Army sending division HQ element to Iraq (1st Infantry)

Stars and Stripes ^ | 9/25/2014 | Jon Harper

[tobyhill]

The 1st Infantry Division headquarters will deploy to Iraq soon as the U.S. military steps up its campaign against Islamic State militants, the Pentagon said Thursday.

It will be the first division headquarters assigned to Iraq since U.S. forces withdrew from the country at the end of 2011.

About 500 soldiers from the Fort Riley, Kan.-based division will be heading for the Middle East next month with about 200 of them going to Iraq, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said.

“They’re going to provide command and control of the ongoing advise-and-assist effort in support of Iraqi and peshmerga forces. And they’re going to continue to help us all degrade and destroy ISIL,” Kirby told reporters, referring to the Islamic State by one of its acronyms.

[redlegplanner]

I the immortal words of the jodie:

Heeeeere we go again
Same ole shit again....

[tobyhill]

Mission Creep. Obama has 2 years left and he will end up putting 30,000 US Troops back in Iraq and then claim he didn't break it, “Bush's Fault”.

[ConorMacNessa]

Godspeed, Big Red One!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[redlegplanner]

Same bad guys, but new good guys. Vets are rapidly promoting out of or ETSing from the Company formations.

[Argus]

I guess these guys are equipped with carpet slippers so “no boots on the ground”remains valid.

[Empireoftheatom48]

If you wanna be one be a Big Red One!

[tumblindice]

Endless Summer

[Redcitizen]

That’s right! Get the patch! :)

[blueunicorn6]

You have a Division Headquarters to command and control a division of from 10,000 to 20,000 Soldiers. You don’t send a Division Headquarters to drive trucks.
Obama just won’t admit that he’s screwed up and doesn’t know what he’s doing.

[SunkenCiv]

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