THE ROTATION PLAN.

Well, at least now we know.

Army officials announced Wednesday deployment cycles for the next two years for the Army in contingencies around the world, focusing on when troops are coming in and out of Iraq.

All deployments to Iraq, except for the 82nd Airborne, will be for a minimum of one year.

The plan includes the following rotations:

The two remaining brigades of the 3rd Infantry Division will return home in September and be replaced by soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, the only soldiers to see a six-month rotation instead of a year in Iraq for the foreseeable future.

The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force will be replaced by a Polish division in the September-October time frame.

The 4th Infantry Division will be replaced in March or April by the 1st Infantry Division with an attached special brigade from the National Guard.

The 1st Armored Division will be replaced between February and April with the 1st Cavalry Division with attached Guard special brigade.

The 2nd Light Armored Cavalry Regiment will be replaced with a brigade from the 1st Cavalry Division in March or April.

The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment will be replaced in March or April by the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, the Stryker’s first deployment. The 3rd ACR and Stryker Brigade will have an overlap of duties.

The 101st Airborne Division will redeploy in February and March, after a year in the region, to be replaced with coalition divisions yet to be named.

The Army’s rotational plan also outlines schedules for current worldwide missions, which will keep rotations to Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Sinai at six months in duration.