Iraq, in 2009 to execute its theater internment support mission. In December 2011, 2nd Battalion deployed to Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, where they were responsible for providing base security for U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy SEALs who were engaged in village stability operations. Current duties The Old Guard's current duties include, but are not limited to, providing funeral details at Arlington National Cemetery, guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, providing honor guards for visiting dignitaries, supporting official ceremonies and providing a quick reaction force for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. As of 2018, there were three active battalions of the 3d Infantry Regiment. 1st Battalion assigned to the Military District of Washington, Fort Myer, Virginia 2nd Battalion assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, JBLM, Washington 4th Battalion assigned to the Military District of Washington, Fort Myer, Virginia Medals of Honor The following 3d Infantry soldiers have been awarded the Medal of Honor: Indian Wars Sergeant James Fegan, Company H, March 1868, Plum Creek, Kansas Corporal Leander Herron, Company A, 2 September 1868, near Fort Dodge, Kansas Hospital Steward Oscar Burkard of the U.S. Army Hospital Corps, attached to the 3d U.S. Infantry, received the Medal of Honor for his actions on 5 October 1898 in the Battle of Sugar Point at Leech Lake, Minnesota. It is listed by the U.S. Office of Medical History as the last Medal of Honor awarded in an Indian campaign. Vietnam War Corporal Michael Fleming Folland, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 3 July 1969, Long Khanh (posthumous) Notable members of the regiment Major General and President William Henry Harrison Major General and President Zachary Taylor General Matthew Ridgway General James Van Fleet Major General Benjamin Bonneville Major General Harry J. Collins Major General George W. Getty Major General Ethan A. Hitchcock Brigadier General Thomas S. Jesup Brigadier General Zebulon Pike Brigadier General Thomas Humphrey Cushing Brigadier General Julius Penn Brevet Brigadier General Josiah Harmar Brevet Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth Colonel John F. Hamtramck Colonel Thomas Hunt Colonel Jacob Kingsbury Colonel George K. McGunnegle Colonel William Whistler Major David Ziegler Captain Merriwether Lewis First Lieutenant Tom Cotton Corporal Charlotte Clymer Black Jack (horse) Sergeant York (horse) Lineage Constituted 3 June 1784 in the Regular Army as the First American Regiment to consist of companies from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Organized August–September 1784 in Pennsylvania and New