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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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To: Timber Rattler
A friendly reminder that if you want to be a homofascist, gender-confused genocidal thug serving unaccountable globalist elitists, join the US armed forces.

If you want to defend America, join a militia in Texas.

61 posted on 09/24/2023 11:25:11 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: ryderann

Yup, just like we walk out the front door and leave the back door wide open (WITH a welcome mat)


62 posted on 09/24/2023 11:26:14 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: Timber Rattler

Replacing a brigade of mech inf and tanks with a brigade of lightly armed paratroopers and air assault infantry? A big drop in combat power.


63 posted on 09/24/2023 11:29:19 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Timber Rattler

3rd ID already there


64 posted on 09/24/2023 11:31:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
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To: tennmountainman; UMCRevMom@aol.com

Courtesy ping


65 posted on 09/24/2023 11:32:16 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: Spok

Only fools think a ground war between two nuke superpowers will stay just that past a few days or weeks

First side gets clobbered the temptation will be huge

I told my son I sure hope it doesn’t go hot

He told me if we get drawn in here it’ll be on you guys back in America soon enough

We’ll all likely perish

Good point

Insanity


66 posted on 09/24/2023 11:34:06 AM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
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To: Timber Rattler

Units beings rotated in to replace others being taken out. That’s all.


67 posted on 09/24/2023 11:35:12 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Dr. Franklin
Gonna have to fact check you.
68 posted on 09/24/2023 11:39:57 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: CapandBall

Stop telling the truth! Freepers do not want to hear about normal troop rotation. They want to hear about nuclear tensions rising and brink of war chit. 😉


69 posted on 09/24/2023 11:42:09 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: wardaddy
The Biden Worshipers and Allies or Blood Brothers, whichever you prefer are one step closer to getting us in a full blown nuclear war with Russia. Regardless of how it begins, if over 15 minutes elapse before it going full nuclear. it would surprise me. From what I have read, both sides have abandoned MAD. And now both sides are on what they consider First Provocation. Or words to that effect. We are probably are going to learn the hard way which side's nukes work best. But in the end there is this thing called radiation. And wind currents.
70 posted on 09/24/2023 11:51:19 AM PDT by sport
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To: Timber Rattler

Nikki is starting to get happy at the prospect of our troops in yet another grinder, while her own kids enjoy a good life. Meanwhile, a separate article describes the deplorable and dangerous conditions our military heroes are forced to live in here. Sad that they have to go to another war to enjoy an upgrade in their living conditions. But worry not; Nikki is well fed, clothed and housed.


71 posted on 09/24/2023 11:57:21 AM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

yup.


72 posted on 09/24/2023 12:06:05 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Starboard

My Hypothesis is before the election war is declared in order to suspend elections.
The evil in government, any government is power. They’ll kill their own citizen to retain it.


73 posted on 09/24/2023 12:23:43 PM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: Sertorius

Ukraine is not that big, and never was. Eastern Europe starts at the Urals. Poland, Hungary, and Romania are Central Europe, not Eastern.


74 posted on 09/24/2023 12:26:25 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: ConservativeInPA

The only good Russian soldier is a dead one.


76 posted on 09/24/2023 12:28:58 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Clemenza

Go to hell


77 posted on 09/24/2023 12:29:41 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Vacate the chair. Shutter the government until it can be correctly defunded.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I’ve already told my nephews not to sign up for the military

For the best. If they share your beliefs and affiliations, they would not be eligible to enlist.

78 posted on 09/24/2023 12:43:52 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I’ve already told my nephews not to sign up for the military.

You don't want them to serve for the Military–industrial complex. That said. I have a lot of respect for our military. Our bravest were able to assassinate Osama bin Laden. Obviously, that cause was just. But our leaders are not always using our soldiers wisely. They see them as cannon fodder.

79 posted on 09/24/2023 12:47:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: sport
From what I have read, both sides have abandoned MAD. And now both sides are on what they consider First Provocation. Or words to that effect.

Biden vs Putin. That's not good. I'll rather have us deal with the Politburo during the Cold War. But look at us. We have Biden.

80 posted on 09/24/2023 12:49:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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