April 2009, CW2 Ralph Lovett was awarded the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara by 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia.  Ancient Order of ST Barbara is the highest level of the award.  Ralph Lovett was accompanied by Denise Delhotal for the award ceremony. Ralph served one tour of Bosnia as a 3rd Infantry Division Staff Officer and his first tour in Iraq with 3 ID was awarded the Combat Action Badge.  Ralph and Leon Lovett have supported artillery units of 3 ID for over a decade as volunteers, allowing their private artillery collection to be used in events such as change of command ceremonies, staff rides and Saint Barbara’s events.  Also, recently Ralph has transferred to the 29th Infantry Division Staff and serves as Division Field Artillery Intelligence Officer (FAIO).

June 2008 Leon Lovett (right) received the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara from 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery with 3rd Infantry Division.  He is pictured here with the commander of 1-41, Colonel Noel Nicolle (left).

The Ancient Order is the highest level of the Order of Saint Barbara.  Leon Lovett was awarded this honor for long service to the US Army and the Field Artillery branch both in uniform and as a volunteer.  He has strongly supported all artillery battalions stationed at Fort Stewart as a volunteer for more than a decade.  He and CW2 Ralph Lovett were awarded the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara in the early 1990s by 3rd Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY).

 

CW2 Ralph Lovett was awarded the Bronze Star November 2006 by Fires Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in his second tour of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  In the first tour on October 2005 he was awarded the Combat Action Badge by 3rd Infantry Division.  CW2 Lovett led a Q36 Radar team in Mahmudiayah and Baghdad, Iraq initiating thirty three counterfires resulting in the destruction of three enemy mortar teams.