Combat Search and Rescue DT/OT Combined Test Force Pararescue/PJ Air Force Challenge Coin Army Airborne 1st Battalion was responsible for

1st Battalion was responsible for all field training in the Special Forces Pipeline

CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province

The above story is from a previous issue of Skillset Magazine

The serrated edge version

military personnel killed

Combat Search and Rescue DT/OT Combined Test Force Pararescue/PJ Air Force Challenge Coin Army Airborne 1st Battalion was responsible for1 5 8 inch Challenge Coin *small scratch on epoxy