Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 1 3/8 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • CG, Task Force La Fayette
Location
Coin Location: 101F4
Deployment: Afghanistan
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 12 April 2012
Donated by: MAJ Scott Haskins
Copies: 1 of 1

C003524

Location: 101F4

Coin: General Officer - Command

Foreign » Infantry

Narrative

Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 1 3/8 inches in diameter.

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Journal - Page 82 - Line 29

The coin donor, MAJ Scott Haskins was the US Liaison to the French units of Task Force La Fayette.

The Brigade La Fayette, also named Task Force La Fayette, is a joint unit of the French forces in Afghanistan. It was officially created on 1 November 2009, along with a complete reorganisation of the French military deployment in Afghanistan. It comprises most of the French Army units involved in the ISAF. The unit was named in honour of Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette. It headquarters is at Nijrab outpost, near Nijrab, in the Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It is headed by General Jean-Pierre Palasset.