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2d ID soldiers pin on combat badges

Mar-15-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, March 16, 2004

FIREBASE AGGIE, Iraq — Battle-hardened soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division’s Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment received their combat infantryman and combat medical badges on Sunday.

The soldiers, from 2nd ID’s 3rd Stryker Brigade, are the first from the Indianhead Division to qualify for the badges since the Korean War, more than 50 years ago.

The company has seen more action than most in Iraq. Since arriving slightly more than three months ago, the unit has engaged the enemy a half-dozen times, killing 15 attackers and detaining 25.

The 5-20th’s commander, Lt. Col. Karl Reed, told soldiers at Firebase Aggie, south of Mosul, that they have proved themselves in combat “from the medics to each individual soldier and leader, and especially the combat infantrymen whose job is to close with and kill the enemy.”

Col. Mike Rounds, 3rd Stryker Brigade commander, told the soldiers their performance has been phenomenal.


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