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| − | The [[5th Siege Brigade]] at Filibusters Camp, and the [[2nd Mountain Brigade]] at Fort Mohawk, mustered a battalion each to create a task force, call sign Cannabis. 4/5 Siege deployed on a plateau to the west of the farm, while 1/2 Mountain dug in to the north. By April 3rd, they had created an L-shaped line of trenches linking their positions. 4/5's Col. Nolan Greer parceled out a howitzer battery to the 1/2 to supplement the mountain troops' mortar teams. The guns would suppress the enemy in intervals while two companies of infantry and engineers bounded across to capture each saddle, where a mounted mortar team would stay with follow-on troops. | + | The [[5th Siege Brigade]] at Filibusters Camp, and the [[2nd Mountain Brigade]] at Fort Mohawk, mustered a battalion each to create a task force, call sign Cannabis. 4/5 Siege deployed on a plateau to the west of the farm, while 1/2 Mountain dug in to the north. By April 3rd, they had created an L-shaped line of trenches linking their positions. 4/5's commander, Col. Nolan Greer, parceled out a howitzer battery to the 1/2 to supplement the mountain troops' mortar teams. The guns would suppress the enemy in intervals while two companies of infantry and engineers bounded across to capture each saddle, where a mounted mortar team would stay with follow-on troops to cover the advance. |
Revision as of 20:26, 13 October 2016
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 Guardsmen of Task Force Cannabis |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Elizio | Various gangs | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Col. Nolan Greer Col. Anna Utley | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st Battalion, 2nd Mountain Brigade 4th Battalion, 5th Siege Brigade | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~1,600 16 guns | ~500 9 guns |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 33 killed 60 wounded | ~200 killed ~80 captured |
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Operation Mountain Bloom was an operation by the Gadsden Land Federal Guard to clear a section of the Mohawk Mountains of drug traffickers and their crops.
Background
On May 29th, 2014, a group of rangers patrolling the western Mohawks were fired upon by persons unknown. A helicopter sent to evacuate them took what was later determined to be mortar fire, but was able to take off. As the helicopter departed with the rangers aboard, the crew and passengers observed a marijuana farm spanning several saddles and reinforced with trenches, sangars and spider holes. The rangers informed their Regional Forester, who in turn called Governor Roy Killian. Assessing the situation as beyond any state agency's capabilities, and without cohesive federal law enforcement, Killian summoned the best assets he had—the commonwealth's Land Federal Guard.
Task Force Cannabis
The 5th Siege Brigade at Filibusters Camp, and the 2nd Mountain Brigade at Fort Mohawk, mustered a battalion each to create a task force, call sign Cannabis. 4/5 Siege deployed on a plateau to the west of the farm, while 1/2 Mountain dug in to the north. By April 3rd, they had created an L-shaped line of trenches linking their positions. 4/5's commander, Col. Nolan Greer, parceled out a howitzer battery to the 1/2 to supplement the mountain troops' mortar teams. The guns would suppress the enemy in intervals while two companies of infantry and engineers bounded across to capture each saddle, where a mounted mortar team would stay with follow-on troops to cover the advance.
