility Chief
Okla Army National Guard
(1VB)M03
Initial Invasion OOPS Liberation of Iraq
January 03- July 03
Fallujah, Iraq
March 04- October 04
Purple Heart
Combat Meritorious Promoted to SGT
Bronze Star With –V- For Valor
Heroic achievement while serving as vehicle commander, anti-armor platoon, weapons company, 2nd battalion, 1st marines, regimental combat team one, 1st marine division, in support of operation iraqi freedom 2 on 15 August 2004. While conducting a mounted patrol outside of the city of Fallujah Iraq, sergeant M03's section received a report the a truck transporting ten iraqi police vehicles had been hijacked. Sergeant M03 section immediately launched to intercept the hijacked truck and caught sight of it attempting to enter a known enemy stronghold within Fallujah. As the patrol neared the hijacked truck Sergeant M03 ordered his vehicle to speed past the truck and block it's escape. When the enemy dismounted the hijacked truck with assault rifles, Sgt. M03 engaged and killed 2 insurgents before being engaged with heavy fire from two enemy positions several hundred meters away. Disregarding his own safety, Sgt. M03 mounted the hijacked truck and drove it through a hail of gunfire back to friendly lines. Sgt. M03's initiative, preseverance, and total dedication to duty reflected credit upon him and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United Stated Naval service. Richard F. Natonski, Major General, US Marine Corps.
(1VB)Francis Marion
Haiti 94-95
SF Company Communications Chief
Army Superior Unit Award
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Afghanistan 02
SF ODA Comm Chief, patroling W. Afghanistan
Bronze Star Medal
GWOT Expeditionary Medal
Army Meritorious Unit Commendation
Afghanistan 04
Combined/Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF-A)
Coalition Cell
Joint Service Achievement Medal
GWOT Expeditionary Medal (Changing to Afghan Campaign Medal)
Operation Enduring Freedom (non-Afghanistan)
Currently serving
SF ODA Comm Chief
Currently in the cool schools phase and expect the awards phase to begin in about 24 months.
(1VB)U.S. Marine
Iraq
March - October 2004
Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal
Meritorious service as the Signals Intelligence Analyst, Operations Control and Analysis Center, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
WORKING LONG HOURS AND WITH THE UTMOST DETERMINATION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL, HE PRODUCED PRODUCTS THAT EXACTED A DEADLY TOLL ON ENEMY SMUGGLING OPERATIONS IN THE WESTERN IRAQ AREA OF OPERATIONS. ULTIMATELY, HIS REPORTS RESULTED IN DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY CULMINATING IN DOZENS OF EXTREMIST AND SMUGGLER CAPTURES, ENEMY DEAD, AND MULTIPLE WEAPONS AND DRUG SEIZURES.
" - Ultimately, Staff Sergeant ***** was able to accomplish what every
warfighter demands from an intelligence analyst, namely, the ability to
take the latest technology and intelligence and convert them into a simple
and understandable product that the operating forces can use to destroy
the enemy. Simply put, actionable and targetable intelligence. His work
has been compared by a Marine General to that of a sniper: "one man
inflicting a devastating effect on the enemy and leaving him bewildered as
his comrades are destroyed all around him". This is a fitting description of
the impact that Staff Sergeant *****'s products, in the capable hands
of our operating forces, have had on the enemy during Operation Iraqi
Freedom II. "
(1VB)C4
OIF III Aug 04-Dec 05
155 BCT A Co 1/198 Avengers
An Najaf, Al Taqquadam, Ramadi, Al Asad, Kerbala IRAQ
Army Achievment Medal (4th Award)
National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award)
Overseas Service Ribbon (2nd Award)
Armed Forces Reserve Merdal with M Device
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Combat Action Badge
(1VB)Tal
Baghdad, Iraq - Jul 04-Feb 05
Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNFI)
PSD (Protective Service Detail) for a Major General. Ran the famed Route Irish (Iraq's most often attacked Route) hundreds of times.
Combat Action Badge
Iraq Campaign Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
(1VB)KillerJ#1
OIF I Mar 2003 to Mar 2004 Camp Virginia Kuwait; Balad, Iraq
OIF III Nov 2004 to Dec 2005 Balad, Iraq
(1VB) Compforce
Operation Desert Shield/Storm Aug 1990-May 1991
An-Nasiryah/MSR-3
Team Leader, A/3/502 IN
(1VB)Armyguy
Operation Desert Storm
Jan 1991 to Jun 1991
Certificate of Appreciation from the 800th MP BDE
(1VB)spookhunter
January 2003 - March 2003 ---> Camp Moreell and Camp 93 Kuwait preparing for the next time period
March 2003 - May 2003 ---> Initial invasion of Iraq and subsequent missions
May 2003 - June 2003 --> Camp Moreell recovering from serious complications caused by sand inhalation and then back to the U.S. Otherwise, I would have remained in Iraq during this time period and beyond... which is what I *SNARFING* wanted to do!! It's why I volunteered to go!!!! OK, I'm better now.
GWOT Expeditionary... just like all of the others who were there
Presidential Unit Citation
I also received the GWOT Service for my Battalion's participation in Afghanistan. Our guys opened the runway at FOB Rhino and repaired the airfield at Kandahar.
(1VB)TSgt. Spectre
Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T
8 Mar 03-8 May 03
Provided threat signals for the bomber EWs to requalify on prior to the invasion
Decs: (though piddly) GWOT-E, AF Expeditionary Service w/gold border, AF Outstanding Unit Award with Valor.
First time my radar had been deployed for a contingincy. Also first time for my radar to be in a Combat Decent into a combat zone (Kuwait City).
(1VB)Explosive
Balad Iraq Jan 05 - Jun 05
(1VB)DukeDW
Masirah Island, Oman
Nov 2001 - Apr 2002
Operation Anaconda support and OEF
Jacobabad, Pakistan
Dec 2002 - May 2003
CSAR Operations support and OIF
Tallil Air Base, Iraq
Feb 2004 - Jun 2004
OIF support
Chirman of the First Multi-National Asian Pacific Heritage Celebration in Iraq which was attended by High Ranking Generals and Colonels from 5 different counties and was aired on the Pentagon Channel and AFN Europe.
(1VB)NeoTeric_X
Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo (Operation Joint Guardian)
December 1999- June 2000
1st Infantry Division's 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment (1/4 Cav) as part of Task Force Falcon
OH58D Kiowa Warrior crewchief/D.A.R.T. (Downed Aircraft Recovery Team)
Kosovo Campaign Medal
NATO Medal
(1VB) FIST
Sarajevo, BiH 1995-1996.
3-1FA 3ID/1-6FA 1ID attached to 6th French Light Armor Division (ABN) Southern Sector.
Joint Service Commendation, Army Commendation for service while deployed in support of Operation Joint Endeavour in FRY for NATO while attached as TAB observers for NATO and ARRC HQ in Sarajevo, BiH.
(1VB)namgrunt
Vietnam 3/66 - 4/67
Mike Co 3rd Bn 9th Marines
An Hoa, Happy Valley, Phu Loc 6, Camp Carroll, Early Hill Fights - 881N 881S 861.
Medals: Viet Nam Service Medal, VietNam Commendation Medal, National Defense, Presidential Unit Citation. Navy Commendation Medal With COmbat "V".
(1VB)45-70_Sharps
December 1970 - November 1971
2d Field Force, Vietnam (IIFFV)
Signal Intelligence
Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
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