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101st replaces 82nd in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 10, 2008 7:54:40 EDT
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The 101st Airborne Division is taking over in Afghanistan, replacing the 82nd Airborne after 15 months in country.
Outgoing commander Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez welcomed 101st commander Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser at a handover ceremony Thursday at Bagram Air Base.
The 101st Airborne will be responsible for security in eastern Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan. The paratroopers are being deployed for 15 months.
The U.S. now has some 32,000 troops in country, the most since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. That includes about 3,500 Marines sent to southern Afghanistan to train police and fight the rising insurgency there.
The 101st, based at Fort Campbell, Ky., was last deployed to Iraq in 2005-06.
Rodriguez and about 100 paratroopers from the 82nd, headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C., are set to return to the U.S. on Friday.
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 10, 2008 7:54:40 EDT
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The 101st Airborne Division is taking over in Afghanistan, replacing the 82nd Airborne after 15 months in country.
Outgoing commander Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez welcomed 101st commander Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser at a handover ceremony Thursday at Bagram Air Base.
The 101st Airborne will be responsible for security in eastern Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan. The paratroopers are being deployed for 15 months.
The U.S. now has some 32,000 troops in country, the most since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. That includes about 3,500 Marines sent to southern Afghanistan to train police and fight the rising insurgency there.
The 101st, based at Fort Campbell, Ky., was last deployed to Iraq in 2005-06.
Rodriguez and about 100 paratroopers from the 82nd, headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C., are set to return to the U.S. on Friday.
