2nd Battalion
23rd Battalion
With the re-organization of the Iraqi Army the 23 Battalion, 6th Brigade was renamed the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division.
Iraqi Intervention Force troops from 23rd Battalion, 6th Brigade assumed full responsibility for central Mosul during a transfer of authority ceremony in Mosul Mar. 7, 2005. The ceremony took place on a military base formerly occupied by Coalition Forces, and officially shifted authority from soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment to the 23-6th IIF. According to military officials the transfer occurred due to the readiness of the 23-6th to assume the responsibility. They have demonstrated through the numerous successful independent operations they have performed capturing insurgents and seizing weapons.
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