Task Force Olympia is a sub-element of 1st Corps headquarters based at Fort
Lewis, Wash. The unit includes representatives from all three components of the
U.S. Army (Active, Reserve and National Guard) as well as United States Marine
Corps and Australian officers. Task Force Olympia’s subordinate units include
the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (SBCT), from Fort Lewis, four Iraqi
Civil Defense Corps battalions, three Iraq Border Police battalions and several
thousand members of the Iraq Facility Protection Security Forces and will soon
include an Iraq Armed Forces battalion.