That's where the unit's 235 soldiers mobilized beginning just two weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to carry out two critical missions in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
The unit provided command and control for 8,000 Reserve and Guard units processing through Fort Campbell for deployments to Southwest Asia. And when the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) deployed in early 2003, unit members filled the void left behind by the division's deployed chaplains, military police and judge advocate general and inspector general staff.
Most of the soldiers will have served 18 months of active duty and some have served two and a half years.
(Army Col. Malcolm Atkins, commander of the 3397th Garrison Support Unit) said his unit feels "tremendous pride in being the best at what we do — especially because what we do is take care of soldiers who are preparing to go into harm's way or returning, and treating them like the heroes they are."
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3397th Garrison Support Unit
~ Army Reserve ~
Chattanooga
