; Whereas the 2nd Infantry Division transformed into the ROK-US Combined Division with a Republic of Korea Army unit on June 3, 2015, in a cooperative designed to strengthen the operational capabilities of both the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army; Whereas the 2nd Infantry Division is the last remaining permanently forward-stationed division in the United States Army; Whereas the 2nd Infantry Division has been deterring aggression and maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula since 1965; Whereas the 2nd Infantry Division received 7 Korean Presidential Unit Citations for its outstanding service in South Korea from 1950 to the present; and Whereas, since the establishment of the 2nd Infantry Division in 1917— (1) the 2nd Infantry Division has been present all over the world, assisting in combat and noncombat missions for 100 years; (2) more than 13,200 members of the 2nd Infantry Division have sacrificed their lives in combat; and (3) 40 members of the 2nd Infantry Division have received the Congressional Medal of Honor in total: Now, therefore, be it