Pentagon OKs early deployment for 2,600 from combat aviation unit for 'surge'
The 3rd Infantry Division combat aviation brigade, shown on an earlier tour of Iraq, is a rapid reaction force capable of providing 24-hour combat activity, including air assault.
Some 2,600 soldiers from a combat aviation unit will go to Iraq ahead of schedule, part of the support troops the Pentagon has said are needed to back the extra combat units President Bush is sending there.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the deployment of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division combat aviation brigade 45 days earlier than planned, meaning they will go around May, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday.
The approval will mean roughly 30,000 troops eventually will go to Baghdad and Anbar province in the Bush administration’s buildup to crack down on rising sectarian violence and insurgents, Whitman said.
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Some 2,600 soldiers from a combat aviation unit will go to Iraq ahead of schedule, part of the support troops the Pentagon has said are needed to back the extra combat units President Bush is sending there.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the deployment of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division combat aviation brigade 45 days earlier than planned, meaning they will go around May, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday.
The approval will mean roughly 30,000 troops eventually will go to Baghdad and Anbar province in the Bush administration’s buildup to crack down on rising sectarian violence and insurgents, Whitman said.
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