page_title: 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
section_title: Operation Iraqi Freedom II
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division / History / Operation Iraqi Freedom II
caption_attribution_description: English: Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-18 Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division on patrol in Iraq.
context_page_description: The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, also known as the Dagger Brigade, is a maneuver brigade combat team in the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas.
context_section_description: In January 2003, elements of the Dagger Brigade deployed to Turkey to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initial efforts were to prepare the way for the U.S. 4th Infantry Division to invade Iraq from the north. When the Turkish government denied access through their border, the 2nd brigade returned to Germany.
  In February 2004, the Dagger Brigade deployed to northern Iraq to serve as part of the occupation force. 
   The Brigade Combat Team included:
   Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
   1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
   1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment
   2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment
   1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment
   Troop E, 4th Cavalry Regiment (Brigade Recon Troop)
   1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment
   9th Engineer Battalion
   299th Forward Support Battalion (299th BSB)
caption: Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division on patrol in Iraq in November 2004.
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