 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa15 Ndira 2004, mushure mekupedzwa kwekupinda kwekutanga muIraq, 502nd MI BN yakatumirwa kutsigira Operation Iraqi Freedom II, ichiita iyi hondo yaro yokutanga yokurwa mumakore 52. Pakusvika muBaghdad, Iraq, battalion yakarongedzwazve pamwe nekuwedzerwa kweTask Force Rainier. Iri boka rebasa rebato rakapa hutungamiri hwebasa rakakosha reTactical Human Intelligence Teams inoshanda muIraq yose mukutsigira Multinational Force-Iraq MNF-I uye Multinational Corps-Iraq MNC-I. Bhatani racho rakadzokera kuFort Lewis muna December 2004. 