; Whereas the bloodiest engagement of the 41st Infantry Division occurred on the island of Biak against more than 10,000 determined Japanese troops; Whereas members of the 41st Infantry Division had been known as Sunsetters after their unit’s setting sun insignia but earned a second nickname, the Jungleers , in recognition of their experience and expertise in jungle warfare following the service of the unit in Biak and across the Pacific Theater; Whereas the 41st Division was inactivated on December 31, 1945, on the island of Honshu in Japan; Whereas, in 1968, the Oregonian element of the 41st Infantry Division was reorganized and redesignated as the 41st Infantry Brigade within the Oregon National Guard, transferring the colors and honors of its division predecessor; Whereas elements of the 41st Infantry Brigade— (1) deployed to— (A) Saudi Arabia in 1999 as part of Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia; (B) the Sinai Peninsula in 2001 in support of the Multinational Force and Observers and Operation Enduring Freedom; (C) Iraq in 2003 and 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (D) Afghanistan in 2006 in support of Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix; and (2) were activated in 2005 to help provide disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in Louisiana and Texas, respectively; Whereas the 41st Infantry Brigade was reorganized and redesignated as the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team on September 1, 2008; Whereas the entire 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq in 2009, marking the first full deployment for the unit since World War II, to provide base and convoy security in support of Operation Noble Eagle and Operation Iraqi Freedom; Whereas elements of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, and the Resolute Support mission led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization