C006212

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 3 inches in diameter.

The 38th Infantry Division, also known as the "Panther Division," whose home base if at Camp Mabry, Austin Texas is a unit of the Texas Army National Guard. First organized in 1917, It did active service in both World Wars I and II and more recently in the Global War on Terror, accumulating a total of 12 Presidential Unit Citations. In September 2020, over 700 service members of the 36th Infantry were federally activated and deployed to the United States Central Command for Operation Spartan Shield. Activated soldiers served in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan during 2020 and 2021. This challenge coin commemorates that deployment. Stateside, the 36th Infantry Division exercises training and readiness oversight of a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, and eight brigade-size formations from the states of Texas, New Mexico and Tennessee.