This coin was awarded by the Commander & CSM, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2BCT), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF) 05-07.

"It's rare that I can point to a brigade that has had such a strategic impact on my two goals--securing Baghdad  and defeating al-Qeada. ~General George Casey, Commander, Multi National Force-Iraq (MNF-I)