Stripes Headline: Some Germany-based 1st AD may be headed back to Iraq

Some Germany-based soldiers of the 1st
Armored Division are being ordered back into the combat zone, a military
spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

Early contingents from most of the division’s units in Germany began arriving
home over the past few weeks after completing a yearlong deployment. More
than 1,600 Germany-based 1st AD soldiers have returned in all, said V Corps
spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Gainer.

But now, soldiers are being told to head back to Iraq, at least among the
division’s Baumholder-based 2nd Brigade, according to Capt. James Cole, a
brigade spokesman.

Division officials could not be reached for further comment. The division’s
chief spokesman Maj. David Gerken — dispatched to Germany last week to
arrange homecoming coverage for returning units — also was among those
soldiers on his way back to Iraq.

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what a pickle he's in now.