More than 100 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment deployed Thursday. The rest of the battalion of about 800 soldiers is scheduled to deploy today.
The 82nd’s 2nd Brigade has been one of the division’s most frequently deployed units, sending soldiers to Iraq or Afghanistan seven times. The unit is the U.S. military’s global response force. The unit has been on standby since June, ready to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours.
Meanwhile, on the North Carolina coast, more than 2,000 Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit will leave aboard the amphibious ships USS Bataan, Fort McHenry and Carter Hall in the coming days. The Marine Corps did not say when the unit would depart.
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit recently returned from a seven-month deployment to Europe and the Middle East.
— Associated Press
