7th Battalion
3nd Battalion, 1st Brigade
With the reorganization of the Iraqi Amry the 7th Battalion became the 3nd Battalion, 1st Brigade of the 5th Division.
The Iraqi army's 7th Battalion as it was known then was activated 01 August 2004 with the basic training completion and graduation of 723 training recruits in a ceremony at the Kirkush Military Training Base east of Baghdad, concluding the stand-up of the army's fifth fully-manned and trained battalion. It also completed the Iraqi army's 3rd Brigade of the 5th Division.
The 7th Battalion participated in Operation "Baton Rouge" to free Samarra which began on October 1st, 2004. Operation Baton Rouge also involed soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Dagger); the 1st Squadron, 4th United States Cavalry (Saber); the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (Golden Dragon); and elements of five Iraqi Security Force battalions including the 201st, 202nd, and 203rd Iraqi National Guard Battalions; the 1st Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion; and the 36th Commando Battalion. The combined Iraqi and coalition force seized the city by noon on the first day killing more than 127 insurgents and detaining another 128.
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