C002584

Dog tag shaped, pewter colored coin, 2 inches wide x 1-1/8 inches high.

In 2005, the Battalion deployed to Iraq, attached to the 3rd Infantry Division. Operating as a Maneuver Task Force, the Battalion fought as infantry, securing routes and conducting combat operations resulting in the capture of almost 3 hundred insurgents and the discovery and destruction of caches totaling nearly 100 tons of munitions. The Battalion also provided security for Iraq's constitutional referendum and the historic national elections in December 2005. The 70th Engineer Battalion was nominated to receive the Meritorious Unit Citation for their performance during Operation Iraqi Freedom III .