; Whereas members of the 2nd Infantry Division, proudly wearing “Imjin Scout” patches, patrolled the demilitarized zone throughout the 1980s and until 1992, and then remained deployed along the border; Whereas the 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division— (1) was reactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington, on March 29, 1995, as part of I Corps; and (2) became the first Stryker Brigade Combat Team in the Army in May 2000; Whereas, in the defense of the interests of the United States, the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 to November 2004; Whereas, in August 2004, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division deployed with the Republic of Korea Army, representing the first operational deployment from South Korea; Whereas the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division was given control of the Eastern half of Ar-Ramadi under the direct command of the 1st Marine Division; Whereas the elements of the 2nd Infantry Division were attached to the 2nd Marine Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a reversal of their respective roles during World War I, where the 5th and 6th Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division fought under the United States Army 2nd Infantry Division; Whereas the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division fought in the Fallujah Offensive in November 2004, which provided Iraqis the opportunity to vote in the historic national elections of January 2005; Whereas the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division provided humanitarian relief to hospitals, schools, and hundreds of Iraqi civilians who had been displaced; Whereas the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division redeployed from Iraq to Fort Carson, Colorado, in August 2005; Whereas the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division deployed from Fort Lewis, Washington, to assist the Iraqi security forces with counterinsurgence operations in the Ninewa Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from June 2006 to September 2007