 Until the official orders were issued to authorize Charlie Company, the unit was known officially as "Detachment 2, Bravo Company," though the 490th referred to the unit unofficially as Charlie in the interim.On 12 July 2009, near the end of the deployment, SSG Alan Conway was injured by a roadside bomb while on dismounted patrol in support of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Sharqat, Iraq.He was medically evacuated and received the Purple Heart.