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U.S. Army Europe announces deployments

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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