Six Units Get Call for 2009 Iraq Deployment

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While six new units get called to Iraq our thoughts and prayers are with you. God speed and good luck gents.

From American Forces Press Service via Tactical-Life.com:

Six Units Get Call For 2009 Iraq Deployment

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008 – The Defense Department has alerted six combat units for deployment to Iraq from January to March 2009, officials said here today. Though the announcement identifies forces for the current level of effort in Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said, it does not try to predict decisions down the road.

“It’s proper, prudent planning to give units the time to train and to ensure they are notified in a deliberate fashion and well in advance of when they would have to deploy,” Whitman said.

The four Army combat brigades and two Marine regimental combat teams cover about 33,000 personnel. These are normal rotation forces, and all of the units have the capability of performing full-spectrum combat operations……

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