142nd Corps Support Battalion
On order, the 142d Corps Support Battalion alerts, uploads and deploys by rail, air and sea. Task organizes in order to provide Combat Service Support on an area support basis.
Approximately 2,100 U.S. soldiers from the U.S. Army Forces Command and the U. S. Army Special Operations Command participated in Exercise COOPERATIVE NUGGET, which began June 11, 1997 and conclude July 4, 1997. Part of NATO's Partnership for Peace Program, COOPERATIVE NUGGET is a military training exercise designed to foster interoperability between the participating forces. During the exercise, units practiced peacekeeping and humanitarian relief tactics, techniques and communications procedures at the platoon and company levels. The exercise, conducted at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., included participation of the JRTC Operations Group; 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment; Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment; 142nd Corps Support Battalion; 115th Field Hospital; 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campbell, Ky.; Company A, 159th Aviation Regiment from Fort Bragg, N.C.; and 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group from Fort Carson, Colo. Almost 4,000 personnel took part in the exercise, including 2,500 from the U.S. and 1,100 from other NATO nations and Partnership for Peace (PFP) countries. Soldiers from four NATO countries and 18 PFP nations took part.
