Armor was activated at Fort Bliss, Texas and deployed to Iraq in November for Operation Iraqi Freedom. This marked the first deployment of a 28th ID combat battalion to a war zone since World War II. The battalion, now designated as Task Force Dragoon, was stationed at Forward Operating Base Summerall, near Bayji. Attached initially to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and then to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, the 800-man TF 1–103rd Armor, commanded by LTC Philip J. Logan, engaged in combat operations for 12 months before redeploying to the United States in November 2005. Thirteen soldiers from TF Dragoon were killed in action during combat operations in Salah Ad Din Province, a heavily Sunni Muslim area in the north part of the "Sunni Triangle". Task Force 1–103rd Armor (Dragoons) June 2004 – December 2004 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1–103rd Armor A Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry A Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry B Company, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor C Company, 103rd Engineer Battalion December 2004 – March 2005 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1–103rd Armor (Task Force Headquarters) A Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry (Motorized) B Company, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor (Motorized) C Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery (Mechanized) C Company, 103rd Engineer Battalion (Mechanized) 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery (Paladin) March 2005 – November 2005 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1–103rd Armor (Task Force Headquarters) A Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry (Motorized) B Company, 1st Battalion, 103rd Armor (Motorized) B Company, 2nd Battalion 7th Infantry (Mechanized) 173rd Infantry Detachment (Long range Surveillance) C Company, 103rd Engineering Battalion (Motorized) 1st Battalion, A Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery (Paladin) Campaign credit World War II Northern France Rhineland Ardennes Alsace Central Europe Operation Enduring Freedom Germany Afghanistan Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq Kuwait Decorations French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered WALLENDORF 3rd Battalion Headquarters Company, and Company A, 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to: French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG Company A, 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to: Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004 Company C, 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to: Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG Company D, 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to: World War II Normandy (with arrowhead) References Armor 103 Pennsylvania National Guard Armored