Indian mounted on a galloping horse with an angular background shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches wide x 2 inches high... Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • 3rd Brigade Combat Team
  • 4th Infantry Division
  • 9th Cavalry Regiment
  • 2nd Squadron
Location
Coin Location: 304A6
Homebase: Fort Carson, Colorado
Deployment: Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002505

Location: 304A6

Coin: Command

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Narrative

Indian mounted on a galloping horse with an angular background shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches wide x 2 inches high.

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The mission of the 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry was to deploy and conduct sustained reconnaissance and security operations to create and preserve the conditions for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division to achieve assigned objectives.

As of January 2006 the 2nd Squadron 9th Cavalry Regiment of 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, was participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the larger Task Force Band of Brothers which was led by 101st Airborne Division commanding general, Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner. The 3rd Brigade's mission included training the Iraqi Security Forces, assisting in the rebuilding of the Diyala Province infrastructure as well as continuing to root out the anti-Iraqi forces that inhabit the region.

In late 2007, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry was inactivated and its personnel reflagged as the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry. 4-10th Cavalry took up the role as the organic cavalry squadron for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.