Iraq War
In August 2005 2nd battalion was deployed, along with the 172nd Stryker Brigade, to Mosul Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The battalion conducted counter insurgency operations aimed at securing the city of Mosul from an insurgency headed by the terrorist organization Al Qaida in Iraq. After 12 months in Mosul 2nd battalion was preparing to return to home station at Fort Wainwright Alaska when their deployment was unexpectedly extended by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The 2nd battalion along with the entire 172nd Stryker Brigade were subsequently sent to Baghdad Iraq to quell rising sectarian violence. The 2nd battalion returned home in December 2006 after 16 months in Iraq.
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“Haven’t you heard, though,
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