Pentagon: 3 units tapped for war tours

Pentagon: 3 units tapped for war tours
By Kevin Baron, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, March 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon today announced three units that will be deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq between late spring and fall as part of a normal rotation of forces.

Between May and July, the 82nd Division headquarters of Fort Bragg, N.C., will replace the 101st Division headquarters in Afghanistan.

The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., also will be sent to Afghanistan. The 4th Brigade of the 101st Infantry Division will rotate out.

The units going in total approximately 4,700 servicemembers.

Later in the year, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., will head to Iraq. The unit, which includes 4,000 personnel, was identified because it is "Stryker-equipped," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.


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