Unit Name: | 3rd Infantry Brigade |
Native Name: | 3-ლი ქვეითი ბრიგადა |
Dates: | December 2004 – Present |
Country: | Georgia |
Type: | Infantry |
Command Structure: | Operational Command West |
Garrison: | Kutaisi, Georgia |
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Battles: | Iraq War Russo-Georgian War |
The 3rd Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the Georgian Land Forces. It is attached to the Georgian Operational Command West.[1]
The brigade was formed in December 2004. 2,000 members of the brigade participated in the Iraq War until 2007.[2] Prior to the Russo-Georgian War, the 3rd Infantry Brigade, alongside the 2nd Infantry Brigade and 4th Infantry Brigade had been deployed to the vicinity of the Georgia–South Ossetia border.[3] During the Battle of Tskhinvali, the 3rd Brigade had entered the Eredvi area on the eastern flank of the city of Tskhinvali at 06:00 and had taken some positions in the area. However, the brigade was attacked by a smaller force of South Ossetian militia and pushed back.[4] After the war with Russia, the brigade was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010.[5]