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OAHU, Ha., (Army News Service, July 8, 2005) – When the 25th Infantry Division (Light) Division Artillery cased its colors June 15, it became the first division artillery brigade to deactivate in the Army’s transformation. Presently, there are 16 division artillery brigades, but after the transformation, only five or six will remain, said Col. Gary H. Cheek, DIVARTY commander. The headquarters elements of his DIVARTY will be consolidated and restructured within other combat brigades. Units like Battery F, 7th Field Artillery, or FA, Regiment, are inactivating, while direct support battalions like 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment and 2nd Battalion,...

    Red Team Remembers Fallen Soldier   by Staff Sgt. Tony Sailer, 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 1CD BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of Red Team Soldiers gathered mid-morning to pay respects to one of their fallen brothers during a memorial service here, April 14. Private 1st Class Adolfo Carballo, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, died April 10 when he was struck by a rocket propelled grenade during a patrol in south Baghdad. Four days later, Soldiers of his unit joined with other 5th BCT troops to celebrate his...