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  • 3rd Infantry Division gets marching orders for Iraq

    07/23/2004 2:29:24 PM PDT · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 7 replies · 830+ views
    Macon Telegraph ^ | Jul. 23, 2004 | ELLIOTT MINOR
    FORT BENNING, Ga. - The Army's 3rd Infantry Division, which led the blitz to Baghdad during the Iraqi war, announced Friday that it has received deployment orders to return for at least a year to combat the nagging insurgency and to help the Iraqis establish their own government. "The deployment is part of a planned rotation of forces," said Maj. Gen. William Webster, the division's commander, in a release issued from 3rd ID headquarters at Fort Stewart, near Savannah. "We expect to be deployed for approximately one year. However, there are no guarantees. The situation on the ground and the...
  • 3rd ID to team up with NY Guard unit

    07/12/2004 11:18:12 AM PDT · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 28 replies · 1,003+ views
    Hinesville Coastal Courier ^ | 07/12/2004 | American Forces Press Service
    The 3rd Infantry Division will team up with the New York National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division for Operation Iraqi Freedom 3 rotation, Defense Department officials said Thursday.The 3rd Infantry Division headquarters will command two brigades of the division and the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard. The division will relieve the 1st Cavalry Division in and around Baghdad. The other two maneuver brigades of the 3rd will come under command of the 42nd Infantry Division. Also with the 42nd will be the 116th Cavalry Brigade out of Boise, ID. The 42nd will relieve the 1st Infantry Division. Troop...