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101st and 82nd Airborne Division soldiers deploying to Eastern Europe
Task and Purpose ^ | September 21, 2023 | Jeff Schogol

Posted on 09/24/2023 9:08:48 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

The Army is showing no signs of curtailing its deployments to Europe as the war in Ukraine continues to grind on.

On Wednesday the Army announced that about 3,400 soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will head to Eastern Europe this fall, as will 200 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters.

The units will deploy primarily to Romania as well in Southeastern Europe and to the continent’s “High North” region that includes Scandinavian countries, Army officials said.

Among the 101st troops are infantry units from the division’s storied 187th Infantry Regiment, known as the Rakkasans.

“We look forward to the return of the 82nd Airborne Division to the continent, and to the Rakkasan’s next ‘rendezvous with destiny,’ which follows the back-to-back deployments of their storied division’s two other infantry brigade combat teams,” Army Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for U.S. Army Europe, said in a statement.

The brigade from the 101st Airborne will replace the division’s 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. The 82nd Airborne troops will replace a similar unit from the 10th Mountain Division, an Army news release says.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; Ukraine
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A friendly reminder to the Muscovites about how close they are to NATO troops...
1 posted on 09/24/2023 9:08:48 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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WTH???

“We look forward to the return of the 82nd Airborne Division to the continent, and to the Rakkasan’s next ‘rendezvous with destiny,’ Army Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for U.S. Army Europe.

This is sick. He is downright gleeful.

2 posted on 09/24/2023 9:11:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Timber Rattler
Let's see. I think at present count we owe the Russians a submarine, a naval HQs, a capital ship - which in our case is a carrier - and two major pipelines.

Let's see how all of that works out for us.

3 posted on 09/24/2023 9:11:07 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Timber Rattler

Romania is the southeast of NATO, but is Central Europe geographically not “Eastern Europe”.


4 posted on 09/24/2023 9:11:39 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Timber Rattler

Sending our troops overseas would be a good time for the Chinese to activate the soldiers coming through our southern (and probably northern) border.


5 posted on 09/24/2023 9:16:41 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Timber Rattler

When these men die I don’t want to hear any complaining from you war whores about the need to escalate or send more money or equipment.


6 posted on 09/24/2023 9:19:01 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Timber Rattler

Recall these troops and more to stop the invasion in Eagle Pass and El Paso.


7 posted on 09/24/2023 9:19:49 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: ryderann

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to end well.
Just more Ukrainian porn for the war mongers to get excited over.


8 posted on 09/24/2023 9:20:19 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Timber Rattler

WWIII won’t be fought with infantry and ground troops, but with nuclear missiles. WWIV will be fought will stones and clubs.


9 posted on 09/24/2023 9:21:05 AM PDT by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: Timber Rattler

Damn, damn, DAMN.

I despise this administration.


10 posted on 09/24/2023 9:21:07 AM PDT by SE Mom
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*yawn* this is normal unit rotation, nothing has changed, nothing irregular., no increase… SOP.


11 posted on 09/24/2023 9:23:01 AM PDT by CapandBall
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When these men die I don’t want to hear any complaining from you war whores about the need to escalate or send more money or equipment.

Don't worry about that.

You'll never hear a word.

12 posted on 09/24/2023 9:23:42 AM PDT by icclearly (Q)
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To: Timber Rattler

So….this is a normal rotation?

The article states they are replacing troops that have been there for a while.

Gee, NATO troops being rotated to Europe, replacing existing NATO troops. I am sure Moscow is shaking in their boots and getting the nukes ready to fly. //obvious sarcasm…except to Russian propagandists.


13 posted on 09/24/2023 9:24:45 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Timber Rattler

Basically they’re being spread out in penny packets all over Eastern Europe.


14 posted on 09/24/2023 9:26:22 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Timber Rattler

15 posted on 09/24/2023 9:26:34 AM PDT by conservativeimage (Divorce the Deep State Peacefully: Become a State National - tasa.americanstatenationals.org)
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To: SE Mom

Here we go again. Democratic party the party of war. War against half the people at home and war against anybody whether they’re in the nearest or in eastern Europe. This group never found the war they didn’t like.


16 posted on 09/24/2023 9:26:45 AM PDT by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause it’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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I'm sure that'll work out real well, just like....

- Korea
- Vietnam
- Iraq
- Afganastan

Maybe their trannies, rainbow flags, and patches will show those Ruskies we really mean business this time!

Boo!

17 posted on 09/24/2023 9:29:27 AM PDT by icclearly (Q)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I’ll second that. Priority now is the invasion of our own damn country. And when SHTF here, not for a damn second do I think other countries will be coming to help us. Not even Ukraine.


18 posted on 09/24/2023 9:30:52 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: CapandBall

Exactly, no need to get hysterical on a standard rotation deployment


19 posted on 09/24/2023 9:32:11 AM PDT by baclava
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

20 posted on 09/24/2023 9:32:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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