DoD aNnounces Next Iraq, Afghanistan Rotations Army News Service December 14, 2004 WASHINGTON - The Stryker Brigade in Alaska and a brigade of the Georgia National Guard are scheduled to begin deploying to Iraq in mid-2005, along with the returning 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and 4th Infantry Division, a brigade of the 10th Mountain Division and a brigade of the 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan. Two other brigades of the 10th Mountain division from Fort Drum, N.Y., will deploy to Afghanistan next year along with the headquarters of the Florida National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade, Defense officials announced. Department of Defense released a partial rotation list Dec. 14 of units scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. As other units are identified and alerted, officials said subsequent announcements will be made. OIF Rotation For Operation Iraqi Freedom, the rotation is consistent with the current force structure in Iraq of 17 brigades and three division headquarters, DoD officials said. The partial troop deployment list includes: o 48th Infantry Brigade (Separate), Georgia Army National Guard o 172d Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska o 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. o 101st Airborne Division, Air Assault (division headquarters and 4 brigades), Fort Campbell, Ky. o 4th Infantry Division (division headquarters and 4 brigades), Fort Hood, Texas o 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. The 101st Airborne Division went into Iraq in March 2003 as part of the initial assault and began redeploying to Fort Campbell this past February. The 4th Infantry Division entered Iraq in April 2003 and returned to Fort Hood this past April. The first units deploying to Iraq in the next rotation are scheduled to arrive in mid-2005, officials said, and successive units will deploy at various times through mid-2006. OEF Rotation For Operation Enduring Freedom, the 3rd and 4th Brigades and headquarters elements of the Army's 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, N.Y., will deploy to Afghanistan next year along with the headquarters of the Florida National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade. This OEF rotation is consistent with the current force structure of three brigades and a division headquarters in Afghanistan, DoD officials said. They said the first units deploying to Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in mid-2005, and successive units will deploy at various points through mid-2006. DoD's goal is to increasingly pass responsibility for security and governance of Iraq and Afghanistan to the security forces of those nations, officials said. They added that U.S. force rotations may be tailored based upon changes in the security situation in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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