Iraq 70th Armor Regiment

the battalion colors of 2nd battalion, 70th armor regiment , 2nd battalion, 14th infantry regiment, 2nd brigade combat team, 10th mountain division, cased during transition of authority ceremony in western baghdad district of abu ghraib on 9 june 2005. full command , control of base handed on 3rd brigade, 6th iraqi army division.

in preparation u.s. forces invasion of iraq, 2–70 armor, having completed training deployment national training center, alerted deployment kuwait in january 2003. 3 weeks later, battalion deployed fort riley , drew prepositioned equipment site located in kuwait. battalion attached 3rd infantry division , able train them month before combat operations began. on 20 march 20, 2003, 2–70 armor marched iraq part of operation iraqi freedom, supporting 3rd infantry division , 101st airborne division (air assault).

during invasion, 2–70 armor in van of assaulting forces , cleared route of march follow on forces , on 21 march 2003, first american unit seize bridgehead across euphrates river. battalion combined 1st battalion, 41st infantry regiment (1-41 infantry) attack al hillah, iraq, destroying infantry battalion of nebuchadnezzar republican guards division. after first week, 2–70 armor cut 101st air assault division west of al kifl, iraq. 101st remainder of maneuver phase of war, 2–70th armor continued clear routes, secure areas , destroy enemy forces in vicinity of baghdad, , karbala. during phase of combat, battalion once again learned lessons of cooperating dismounted infantry had been learned in world war ii , korean war. on 30 march 2003 2-70 armor along 1-41 infantry attached 2nd brigade, 82nd airborne division clear city of samawah . @ conclusion of maneuver phase, 2–70 armor reverted 1st armored division control , conducting stabilization operations until returning fort riley in february 2004.

2–70 armor deployed again iraq year later, in february 2005, 3rd brigade combat team of 1st armored division. brigade attached 3rd infantry division , assigned sector in , around taji, north of baghdad.