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BAGHDAD — Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division took over partnership responsibilities with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in eastern Baghdad during a transfer ceremony, Nov. 15. The ceremony here at Joint Security Station Loyalty marked the end to the year-long deployment for paratroopers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. "I would like to take a moment to thank ... the entire Panther team for the hard work they put in to making our transition a success,” said Col. David M. Miller, of Evanston, Ill., the commander of 2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. “Congratulations...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE AIRBORNE, Afghanistan, May 8, 2009 – During his last stop on a whirlwind two-day visit through Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates brought encouragement and assurance of support to 10th Mountain Division soldiers who have been deployed here since January. “What you are doing out here is really important,” Gates told an assembly of 3rd Brigade Combat Team soldiers at this high-altitude outpost in Wardak province. Gates recalled the historical lessons the United States and the world learned when they turned their collective backs on Afghanistan after the Soviets were ousted in the late 1980s. Four years...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. — In 1977, Jeff Buchanan received his diploma as a graduate of Buena High School. And on Feb. 8, the 1982 University of Arizona graduate with a bachelor’s degree in wildlife ecology received his first star, making him an Army brigadier general. His proud mother traveled from Sierra Vista to Fort Drum to help promote him. Carolyn Buchanan, who has lived in Sierra Vista since 1978 and resided in the area when she and her husband Paul came to Fort Huachuca for previous assignments, talked about her son with pride on Saturday. “He was a good boy....