New Iraq War Deployments Announced

Hot off the Pentagon presses:

The Department of Defense announced today additional major units scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The announcement involves four brigades and two regimental combat teams consisting of approximately 33,000 personnel.

The deployment window for these units will be in the early months of 2009, and all will conduct the full spectrum of operations…

Specific units receiving deployment orders include:

Regimental Combat Team 8, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Regimental Combat Team 6, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

1^st Brigade Combat Team, 1^st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

2^nd Brigade Combat Team, 1^st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

3^rd Brigade Combat Team, 10^th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

56^th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28^th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard.