Round shaped, brass colored coin 1¾ inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III corps
  • 3rd Brigade Combat Team
  • 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
  • 1st Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 4J1
Homebase: Fort Carson, Colorado
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C000078

Location: 4J1 Height: 1.75

Coin: Unit

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Round shaped, brass colored coin 1¾ inches in diameter.

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1st Battalion - 12th Infantry Regiment

As of November 2004, the 1st Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment of 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division was inactivated at Fort Carson as part of the Army's move towards modularization. Some elements of the unit transformed into the 2nd Squadron 9th Cavalry Regiment. The 1-12th Infantry Regiment was activated shortly after in 2004 at Fort Hood, TX, as part of the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.

As of January 14th, 2006, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, which included 1st Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment, took control of Forward Operating Base Prosperity, located in Baghdad, from 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. Their mission included training Iraqi Security Forces and maintaining security within the central and southern regions of the Iraqi capital.