Task Force 402 - Missions and Achievements

Missions and Achievements

• The unit conducted numerous civil military missions in which conferences were held throughout the province and missions up to Khanaquin, near the border of Iraq, first city in from Iran on FOB Cobra which was handed over to the Iraqi Army within a few days of completion of the mission.
• All members of the unit were involved in numerous incidents of direct enemy engagements throughout the deployment, from IED blasts to small arms fire. All were awarded the Combat Action badge or Combat Infantryman Badge.
• Events that occurred sometime in January 2007, members of the units were awarded Army Commendation Medals w/ Valor for their actions upon contact with enemy forces, over 20 miles from a coalition base. This engagement left a number of supporting unit members in critical condition, and killed the current Commander of TF402, MAJ Alan R. Johnson.
• Ambassador Khalilzad, while visiting the local Civil Affairs company, presented members of TF402 with coins on behalf of the President George W. Bush of the United States.Embassy Link
• One member of the unit had survived the attack on the World Trade Center on 11 SEP 2001, only to be recalled for this mission due to his financial skills.