Transfer of Authority Ceremony Narration
0950 Colors are formed; guards are at right shoulder arms, detachment moves to position on the floor. Outgoing Battalion colors are uncased and incoming 1-293rd colors are cased. Once in position, Color Guard is at Parade Rest with Colors unseated, the TF 106 CSM is posted to front of Colors.
The TF 106 CSM and all participants are at Parade Rest.
0958 NARRATOR: THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN IN TWO MINUTES
1000 NARRATOR: “ADDRESS, ________________________________________________________________________DISTINGUISHED GUESTS _________________________________________________________________________________________________;
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE TASK FORCE 106 AND TASK FORCE 1-293 TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY CEREMONY. PLEASE STAND FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION AND NATIONAL ANTHEM.”
CSM ROUSE CALLS THE FORMATION TO “TASK FORCE ATTENTION ”
MUSIC PLAYS OFFICIAL PARTY MOVES TO POSITION
NARRATOR: THE TASK FORCE 106 CHAPLAIN, CHAPLAIN REID
CHAPLAIN REID INVOCATION
CSM Rouse gives the command to PRESENT ARMS and executes presents arms.
S6 PLAYS ANTHEM.
CSM Rouse: once anthem complete, executes order arms and commands “ORDER ARMS” then “PARADE REST”.
NARRATOR: PLEASE BE SEATED
NARRATOR: TASK FORCE 106 HISTORY
THE 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION WAS CONSTITUTED ON 25 FEBRUARY 1943 AS HHD, 2 ND BATTALION, 522 ND QUARTERMASTER TRUCK REGIMENT, AND REDESIGNATED ON 20 NOVEMBER 1943 AS HHD 106 TH QUARTERMASTER BATTALION ( MOBILE ). THE BATTALION CONVERTED AND REDESIGNATED ON 1 AUGUST 1946 AS HHD 106 TH TRANSPORTATION CORPS TRUCK BATTALION. THE BATTALION AGAIN REDESIGNATED ON 1 FEBRUARY 1955 AS HHC, 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION AND WAS ALLOTED TO THE REGULAR ARMY.
ON 19 JUNE 1959 THE BATTALION WAS REORGANIZED AND REDESIGNATED AS HHD 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION. THE BATTALION WAS INACTIVATED ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1993 IN RUSSELSEIM , GERMANY . THE BATTALION WAS ACTIVATED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1998 AT FORT CAMPBELL , KY , HOME OF THE “SCREAMING EAGLES” WHERE IT CURRENTLY RESIDES. THE 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT ON 19 JANUARY 2003 PROVIDING THEATER TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT TO U.S. AND COALITION FORCES DURING OIF I.
IN MAY OF 2004, THE 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION RECEIVED ORDERS TO RETURN TO THE CENTCOM AREA OF OPERATION AND ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2004, THE 10 6 TH DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OIF 2.5 AND 04-06, PROVIDING THEATER LINE-HAUL TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT THROUGHOUT IRAQ.
BETWEEN JULY 2006 AND JANUARY 2007 THE BATTALION SERVED AS THE REDEPLOYMENT SUPPORT BATTALION RECEIVING HOME THE 101 ST AIRBORNE DIVISION’S 25,000 PLUS SOLDIERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT. ON 5 JULY 2007, TASK FORCE 106 DEPARTED FORT CAMPBELL FOR ITS 3 RD OIF “RENDEVOUS WITH DESTINY”.
CSM ROUSE brings the Task Force to “ATTENTION ”
LTC CROFT posts to the front of CSM ROUSE
The Outgoing CSM moves to his position to the front of the 106th color bearer with the case for his colors.
COLOR SGT: DIPS COLORS
“AT THIS TIME, LTC CROFT AND CSM ROUSE ARE CASING THE TASK FORCE 106 COLORS, SIGNIFYING THE COMPLETION OF THE MISSION AND THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO TASK FORCE 1 ST OF THE 293 RD . TASK FORCE 106 DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES DURING THE PERIOD OF 7 JULY 2007 TO 11 APRIL 2008 THROUGH EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AND RESILIENCY DURING CONVOY ESCORT OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDO M 07-09.”
LTC Croft and CSM Rouse salutes colors
Once the colors are cased, the CSM commands “SEAT COLORS”
-The outgoing CDR reassumes his position next to the BDE CDR and the CSM moves to the post position behind the colors
-Incoming CSM moves around the colors
CSM COX: “PARADE REST”
NARRATOR: READ 1-293TH IN BN HISTORY
The 1st Battalion- 293rd Infantry traces it's lineage to 1846. Existing companies of militia were formed as the 1st Regiment, Indiana Volunteers of the Indiana Brigade to answer the call to halt Mexican aggression along the border. Serving under, then Brigadier General Zachary Taylor, the citizen soldiers from Indiana fought a desperate battle at Buena Vista. The Indiana Regiment found themselves in the farthest forward position of the American line as two Mexican D ivisions launched their assault . For almost an hour the Hoosier soldiers held the line against repeated attacks by Santa Anna's soldiers. The outcome of the fierce battle was yet to be decided when, along with the 1st Mississippi Rifles, the Hoosiers counterattacked under the leadership of Colonel Jefferson Davis. The Mexican attack was halted and ended any further threat to the lower Rio Grande region. It would be less than fifteen years later when Indiana 's soldiers would fight not with, but against, both Mississippi and Davis .
