C000065

Round shaped, light ronze colored coin 1-7/8 inches in diameter.

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Jan 2006 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, was participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of a larger Task Force. The unit's mission included training the Iraqi Security Forces, assisting in rebuilding the Diyala Province infrastructure as well as continuing to root out anti-Iraqi forces that inhabit the region.

In March 2003, during its first deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 4,000 troops in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, had nine forward operating bases spread across 1,500 square miles of Iraq north of Baghdad, from Samarra to Taji. The headquarters was at LSA Anaconda, a logistics support area about 12 miles from FOB Eagle.

The 3rd BCT was a self contained, combat ready force of 3,800 soldiers assigned to 6 battalions and 5 separate companies. The BCT consisted of 2 mechanized infantry battalions, a tank battalion, a combat engineer battalion, a field artillery battalion and a forward support battalion. In addition, the brigade was supported by a reconnaissance troop, an air defense battery, a military intelligence company, and a signal company, as well as the brigade headquarters company.