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U.S. Army Europe announces deployments
Posted : Saturday Dec 1, 2007 7:58:43 EST
More than 20 battalion- and company-size units from U.S. Army Europe have been alerted for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008.
The units are in addition to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, which is slated to deploy to Iraq in the spring.
The newly alerted units are expected to deploy between March and November. Like other units serving in the combat zone, they are slated for 15-month tours.
Major elements of the 4,000-member heavy brigade, which is headquartered at Baumholder, Germany, include the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 6th Infantry; the 1st Battalion, 35th Armor; the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery; the 40th Engineer Battalion, and the 47th Forward Support Battalion. The soldiers, most of whom are based in Germany, will join several thousand USAREUR soldiers already serving in theater.
These U.S. Army Europe units are expected to deploy:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
V Corps
54th Engineer Battalion (Combat)
370th Engineer Company (Combat)
3rd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment (AH-64 Helicopter)
21st Theater Sustainment Command
230th Military Police Company
391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
68th Transportation Company
212th Military Police Company
486th Movement Control Team
HQs and HQs Detachment, 793rd Military Police Battalion
69th Transportation Company
18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
51st Transportation Company
209th Army Liaison Team
574th Quartermaster Company
16th Sustainment Brigade
70th Transportation Company
406th Adjutant General Company (Reserve) 106th Financial Management Company
Detachment C, 106th Financial Management Company
Seven Patrol/Explosive Dog Detection Teams from 95th Military Police Battalion
One Military Police Specialized Search Dog Team from 95th Military Police Battalion
1st Personnel Command
1st Platoon (Postal), 111th Adjutant General Company
1st Platoon (Postal), 147th Adjutant General Company
2nd Platoon (Postal), 147th Adjutant General Company
3rd Platoon (Postal), 147th Adjutant General Company
266th Finance Command
Detachment A, 8th Finance Battalion
Detachment C, 8th Finance Battalion
Operation Enduring Freedom
21st Theater Sustainment Command
495th Movement Control Team
624th Movement Control Team
527th Military Police Company
Two Patrol/Explosive Dog Detection Teams from 95th Military Police Battalion
Five Patrol/Explosive Dog Detection Teams from 95th Military Police Battalion
One Military Police Specialized Search Dog Team from 95th Military Police Battalion
1st Personnel Command
1st Platoon (Postal), 566th Adjutant General Company
3rd Platoon (Postal), 566th Adjutant General Company
International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command
Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
Unit delayed from the previous force rotation and rescheduled for fiscal 2008.
Units already deployed in Iraq include the 1st Armored Division headquarters from Wiesbaden, Germany; the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment from Vilseck, Germany and the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade from Ansbach, Germany.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Vicenza, Italy, began a 15-month tour in Afghanistan this past summer.
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