Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • US Central Command
  • Combined Joint Task Force OIR
Location
Coin Location: 16R14
Homebase: Kuwait
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 24 June 2016
Donated by: SGT Alex Curry, F Co., 227th Aviation Regiment
Copies: 1 of 1

C005639

Location: 16R14

Coin: Unit

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Narrative

Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1 - COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE, OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE

SIDE 2 - ONE MISSION, MANY NATIONS

Journal - Page 119 - Line 17

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) is the Joint Task Force established by the international (US-led) coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), set up by the US Central Command to coordinate military efforts against ISIL, and is composed of US military forces and personnel from over 30 countries. The aim of CJTF-OIR is reportedly to "degrade and destroy" ISIL. Its establishment by US Central Command was announced in December 2014, after it was set up to replace the ad hoc arrangements that had previously been established to co-ordinate operations following the rapid gains made by ISIL in Iraq in June. Formed in October 2014, its first "coalition integration conference" was held the first week of December 2014. Current operations are named Operation Inherent Resolve by the United States Department of Defense. The current coalition commander has expressed his intent to root out ISIL (Da’esh) from the major cities of Syria by the end of his rotation as commander.