REPLACING THE 3D ID

The 82nd Airborne Division's equipment was on the move Thursday.

A convoy of vehicles was on Interstate 95 in the early afternoon, heading for South Carolina ports for shipment to Iraq.

The equipment is from the division headquarters, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and supporting units. The 507th Corps Support Group and other units of the 1st Corps Support Command are helping with the move.

The units from the 82nd will replace the 3rd Infantry Division, which will return to Fort Stewart, Ga.

The 82nd paratroopers are scheduled to begin deploying to Iraq in September. They are expected to stay in the country for about six months. With their arrival, two of the division's three brigades will be deployed in the effort to root out Saddam loyalists and rebuild Iraq.