the United States Army Regimental System. In 2004 through 2005 and again in 2010, the 141st FA as part of the 256th Infantry Brigade mobilized to Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi while most members of the Washington Artillery were still serving their final weeks of deployment in Iraq. Following the return of the battalion to Louisiana, a detachment immediately mobilized to New Orleans to aid law enforcement with rescue efforts. With the help of the Louisiana State Police, those efforts transitioned into a support mission for the New Orleans Police Department. Joint Task Force Gator was created to help combat the rise of looting and other crimes resulting from the loss of law enforcement officers in the New Orleans area. After three-and-a-half years of assisting local police and patrolling the city, the task force was released from duty on 28 February 2009. Regimental colors and streamers Regimental colors of the Washington Artillery Presidential Unit Citation Meritorious Unit Commendation These are the Campaign streamers awarded to the Regiment: Mexican–American War Streamer without inscription American Civil War First Manassas Mississippi River Peninsula 1862 Shiloh 1862 Second Manassas Sharpsburg Fredericksburg Murfreesborough Chancellorsville Gettysburg Chickamauga Chattanooga Atlanta Cold Harbor Petersburg Franklin Nashville Appomattox World War I Streamer without inscription World War II Algeria-French Morocco Anzio Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe 1945 Naples-Foggia Normandy North Apennines Northern France 1944 Po Valley Rhineland Rome-Arno Sicily Southern France 1944 Tunisia Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraqi Governance Current The 141st Field Artillery currently consists of the 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery. It is assigned as the fires battalion for the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Louisiana Army National Guard headquartered in the famed Jackson Barracks. Commanders CPT Elisha L. Tracy (Washington Artillery Company) CPT Henry Forno (1st Company Native American Artillery) CPT Isaac F. Stocton (Company "A" Washington Infantry) CPT Joseph E. Ealer (Washington Artillery Company) CPT R.O. Smith LT Rinaldo Banister Sr. CPT Augustus A. Soria CPT H.I. Hunting COL James B. Walton (Washington Artillery BN – CSA) COL Benjamin F. Eshleman COL John B. Walton (Post-Reconstruction) COL William M. Owen COL John B. Richardson MAJ William D. Gardiner COL Thomas McCabe-Hyman MAJ Allison Owen CPT Luther E. Hall (141 Field Artillery) MAJ Guy Molony MAJ Raymond H. Fleming (2nd BN Field Artillery) LTC Henry Curtis (141 Sep