US Army Central and 3rd Army G2 "LUCKY 2"

This is the G2 coin for U.S. Army Central and Third Army G2—"LUCKY 2." U.S. Army Central (ARCENT), also known as Third Army, is known as PATTON'S OWN and draws its lineage from Third Army. Within the Third Army headquarters, staff sections used call signs built around "Lucky," reflecting Patton's belief that units "make their own luck" and that luck was less superstition than a mindset of inevitability and confidence. Success was expected, and officers assumed the offensive advantage. "If your headquarters talks like it's lucky, plans like it's inevitable, and moves like it's unstoppable, you start to behave that way." The intelligence enterprise of U.S. Army Central and Third Army is composed of the Soldiers and Civilians of the intelligence directorate at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, and the exceptional Soldiers and Civilians of the 513th MI Brigade at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Through 20 years of the Global War on Terrorism, humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the 12-Day War, and Operation EPIC FURY, the men and women of the ARCENT G2 continue to dominate the intelligence warfighting function in support of the ARCENT Commander and the entire U.S. Army Central and Third Army staff.