Operation Spartan Shield

Operation Spartan Shield (OSS) is a United States Department of Defense operation in the Middle East. OSS is commanded by United States Central Command and includes units from all service branches. Task Force Spartan is the U.S. Army component of OSS.[1]

Operation Spartan Shield
Date September 2012 - present Location Camp Arifjan, Camp Burhring, Kuwait Status Ongoing
Belligerents
United States 30th ABCT	Iran	Iranian Proxies

Units

• 42nd Infantry Division from March 2020.
• 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, From 2019
• 75th Field Artillery Brigade from July 2020.
• 194th Theater Engineer Brigade from Oct 2019
• 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion from August 2019 - July 2020
• 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion from June 2020 - TBD
• 7th Transportation Brigade
• 352nd Civil Affairs Command (Forward), also known as, Civil Affairs Planning Team (CAPT), from July 2015 to present (?). Attached to Army Central Command Headquarters (ARCENT), Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
• 626th Maintenance Company North Carolina National Guard October 2019 to July 2020
• 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division from December 2019 to Present
• 3666th Support Maintenance Company "Desert Demons", Arizona Army National Guard, July 2020 to Present

Aviation units

• 4th Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment (35th Combat Aviation Brigade) during March 2013.[2]
• 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (UH-60) from May 2015.[3]
• 1st Battalion (General Support), 168th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) between October 2015 and August 2016 (40th Combat Aviation Brigade).[4]
• 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment from April 2016.[5]
• Company D, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (UH-60) from April 2016.
• Company A (AH-64 & UH-60),[6] B,[7] & D, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) between February and October 2016 (77th Combat Aviation Brigade).[8]
• 2nd Battalion (General Support), 149th Aviation Regiment (CH-47) from February 2017.[9]
• C Company, 2nd Battalion (General Support), 211th Aviation Regiment attached to 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 108th Aviation Regiment (35th Combat Aviation Brigade) during December 2018.

References

1. Ewer, Daniel. "TF Spartan Command Historian". Minnesota National Guard. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
2. "Battle buddies duke it out in CrossFit Open 2013 [Image 3 of 6]". DVIDS. March 4, 2019.
3. "Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin adjutant general". The National Guard. March 4, 2019.
4. "Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins speaks to Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers". Oregon National Guard. March 4, 2019.
5. "Task Force Dragon". DVIDS. March 16, 2019. p. 1.
6. "Deck Landing Qualifications in Arabian Gulf". DVIDS. March 16, 2019.
7. "A Flare for Rescue". DVIDS. March 4, 2019.
8. "Watch The Deck". U.S. Army. March 16, 2019. p. 9.
9. "Family and friends gathered with nearly 100 Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers from the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 149th Aviation Regiment". The National Guard. March 4, 2019.