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Fort Knox soldiers readying for a year-long deployment to Afghanistan have new equipment and uniforms to help them in their mission. The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, is one of the first combat teams to utilize a new form of camouflage uniform known as the MultiCam, which consists of seven different shades of camouflage that Army officials say better captures the multiple styles of terrain found within Afghanistan, from deserts and wooded areas to villages and mountains. The MultiCam has replaced the Army Combat Uniform — ACU for short — in Afghanistan and will be advantageous in...

For Erica Lukachko and her growing family, deployments don’t get any easier. Her husband, Sgt. First Class Aaron Lukachko, is gearing up for a winter deployment to Afghanistan as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division — his third deployment in his 14-year military career, Erica said. It’s a familiar feeling for many families who arrived Thursday in support of their loved ones at Fort Knox as the soldiers took to Brooks Field during a deployment ceremony. Often referred to as the Duke Brigade, the brigade moved to Fort Knox from Fort Hood as part of...

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205th IA detain suspected attackers and financier in Muqdadiyah MUQDADIYAH, Iraq—Iraqi Army soldiers from the 205th IA Battalion detained four individuals in connection with an attack on the battalion Sergeant Major’s home in Muqdadiyah on Jan. 11. The suspects voluntarily gave information that led to the arrest of another man suspected of paying for the attack. That suspect was also detained. IPS, 1st ID Soldiers visit residents and collect weapons BAQUBAH, Iraq—1st Infantry Division Soldiers from Task Force 1-6 Field Artillery and Iraqi police went door-to-door in the Suwamara neighborhood of Baqubah on Jan. 11 looking for illegal weapons. The...

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A 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed and two others were wounded today by an improvised explosive device near Baqubah, Iraq, according to a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release. The soldiers had arrived at the scene after the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps reported an IED. As the soldiers investigated, it exploded, the news release said. The wounded soldiers were reported to be in stable condition at a nearby military hospital. Also in Iraq, the morale of the country's national police remains high, even though they've been the targets of deadly terrorist attacks over the past few months, a...

"We'll be good. … We'll be careful, and we'll be back," was what Army Brig. Gen. Danny H. Hickman promised the thousands of family members gathered at the Crown Coliseum here today. Hickman will lead the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade – a part of the North Carolina National Guard – to Iraq next month. The brigade is the first complete National Guard combat brigade to deploy since the end of World War II. The brigade also has soldiers from West Virginia, New York, Minnesota, Maryland, Illinois, Alabama, Texas and California. It will be part of the 1st Infantry Division, which...

For at least 20 years, the Middle East has been "heading down the wrong road," and now the Iraqi people have the chance to change the course of history, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said here. Wolfowitz, visiting the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division, which is deploying to Iraq in February, said the Middle East is at an important turning point. He said the U.S. job is to aid the Iraqi people as they make the transition from 35 years of "sadists and torturers" under Saddam Hussein's rule to a representative government. The threat still exists, he added. "Saddam...

When the 14,000 soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division deploy from Germany in the coming month, they will leave about 25,000 family members in various German cities. What happens with the families is important to the Defense Department. So important, in fact, that Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz made his first stop here a visit with representatives of the Big Red One's Family Support Group. The 1st Infantry Division is set to relieve the 4th Infantry Division in Iraq, where they'll spend a year while their spouses must shoulder the burdens at home. "If we had to come up with...

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Steadfast Fort Riley As times and the Army's needs have changed over the past 150 years, so has the adaptable yet reliable military outpost. When it opened in 1853, Fort Riley was no different from any of the other frontier forts that were beginning to dot the Old West. Like Fort Scott and later Fort Larned, it was built to keep an eye on neighboring Native American tribes and protect traders and settlers along Kansas' trails. Most of those forts are long gone. But because it has been able to change along with the rest of the nation, Fort Riley...

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Dear Lord, There's a young man far from home, called to serve his nation in time of war; sent to defend our freedom on some distant foreign shore. We pray You keep him safe, we pray You keep him strong, we pray You send him safely home ... for he's been away so long. There's a young woman far from home, serving her nation with pride. Her step is strong, her step is sure, there is courage in every stride. We pray You keep her safe, we pray You keep her strong, we pray You send her safely home...

By Paul Reynolds BBC News Online world affairs correspondent While media attention is on trouble spots further south, the main military engagement of this war so far is beginning to get under way south of Baghdad in fighting which will help determine if there is to be a siege of the capital. The UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said in the House of Commons that there would be "a crucial moment" when coalition forces encountered the Medina division of the Republican Guard who are defending the route to Baghdad. The Republican Guard (which has two other divisions south of...

Monday, October 14, 2002 V Corps confirms Mideast orders By Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Monday, October 14, 2002 PRIZREN, Kosovo — The Pentagon has ordered the Army’s top warfighting command in Europe to the Middle East, the first U.S. Army Europe unit to deploy as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, officials confirmed Sunday. “Elements of V Corps headquarters have received a deployment order to deploy to U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,” said Lt. Col. Joe Richard, V Corps spokesman in a telephone interview. Central Command oversees all military operations throughout most of the Middle East...