C000055

Round shaped, brass colored coin 1¾ inches in diameter.

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2nd Battalion - 7th Cavalry Regiment - Ghost Battalion / Ruff Riders

As part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force, the 2nd Battalion - 7th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated from the 3rd Brigade of the 1st US Cavalry Division on July 14th, 2005. The 2-7 CAV was shortly later reactivated with the 4th Brigade, 1st US Cavalry Division at Fort Hood on October 18th, 2005.

The 2-7 Cavalry deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in Mar 2004 and was stationed at Camp Cooke, north of Baghdad on the Tigres River. It's first mission was to track down and detain/eliminate terrorists and other anti-coalition forces in their area of operations and to provide security for the Green Zone -- an area of operation about 30 miles from north to south and 5 miles from east to west. The other part of it's mission was to show progress to the Iraqi people and try to improve living conditions The 2-7 Cavalry controled about 9 million dollars of reconstruction money and are used that to repair sewers, fix electricity issues, refurbish schools, and a whole host of other projects.