completed; 2) Over 3,000 insurgents and terrorists were detained or killed; 3) A successful referendum election in October 2005 and a successful general election in December 2005; 4) Approximately 5,000 Iraqi soldiers trained and integrated into all operations, including transitioning area of operations to Iraqi brigades and battalions; 5) Hundreds of tons of explosives, ammunition, and weapons seized from insurgent caches; 6) over 1,000 young men of Ramadi recruited into the Iraqi Police; 7) Coalition force and Iraqi Army outposts established and areas controlled that had formerly been insurgent strongholds; 8) Over 1,100 roadside bombs discovered before they could be used against civilians, Iraqi government officials, or coalition forces and Iraqi soldiers. 2/28 BCT was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation as part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) for the period of 28 February 2006 until the transition of authority to 1st Armored Division. 2nd Brigade – OIF Composition Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division 109th Infantry Regiment (PA NG)[detached to MAW, Al Asad] 110th Infantry Regiment (PA NG) 1st Battalion, 172nd Armor (VT NG) A Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (MTN) (VT NG) C Company, 1/103rd Armor (PA NG) A Company, 3/103rd Armor (PA NG) B Troop, 1-104th Cavalry Regiment (PA NG) A Troop, 167th Cavalry Regiment (NE NG) 222nd Field Artillery Regiment (UT NG) 876th Engineer Battalion (PA NG) 228th Forward Support Battalion (PA NG) B Company, 1/125 Infantry [MI NG] A Company, 138th Signal Battalion (IN NG) D Company, 1/149 Infantry (KY NG) 231st Military Intelligence Company (KY NG) 1st Platoon, 28th Military Police Company (PA NG) 2–69th Armor (3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, GA), 2005–2006 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry (101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Ft Campbell, KY), 2006 118th ASOS (NC ANG) 1/5 Marines, 2005 3/7 Marines, 2005–2006 3/8 Marines, 2006 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team The brigade trained at Camp Shelby, Mississippi from 19 September 2008 until November 2008 when it moved to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana until December 2008. The brigade continued training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in December 2008 and moved to Camp Buehring, Kuwait in the United States Central Command area of operations in January 2009 awaiting movement into Iraq. The 56th SBCT, based out of Camp Taji, Iraq, conducted operations in the northern Baghdad Governorate from January to September 2009, before redeploying to Kuwait and returning home at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. 56th Stryker