Round shaped, bronze colored coin, 1-11/16 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • 2nd Brigade combat Team
  • 4th Infantry Division
  • 204th Forward Support Battalion
Location
Coin Location: 4H13
Homebase: Fort Hood, Texas
Deployment: Najaf, Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 2
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Round shaped, bronze colored coin, 1-11/16 inches in diameter.

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The unit inactivated on 15 December, 1989, at Fort Carson, Colorado. The 204th Forward Support Battalion was reborn on 15 December, 1995, at Fort Hood, Texas. On December 16th, 2004, as part of the Army's modular transformation, the 204th Forward Support Battalion was redesignated the 204th Support Battalion and assigned exclusively to 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.

In January, 2006, the 204th Support Battalion of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division was deployed to Forward Operating Base Duke, located in Najaf, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This was the second deployment of the 204th Support Battalion fulfilling the mission of maintaining war fighting readiness while providing combat service support to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized).