C005009

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 2 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1: Aerial view of the Pentagon charged with 4 fighter planes at upper left, a depiction of the USMC lifting of the flag at Iwo Jima at lower left, the NY World Trade Center to the right and the red numberal "4" in the center.

SIDE 2: The US Marine "Eagle, Globe and Anchor."

The US Marine Anti-Terrorism Battalion (ATBN) is a disbanded unit of the United States Marine Corps. It was a specially trained Infantry Battalion equipped to combat subversive organizations. The mission of the Anti-Terrorism Battalion was to rapidly deploy specially trained and sustainable forces to detect, deter, and defend against terrorism, as well as to conduct crisis response in the event of a terrorist attack. The Battalion was activated Oct. 29, 2004, under the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, which was deactivated in February 2006 on the same day Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command stood up. It was a non rotational unit.