2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment (United States) is a United States infantry battalion, headquartered at Searcy, Arkansas, assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Arkansas Army National Guard. During World War II, the battalion was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the 2–153rd Infantry, nicknamed the "Gunslingers", deployed to the Sinai on a peace keeping mission in order to free regular army soldiers for service elsewhere. The soldiers of the 2–153rd deployed under the flag of the 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The battalion provided disaster relief operations to the citizens of Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Gunslingers were deployed to Iraq a second time in 2008 as