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SEAL Team 3 Task Unit 2 Bruiser Platoons C&D Ramadi Battle Navy Challenge Coin
SEAL Team 3 Task Unit 2 Bruiser Platoons C&D Ramadi Battle Navy Challenge Coin

SEAL Team 3 Task Unit 2 Bruiser Platoons C&D Ramadi Battle Navy Challenge Coin

SEAL Team 3

Task Unit 2

Task Unit Bruiser

Platoons

C and D

Battle of Ramadi (2006)

Navy Challenge Coin

 

Condition : Used and in good condition. It has some wear and patina from handling/age.  Please see pictures.

This coin is approximately 1 1/2 inches in diameter.  This coin was acquired directly from a (RET) SEAL SM and former member of ST3 and ST8.

Note, images blacked out to deter fakes being made.

Commander Task Unit Bruiser: John "Jocko" Willink

John "Jocko" Willink (September 8, 1971)[1] is an American podcaster, author and retired United States Navy SEAL. He received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service in the Iraq War.[2] Willink was commander of SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser during the Battle of Ramadi. Other notable members of Task Unit Bruiser included Leif Babin, Marc Alan Lee, Michael Monsoor, Kevin Lacz and Chris Kyle.

(REF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocko_Willink)

Battle of Ramdi (2006)

 

The Battle of Ramadi in 2006 (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Ramadi) was fought during the Iraq War from April 2006 to November 2006 for control of the capital of the Al Anbar Governorate in western Iraq. A combined force of U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy SEALs, and Iraqi Security Forces fought insurgents for control of key locations in Ramadi, including the Government Centre and the General Hospital. Coalition strategy relied on establishing a number of patrol bases called Combat Operation Posts throughout the city.

U.S. military officers believe that insurgent actions during the battle led to the formation of the Anbar Awakening. In August, insurgents executed a tribal sheik who was encouraging his kinsmen to join the Iraqi police and prevented his body from being buried in accordance with Islamic laws. In response, Sunni sheiks banded together to drive insurgents from Ramadi. In September 2006, Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed the Anbar Salvation Council, an alliance of approximately 40 Sunni tribes.[13]

U.S. Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the battle. On September 29, 2006, he threw himself upon a grenade which threatened the lives of the other members of his team. Monsoor had previously been awarded the Silver Star in May for rescuing an injured comrade in the city.

The battle also marked the first use of chlorine bombs by insurgents during the war. On October 21, 2006, insurgents detonated a car-bomb with two 100-pound chlorine tanks, injuring three Iraqi policemen and a civilian in Ramadi.