Shield shaped, with banner mounted beneath, pewter colored coin, 2 inches wide x 1-7/8 inches high. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • 3rd Brigade Combat Team
  • 4th Infantry Divison
  • 1st Battalion 68th Armored Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 4B3
Homebase: Fort Carson, Colorado
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002514

Location: 4B3

Coin: Command

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Narrative

Shield shaped, with banner mounted beneath, pewter colored coin, 2 inches wide x 1-7/8 inches high.

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As of 1 January 2006, the 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, an element of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 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, Major General Thomas Turner. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team'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 inhabited the region.

The 4,000 troops in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, which included 1-68th Armor, had 9 Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) spread across 1,500 square miles of Iraq north of Baghdad, from Samarra to Taji. The headquarters was at Logistics Support Area Anaconda, a logistics support area about 12 miles from FOB Eagle.