Home > The 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery During Desert Shield

The 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, also known as the "Red Dragons", deployed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in October 1990 as part of the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division in support of Operation Desert Shield. There, they served as the direct support Field Artillery Battalion for the 1st Cav's 2nd "Blackjack" Brigade. Here are some images of the Red Dragons in action in Saudi Arabia from October 1990 to January 1991.

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Camp St. Barbara

"Camp St. Barbara," the LSA (life support area) for C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, October-December 1990. This LSA was located in Assembly Area "Horse", the 1st Cavalry Division's assembly area in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. We named this LSA after St. Barbara, the patron saint of field artillerymen.

Peter Jennings' Visit

CPT Andy Hoskinson, commander of Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, giving Peter Jennings of ABC News a commemorative T - shirt in Assembly Area "Horse", Saudi Arabia, Thanksgiving 1990.

Assembly Area Horse

LTC Kenneth R. Knight, Commander of 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, giving Peter Jennings a tour of Assembly Area Horse, Thanksgiving, 1990.

OP Duty

A soldier manning an observation post overlooking hostile territory. This is perhaps one of the most dangerous and lonely jobs in the world.