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The 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division "Lightning" (a Stryker brigade), and served in Iraq from October 2004 to October 2005. The battalion came home with 5 Silver Stars , 31 Bronze Stars , and 181 Purple Hearts and played a crucial role in the Battle of Mosul (2004) .
The Battle of Rumaila, also known as the Battle of the Causeway or the Battle of the Junkyard, was a controversial attack that took place on March 2, 1991, two days after President Bush declared a ceasefire, near the Rumaila oil field in the Euphrates Valley of southern Iraq, when the U.S. Army forces, mostly the 24th Infantry Division under Major General Barry McCaffrey engaged and nearly ...
The Battle for Jalibah Airfield took place when the U.S. 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division successfully attacked and captured the heavily defended Jalibah Southeast Air Base military airfield in Iraq, located 80 miles west of Basra, on February 27, 1991 during the Gulf War.
3rd Brigade 1st BN, 187th Infantry Regiment (Air Aslt) 2nd BN, 187th Infantry Regiment (Air Aslt) 3rd BN, 187th Infantry Regiment (Air Aslt) 3rd BN, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Aslt) (105T) 24th Infantry Division (Mech) MG Barry McCaffrey 1st Brigade 4th BN, 64th Armor Regiment 2nd BN, 7th Infantry Regiment (Mech) 3rd BN, 7th Infantry ...
[citation needed] 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division was diverted from the attack on Fallujah to help in retaking the city. Also, 300 members of the Iraqi National Guard from the Syrian border, an Iraqi special forces battalion from Baghdad and a number of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were called in to assist.
Invasion routes and major battles fought by the coalition and afterwards. This is the order of battle for the invasion of Iraq during the Iraq War between coalition forces [1] and the Iraqi Armed Forces; Fedayeen Saddam irregulars; and others between March 19 and May 1, 2003.
Counterinsurgency: Was the name given by 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division to their operations in Iraq beginning on their arrival in October 2003 Operation Chamberlain: October 2003: October 2003: Sinjar, the border southwest of: Security and Surveillance: Was an American border-security operation mentioned in press releases on 15 October 2003.
A U.S. Army officer from the 4th Infantry Division with an Iraqi policeman in January 2009. Below is an estimated list of the major units deployed within the Multi-National Force – Iraq and other United States military units that were operating in Iraq under the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in 2009, during the Iraq War.