17th Battalion
2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade
With the reorganization of the Iraqi Army the 17th Battalion was redesignated the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division.
A company from what used to be named the Iraqi Army's 17th Battalion, 7th Brigade, 5th Division, commenced bilateral training at the Mubarak Military City training facility near Alexandria, Egypt Nov. 25, 2005, as the Iraqi government continues the security forces training effort. The three-platoon company of 134 Soldiers - training with the Egyptian Army's 3rd Division, Northern Command - will negotiate individual movement technique, squad movement, land navigation, basic rifle marksmanship, rifle qualification, and platoon and company attack and defense training including live fire exercises with their Egyptian counterparts.
In late January 2005 soldiers from the 17th Battalion conducted one early morning patrol and four day patrols and found 40 rockets
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