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| ›› US INFANTRY BATTALION (USBATT) |
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| ›› The United States has provided an Infantry Battalion Task Force in support of the MFO mission since the inception of the MFO. The mission of the USBATT is to occupy the southern sector of Zone C and to observe and report in accordance with the Treaty of Peace and its Protocol. The unit mans eleven remote sites in its sector on a 24 X 7 basis and also operates selected temporary observation posts and mobile patrols on a random basis each day. USBATT is also responsible for the operation and security of South Camp. |
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| ›› The Contingents |
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| ›› The Battalion Task Forces used to rotate every six months as an integral unit and from 1982 through 2002, the responsibility for providing these battalions was rotated among the US Army Active Component Infantry Divisions. From January 2002 to the present, the Army National Guard has provided the infantry battalions. At first National Guard battalions also served six month tours of duty but in January 2005, tours were extended to one year. Currently, tours are for ten-month periods. To date, the National Guard of Arkansas, Oregon, Oklahoma, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, California, Texas, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania and Ohio have provided battalions. In September 2009, the Kansas National Guard assumed the USBATT mission.
The battalion task force is authorized 425 soldiers and is generally organized into a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), three or four infantry companies and selected attachments. USBATT provides a liaison officer (LNO) and NCO to the Force Commander's staff at North Camp. The LNO also performs duties as a Battle Captain within the Force Operations Center. Key events during a typical USBATT rotation cycle include: * pre-preparation and participation in Force Skills Competition |
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