Reply #33: DoD Announces Next Operation Iraqi Freedom Troop Rotation(92,000)

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DoD Announces Next Operation Iraqi Freedom Troop Rotation
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service


WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today announced the next major units to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He emphasized that rotation planning remains flexible and will be based on conditions on the ground, not political pressures or artificial timetables.
Today's announcement affects about 92,000 servicemembers -- more than 65,000 from the active component and 26,000 from the Guard and Reserve -- who will begin their scheduled rotation in mid-2006, according to Army Lt. Col. Barry Venable, a Defense Department spokesman.

Major units to deploy include:


Division Headquarters and 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas;
1st Brigade, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard;
2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany;
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.;
3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; and
2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Individual services will announce smaller, supporting units to deploy for the upcoming rotation, officials announced.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2005/20051107_3255.html