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Obviously this operation was conducted by the 1st Armored Division. You can see that the name of the operation comes from the nickname of the 1st AD.
This operation was conducted during Operation Iraqi Freedom during 2004. For those of you who participated in this operation I can suggest that you use the 1st AD emblem along with the Iraqi Freedom Emblem as your two side panels. You could then write the words “Iron Promise” above one of the side panels of your Operation Iraqi Freedom Ring. You can do this in many other ways, this is just my humble suggestion.
The purpose of this operation was to root out elements of the old regime and anyone else who was a threat to the new Iraqi regime. The operation consisted of 600 patrols, and 43 escort missions which were a part of 3 major offensive operations. this was the mission of this division during its stay in Iraq in 2004.
The operation resulted in about 20 prisoners, and a moderate amount of arms and ammunition being captured. We can’t estimate the intangibles of the Division being there to support the Iraqi people. I wonder how things would have been for them if our soldiers hadn’t given up their freedom temporarily to help them.
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