C004764

Coin is shaped like outline of the Afghan map with a lightning bolt behind; color if antique pewter and size is 1 5/8 inches high and 1 7/8 inches wide.

SIDE 1 - Map of Afghanistan shaped in Afghan Flag colors with a silver skull with a microphone and wearing a booney hat center, a black and white US Flag lower left, and a yellow lightning bolt behind.

SIDE 2- A map of Afghanistan reversed and textured to simulate the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, with a yellow lightning bolt with the words, "DWYER PLATOON 9TH COMM" in front.

Journal - Page 109 - Line 6 9th Communication Battalion (9th Comm)

9th Communication Battalion (9th Comm) is a communications battalion in the United States Marine Corps. It is part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 9th Comm has made four, year long deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF. They deployed to Kuwait in late 2002 and subsequently took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. After that they have spent year long deployments for OIF during 2004, 2006 and 2008. 9th Comm has also participated in multiple deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom OEF. Their cumulative deployments saw the installation, operation, and maintenance of the largest enterprise network ever established by a Marine Corps unit aboard Camp Leatherneck. 9th Comm's presence on Camp Leatherneck lasted until the end of operations in October 2014 when the camp was turned over to Afghan control.