The 27th Infantry
The 90's

In the News:

Mar/97. Wolfhound Michael McNally, 1st Battalion Adjutant, completed the 4 mile Comprehensive Health Center's 12th Annual Run for your Life in Hawaii with a time of 27:33, winning the 24-30 age division and 10th Place overall. He told the Hawaii Army Weekly, "This was a more difficult race because of all the hills in the area. But, it was a beautiful course and I enjoyed it."

Feb/97. A long thin line of sodden figures struggled -- twisting and writhing like a snake down a narrow path, surrounded by lush green vegetation. Silently they labored under heavy loads, slipping and sliding in the deep slick red mud. Determined, despite the heavy rain that fell on them from the gray skies above, they moved onward and began the difficult, steep climb out of the deep Kahuku Gulch, still vigilant for any signs of their elusive enemy. At the top awaited only another descent and another climb as they wound their way towards their objective and the attack.
1st Battalion Wolfhounds took to the field Jan 21 - Feb 1, conducting squad evaluations and live fires at Area X and in the Kahuku Training Area.
Braving heavy rains, mud and the rough Kahuku terrain, squads battled through a 72 hour squad lane designed to push everyone to their limits. Squads and platoons faced challenges and opposing forces positioned to test their mettle at Battle Drill Execution, Troop Leading Procedures and Command and Control.
"We hit the field fast and furious after support cycles, the holidays and an extended deployment to Guam for Operation Pacific Haven, these Wolfhounds conducted hard, demanding training designed to shake the cobwebs loose and help prepare for their upcoming deployment to Thailand for Exercise Cobra Gold'97," said Lt. Col. Bernard S. Champoux, 1st Battalion Commander.
As companies rotated through the squad lane, other squads conducted live fire exercises at Area X's point man and ambush courses, while the Battalion 81mm mortar section conducted day and night mortar live fires. In addition to Infantry skills training, the battalion deployed with all of its internal assets, thus allowing the Wolfhound support elements to train and practice their field missions.
The Battalion mess section also deployed. Their hot (A) rations replenished many a sodden Wolfhound's motivation.
"Well, I prayed for rain, but last night when I was standing there soaked to the bone, I started thinking 'what a thing to pray for'" said Champoux during and After Action Review at the knock-out-a-bunker phase of the squad lane.
"The rain was hard and constant for about two days," said Private Anthony Washington, Company B. "It took a lot of self motivation (to carry on)."
The rains weren't the only challenges faced by the soldiers of 1st Battalion, well prepared and positioned OPFOR from the Battalion scout, antitank and mortar platoons placed pressure on squads and platoons as they pushed through the evaluation lane.
But, keeping true to the Wolfhound spirit, "No Fear on Earth," the soldiers of the Battalion once again proved their mettle as they drove on the final objective.

 

Jan/97. The 2nd Battalion Wolfhounds returned from the Sinai where they had served for the past six months as peacekeepers with the Multinational Forces and Observers. MFO troops observe and report on compliance with the 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Eygpt and Israel and to ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Tiran at the southern end of the Gulf of Aqaba.

The soldiers spent 23 days at a time at small remote observation posts along the edge of the Sinai Desert and the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba looking for treaty violations. When not on observation duty, the Wolfhounds found time to keep up their conventional Infantry skills, attend college and perform support duties.

The 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division (Fort Drum, NY) relieved them in a ceremony at South Camp, Egypt on January 15th.

SSG Stewart and Kolchak XI as Wolfhounds arrive back in Hawaii

Operation Pacific Haven

Dec/96. 1st Battalion Wolfhounds returned from Anderson Airforce Base, Guam. C Company and soldiers from HHC deployed in September to aid in the evacuation of Kurdish Refugees. The Wolfhounds, working with the 58th MP Company, performed security operations and foot patrols in the evacuees' housing area. Kurdish children learned to give "high-fives" and the soldiers learned greetings in Kurdish languages. Private Chad Rappleyea, HHC: "We work as a police officer would in your own neighborhood and also help resolve household problems and emergencies. I was able to get help for a woman who had fallen and badly injured herself. The reward to this operation is being able to really assist with the communication back and forth."

 

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