Campbell, Robert, CW3

Military Intelligence

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USA Retired

Current/Last Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 3

Current/Last Service Branch
Military Intelligence

Current/Last Primary MOS
353T-IEW Systems Maintenance Technician

Current/Last MOS Group
Military Intelligence

Primary Unit
2005-2006, 353T, Special Troops Battalion, 1st BCT, 4th Infantry Division

Previously Held MOS
35E-Radio/Communication Security Repairer
918B-Electronic Systems Maintenance Warrant Officer
948E-Senior Electronics Maintenance Warrant Officer
353A-IEW Systems Maintenance Technician

Service Years
1994 - 2006

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Cold War Certificate

Order of the Spur

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Military Intelligence Corps Association (MICA)

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)


	1997, Special Forces Association - Assoc. Page
	1999, US Army Warrant Officers Association - Assoc. Page
	1999, Reserve Organization of America
	2002, American Legion, Post 178 (Member) (Augusta, Georgia) - Chap. Page
	2005, Military Intelligence Corps Association (MICA)
	2007, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
	2008, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Phantom Corps Chapter (Fort Hood, Texas)
	2008, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) - Assoc. Page
	2009, 4th Infantry Division Association
	2009, Army Ordnance Corps Association
	2009, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 8577, Olan Forest Smith Post (Member) (Copperas Cove, Texas) - Chap. Page

OIF/Transition of Iraq (2003-04)/Camp Al Asad, Al-Asad AB, Iraqi
From Month/Year May / 2003	To Month/Year June / 2004
Description Upon arriving in Iraq, assets of the 3d ACR quickly took their positions in the Al Anbar Region of Iraq. The 3d ACR was assigned the difficult task of controlling what was and still is the "hot spot" of Iraq. Each squadron received minimal supplies to renovate the desolate and meager conditions found at each camp. In the process, troopers discovered a diamond in the rough, Al Asad Air Base. Al Asad, a state of the art facility, built by the Iraqi government and funded by Yugoslavia in the early 1980's was abandoned in the mid 1990's. Located on the facility, along with the majority of 3d ACR Troopers, was one of the most sophisticated hospitals in Iraq. In the hospital was found medical equipment formerly used by the Iraqi Army, abandoned and useless to the Army which now inhabits the base. Like the rest of Al Asad, the equipment gathered dust after the Iraqi Army abandoned the post. The 3d ACR cleared the hospital and repaired what equipment they could. Civil Affairs assets from Long Knife Squadron decided to give the equipment to the local hospital in an effort to improve hospital quality within the community. Capt. Michael Rush, Civil Affairs Officer for Long Knife Squadron spearheaded the operation to get the equipment to the hospital within Baghdadi, Iraq, a small town outside of Al Asad Air Base. In mid-September 2003 a brigade from the 82nd Airborne Division replaced the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, freeing it to move west. After a short rest at Al Asad Airbase, Iraqi headquarters of the 3rd ACR, the squadron began its new mission securing more than 500 miles of border with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria. At the Al-Asad Air Base, soldiers of the 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment mourned their comrades-in-arms who died on 02 November 2003 when their Chinook transport helicopter was downed outside Fallujah, 50km west of Baghdad. In a tribute to the fallen soldiers, on 06 November 2003 the men prayed and cried as taps rang out in a ceremony, while an American flag fluttered and 15 helmets hung from posts.