battalion to deploy to the Republic of Korea during TEAM SPIRIT 80 since the Korean War. This deployment, which included a full Divisional support element totally 850 men was named Task Force Faith in honor of LTC Faith. When the Army restructured its regimental designations later in the 1980s, the three battalions of the 32nd Infantry were re-designated. Gulf War In the late 1980s and early 1990s the 3rd Battalion, 32nd Infantry served as a basic training battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia, and had the distinction of one of the first training units to conduct M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle specific training. On 2 August 1990 Saddam Hussein's armies invaded Kuwait. Many recruits found themselves graduating that October, only to find themselves in the deserts of Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as early as late November-early December of the same year. On 15 February 1996, 1st Battalion, 32nd was activated as the only active battalion of the 32nd Regiment, as part of the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Following reactivation, the battalion participated in numerous training exercises and deployed in support of Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti and a six-month rotation as a highly visible component of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. In May 2002 the battalion returned from a six-month rotation in Kosovo as part of Task Force Falcon. The deployment was part of Operation Joint Guardian. Global War on Terrorism In August 2003, the battalion deployed to central Iraq as part of 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. What had originally been planned as a six-month deployment ended as a thirteen-month combat tour. During the deployment, Alpha Company was based at FOB Volturno near Fallujah while Bravo and Charlie Companies conducted combat operations and built FOB Chosin (later renamed FOB Iskandariyah) at the Musayyib Power Plant in conjunction with engineers from the 82nd Airborne Division. Later Bravo and Charlie Companies would move to FOB Manhattan, located between Ramadi and Fallujah. In February 2006 the battalion deployed to eastern Afghanistan as "Taskforce Chosin" in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for what became a fifteen-month combat tour when 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division was extended after twelve months in country. Initially, the battalion assumed responsibility for Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, and portions of Nuristan Provinces. Alpha Company operated in the Korengal Valley,