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Pentagon to delay soldiers' return home

Apr-15-2004 » Filed Under: General Military

The second SBCT at Ft. Lewis, the 1-25, is mentioned in this article.

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By Tom Bowman, Sun National Staff

WASHINGTON - About 21,000 combat-hardened Army troops stationed in Iraq for the past year will remain there for three to four more months to fight the insurgency, the Pentagon is expected to announce this week, defense officials said yesterday.

Most of the soldiers will come from the 1st Armored Division, based in Germany; about 3,000 others are assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based at Fort Polk, La. [...]

Should the security situation continue to deteriorate, officials said that options for additional troops could include accelerating the deployment of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., whose estimated 3,600 soldiers are expected to rotate into Iraq later this year, or sending members of the 3rd Marine Division, which has 15,000 to 20,000 Marines on Okinawa, Japan.


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