DoD announces the deployment of 1st Cav. Div. units
June 21, 2006
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 21, 2006) – The Department of Defense announced yesterday the deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters element and the 2nd and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams later this year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
“The First Team has been preparing for this announcement and is ready to answer our nation’s call,” said Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil, Jr., commanding general of the 1st Cav. Div. “The 1st and 4th brigades will continue to train and prepare themselves to deploy should they be ordered to do so.”
The 1st and 4th BCTs were not included in the announcement. The Air Cavalry Brigade and the 15th Support Brigade received orders to deploy last November and are also scheduled to depart for Iraq later this year.
The 1st Cav. Div. returned to Fort Hood following a yearlong deployment to Iraq in March 2005. Since their return, the division has transformed to the Army’s new modularity concept where individual headquarters and combat brigades can receive orders to deploy.
“Deployment decisions are made by the Secretary of Defense at the recommendation of military commanders in Iraq based on ongoing assessments and the conditions on the ground. Changes may be made that could affect units now being identified and advised to prepare to deploy,” according to the official Department of Defense announcement.
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