In April 1861 Indiana again heard the call to arms as the nation faced a bloody civil war. Companies of militia from Northern Indiana were brought together to serve as the 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Shiloh, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Franklin, Nashville and Atlanta are but some of the battlefields where the courage and tenacity of our soldiers helped the Union restore the nation and win freedom for all of it's citizens. Northern Indiana soldiers continued to serve their nation and state. The unit served again in World War I but it was in 1945 that saw some of the fieriest fighting of the unit's history.
Now serving as the 3rd Battalion - 152nd Infantry, the regiment as part of Indiana 's 38th Infantry Division would fight its way through New Guinea , Leyte and Luzon . It helped the Division earn the nickname "The Avengers of Bataan" as the regiment fought across the base of the Bataan peninsula. We would clear Route 7, fight for fourteen days against fierce Japanese resistance to take Zig Zag Pass and seize bloody Woodpecker Ridge. Once again the courage of Indiana 's soldiers would help the nation win a desperate struggle.
In 1947 the unit's name was changed again, as it became the 1st Battalion - 293rd Infantry headquartered in Fort Wayne Indiana . Though serving under new colors the courage and dedication to serving the community, state and nation remained the same. The Night Fighters were called once again called up in October 2004 in support of OIF I. The battalion distinguished itself by becoming the first National Guard Battalion sized element to earn the Combat Infantry Badge since the Korean War. In peace or war the Night Fighter battalion stands ready to serve.
CSM COX: “TASK FORCE ATTENTION”
LTC HADLEY moves forward for uncasing
-CSM COX commands “UNSEAT COLORS ” to the BN Color SGT
-The Color SGT dips the BN Colors
NARRATOR starts reading once the 1-293 colors are being uncased: “AT THIS TIME, LTC HADLEY AND CSM COX ARE UNCASING THE COLOR S OF THE 1 ST BATTALION 293 RD INFANTRY SIGNIFYING THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FROM THE 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION TO THE 1 ST BATTALION 293 RD INFANTRY. THE 1 st of the 293 RD INFANTRY BATTALION STANDS STRONG AND READY TO PERFORM CONVOY SECURITY OPERATIONS FOR THE IRAQI THEATER OF OPERATIONS.”
-The CSM and BN CDR assisted by the Color SGT uncase the colors
-Once the colors are uncased, CSM COX gives the command “SEAT COLOR”.
-CSM COX: Once colors are seated CSM commands “PRESENT ARMS”, hold for three seconds and then commands “ORDER ARMS” (INCOMING CSM AND BC ONLY)
AFTER THE COLORS ARE UNCASED AND PRESENT/ORDER ARMS IS EXECUTED NARRATOR READS
NARRATOR: UPON COMPLETION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO MNC-I AND THE 316 TH SUSTAINMENT COMMAND (EXPEDITIONARY), THE 106 TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION IS RELEASED FROM ATTACHMEN T EFFECTIVE 11 APRIL 2008. TASK FORCE 1 ST OF THE 293 RD , FROM FORT WAYNE , INDIANA IS HEREBY ATTACHED TO MNC- I IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 08-10 11 ARPIL 2008.
-Incoming CDR assumes position next to the 55th Sustainment Brigade Commander and the CSM assumes the post position in front of the colors
-Once all CDRs are back in position
-As CSM Cox moves forward and centers himself on the color guard, the two battalion colors will switch positions
CSM COX: “PARADE REST”
LTC HADLEY: Moves to his original position, enroute the outgoing and incoming CDRs switch positions
NARRATOR: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMANDER OF THE 55 TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, COL O’BRI E N
SUS Commander remarks.
NARRATOR: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMANDER OF TASK FORCE 106, LTC CROFT.”
Outgoing Commander remarks.
NARRATOR: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMANDER OF TASK FORCE 1-293 LTC HADLEY”
Incoming Commander remarks.
NARRATOR: PLEASE STAND FOR THE BENEDICTION BEING GIVEN BY THE TASK FORCE 1 ST OF THE 293 rd CHAPLAIN, CHAPLAIN SMITH AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE ARMY SONG
Benediction: Chaplain Reid
CSM COX: “TASK FORCE ATTENTION”
Music plays: “MUSIC COMPLETE”
NARRATOR: “THIS CONCLUDES THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY CEREMONY. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.”