By Gregg K. Kakesako By this fall there will be nearly 12200 Hawaii-based troops on active duty in either Iraq or Kuwait, including soldiers from Schofield

By Nancy A. Youssef/McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) WASHINGTON - The Defense Department announced Monday that it will send seven combat brigades to Iraq by the end of the year, suggesting that the Pentagon is planning to maintain its troop levels in Iraq through next year.
The military also alerted four National Guard Army brigades, or roughly 14,000 troops, to prepare for deployments to Iraq beginning next spring. A fifth National Guard brigade, Vermont's 86th Brigade Combat Team, is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010, the Pentagon announced.
s the security situation. After the pause, Petraeus said, he will determine whether the U.S. military can withdraw more brigades.

by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune The Defense Department today announced it has alerted Louisiana's 256th Brigade Combat Team to prepare for a second tour

The Department of the Army confirmed today, May 19, the Department of Defense's announcement for the next rotation of one division headquarters and seven brigade combat teams consisting of approximately 25,000 personnel in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The deployment window for these units will begin in late Fall 2008 and continue until the end of the year.
The division headquarters and seven brigade combat teams confirmed as part of the regular rotation to Iraq are the 25th Infantry (Tropical Lighting) Headquarters, 2nd (Warhorse) Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo;3rd (Bronco) Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; 2nd (Dagger)

FORT BRAGG, NC - The Department of Defense says a brigade of paratroopers from Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division will return to Iraq later this year as part of a regular rotation of troops.
The 3,500-member 3rd Brigade Combat Team is scheduled to deploy in the fall along with seven other major Army units. The 82nd Airborne said its brigade returned to North Carolina last September after a 15-month deployment to Iraq.
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(NECN) - The Department of Defense has alerted 3100 members of the 86th Brigade Combat Team, Vermont Army National Guard, that they will deploy in support

By The Tribune-Review The Pentagon has notified a Washington-based Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit that it will be returning to Iraq in the latter

TOPEKA, Kan. - Another brigade of soldiers from Fort Riley has been given its orders to deploy to Iraq.
The 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division was officially notified Monday that it was among the units to be deployed later this year. In all, the Pentagon notified one division headquarters and seven brigades, about 25,000 soldiers, that they would be deploying.
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By David Wood | Sun reporter WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has alerted nearly 40000 active duty and National Guard soldiers that they will be deployed to Iraq

© 2008 AP WASHINGTON - More troops from Texas will be heading to the fighting in Iraq and the region.
The Defense Department on Monday announced four brigades from the Army National Guard will head overseas, including the 72nd Brigade Combat Team of the Texas National Guard.

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2008 - The Defense Department today announced force rotations for Iraq and Afghanistan, including upcoming active-duty deployments later this year and alerts to Army National Guard units to deploy in spring 2009 and 2010.
About 25,000 active-duty troops assigned to a division headquarters and seven brigade combat teams will begin to deploy to Iraq this fall, and continue through the year's end, Bryan Whitman, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, announced today.
it will deploy to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010 to support Afghan national security forces training.

By Laura Arenschield Just after sunrise today, 16000 soldiers in gray Army T-shirts and black Army shorts lined up in a parking lot on Fort Bragg.

By Michelle Tan - Staff writer The 25th Infantry Division headquarters will deploy to Iraq late this fall alongside seven active Army brigade combat teams.

By John Andrew Prime • jprime@gannett.com • May 19, 2008 Louisiana's 256th Brigade Combat Team, the battle-tested Tiger Brigade that deployed to Iraq four

The Department of Defense announced today that the 86th Brigade Combat Team, Vermont Army National Guard, has been alerted to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to continue training of the Afghan National Security Forces. The majority of the approximately 3,100 service members alerted will deploy in the spring of 2010. The department has alerted the unit of this deployment to give the soldiers the maximum time possible to conduct training specific to Afghanistan as well as provide predictability for family members and employers.

By Spc. April Campbell CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - As Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers continue to work with Iraqi soldiers, they stress the importance of developing relationships with members of the local communities.
Working with their Iraqi Army counterparts, Soldiers with the 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, currently attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), MND-B, worked to build such relationships during a visit to the Iskan Children's Teaching Hospital in the Baghdad district of Mansour May 15.
. Anthony Orosz, who serves as squad leader with Co. D, 1-64 AR, taking time to talk to the young patients is a crucial element.

by Sean Doogan FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska - The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (Mike Nederbrock/KTUU-TV)
The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (Mike Nederbrock/KTUU-TV)
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