; (2) deployed annually to Germany on major exercises that demonstrated United States resolve to friend and foe alike; and (3) contributed directly to the peaceful end of the Cold War; Whereas, in November 1990, the 1st Infantry Division deployed to Saudi Arabia and played a key role in the famous left hook attack of the U.S. VII Corps through the deserts of western Iraq to destroy the Tawakalna Division of the vaunted Republican Guard of Saddam Hussein, among many other enemy forces; Whereas the 1st Infantry Division deployed to Bosnia for 31 months between 1996 and 2000, to Macedonia for 4 months in 1999, and to Kosovo for 22 months between 1999 and 2003— (1) to enforce international peace agreements; (2) to halt the worst ethnic violence in Europe since the Holocaust; and (3) to bring peace and stability to the Balkans; Whereas, in 2004, the 1st Infantry Division deployed to Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom as Task Force Danger and conducted sophisticated counterinsurgency operations that led to the first free and fair elections in Iraqi history in 2005; Whereas, between 2005 and 2014, the brigade combat teams and other major headquarters and units of the 1st Infantry Division have deployed repeatedly to Iraq and Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn; Whereas Specialist Ross A. McGinnis, a 1st Infantry Division soldier, is one of the very few people of the United States to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in the War on Terror; Whereas, in the defense of United States interests, the 1st Infantry Division deployed its units and soldiers to Africa in 2015 and Kuwait in 2016; Whereas, since November 2016, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division has been in Iraq, where the 1st Infantry Division is— (1) engaged in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS); and (2) providing the leadership structure for the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command–Operation Inherent Resolve