172nd STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM ALASKA ARCTIC WARRIORS MUG CUP

Description

US ARMY
172nd STRYKER BRIGADE
COMBAT TEAM
MUG IS CERAMIC, MADE BY MUGWORLD OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS. MICROWAVE, DISHWASHER & UV SAFE.
In July 2001, the US Army
announced that the 172d Infantry Brigade was to become one of the Army's new Interim Brigade Combat Teams, later to be known as Stryker Brigade Combat Teams
(SBCTs). Changes to the brigade included the addition of some 300 Stryker
vehicles.
This transformation was completed when the unit was formally redesignated on 16 October 2003.
The 172d became the third Stryker brigade in the US Army, with a force of 3,500 soldiers.
In August 2005, the 172nd deployed to Iraq. Duties of the unit during deployment included numerous patrol operations, searches for weapons caches, and counterinsurgency operations. Its tour was to have ended on 27 July 2006, but the U.S. Army unexpectedly extended the deployment (Iraq surge) until the end of November 2006. During the extension, the unit was sent to Baghdad to quell growing sectarian violence. The infamous extension of deployment had happened after some of the units of the Brigade were already at their home base in Alaska, forcing them to fly back to Iraq.
During this action, 26 soldiers of the brigade were killed in action, and another 350 were wounded. As a result of the unit's action in Iraq, the brigade was awarded the Valorous Unit Award.
CUP MEASURES 4 1/2" HIGH
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