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About 250 Fort Bragg soldiers to deploy to support Iraq operations
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:05 pm
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About 250 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, officials announced Monday.
The soldiers from 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will begin deploying in late December.
They will deploy for nine months to the Central Command area of responsibility to conduct security operations.
"The 1st Battalion, 505th PIR is a well-led and highly trained unit with extremely talented and adaptable paratroopers," said Col. Curtis Buzzard, the brigade commander, in a statement. "I know they are ready for any contingency and am confident they will accomplish the mission."
The soldiers are not part of the 1,500-troop increase authorized Nov. 7 by President Obama.
That increase almost doubles the number of troops already in Iraq, including the 1st Infantry Division headquarters, which took command in theater Oct. 31.
The military has not provided details on the 1,500-troop increase, including who or what types of troops might deploy.
These troops will deploy in "a non-combat role to train, advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces, including Kurdish forces," according to the White House announcement Nov. 7.
Army Times
For my brothers...
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:06 pm to Wolfhound45
All of them wearing Birkenstock sandals in lieu of boots.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:06 pm to Wolfhound45
For their service. 
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:06 pm to Wolfhound45
Should have been named Operation Extended Warranty.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:09 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:10 pm to Wolfhound45
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These troops will deploy in "a non-combat role to train, advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces, including Kurdish forces," according to the White House announcement Nov. 7.
Jesus Christ.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:12 pm to Wolfhound45
But...but...mmcgrath said we're out of Iraq
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:16 pm to Wolfhound45
Oh...I get it, they're paratroopers, so their boots will never touch the ground!
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:24 pm to Wolfhound45
I pray for them and wish them luck.
They're gonna need every bit of both.
They're gonna need every bit of both.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:28 pm to TT9
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For their surface.
Uhhh...what?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:38 pm to DonChowder
Gotta keep Military Industrial Complex alive so the boogeyman doesn't get us.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:40 pm to DonChowder
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Forget it, he's rolling.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:41 pm to Wolfhound45
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Operation Inherent Resolve
Australia's name for the ISIS War is better...
Operation Okra
No, I'm not kidding.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:04 pm to Wolfhound45
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1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
My old unit
look when you need to kill people quickly send the Pink Panthers!Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:05 pm to Lakeboy7
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Pink Panthers!
Dang bro, no 1 Panther love.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:09 pm to GetCocky11
SF can't handle this? Why are we using paratroopers to do FID?
Will they be in more of a local QRF type role?
Will they be in more of a local QRF type role?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:09 pm to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
We would say it because it absolutely drove the leadership insane. But look, if a 1st or 2nd Brigade scmoe said it was fightin time.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:46 pm to Lakeboy7
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We would say it because it absolutely drove the leadership insane. But look, if a 1st or 2nd Brigade scmoe said it was fightin time.
Trackin' bro. Never served a day in division (though Fort Bragg is our military home) but I have always thought that 3rd of the 325th had the toughest naming for a battalion.
Blue Falcons
Posted on 12/1/14 at 3:48 pm to AbuTheMonkey
quote:That is how I am interpreting their deployment. Love how these follow on deployments are not counting against the troop strength though.
SF can't handle this? Why are we using paratroopers to do FID?
Will they be in more of a local QRF type role?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 4:50 pm to Wolfhound45
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Fort Bragg
The center of the universe.
And I'm not buying the training mission, they will be engaged.
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