It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans recently: MONDRAGON, Enrique, 23, Sgt., Army; The Colony, Tex.; 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
After the ceremony on Saturday evening, the commander of the Special Troops Battalion, Lt. Col. Jack Vantress told his soldiers: "We are closing the book on an operation that has brought freedom to a country that was repressed.
The Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is a special troops battalion of the United States Army headquartered at Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, Italy.
These permanent attachments include the 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and a Special Troops Battalion.
It was at this point that the Special Troops Battalion was activated.
The brigade's special troops battalion are the last American soldiers to leave Iraq.
The 10th Mountain Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion is a special troops battalion of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Drum, New York.
In support of the regular combat forces are the Special Troops Battalion and the 173rd Support Battalion.
In October 2009, the Special Troops Battalion was redesignated to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry).
Around that time, the Special Troops Battalion received its heraldry, including a coat of arms and a distinctive unit insignia.
On 16 September 2004, the division headquarters finished its transformation, which returned the Special Troops Battalion to active service.
