The 1st Infantry Division packs up to move to Iraq.
This was us just under a year ago. At that time we optimistically believed our soldiers would be gone between six and nine months.
This time these guys know up front to expect a year. And I don't envy them...or their families. By the way...this is the division to which Sarah's husband is assigned.
1st ID troops will unload their equipment in Kuwait while living in tent cities. Then they will go through about 7-10 days of training, including live-fire convoy drills for every soldier.
“We want to make sure all soldiers in the convoy have the right training,” she said.
Then they will convoy north to their bases. Although for security reasons the division won’t reveal exactly where individual units will be deployed, spokesmen have said it will patrol roughly the same area as the 4th ID has for the past year...
The area includes most of the “Sunni Triangle,”...
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