United States Army 1st
Infantry Division (‘Big Red One’) headquarters will deploy to Iraq in the
coming weeks to take command and control of the expanding American military
presence in the country to advise and assist Iraqi and Peshmerga forces. Army
Major General Paul Funk will command the headquarters in Iraq.
The Big Red One, of Fort
Riley, Kansas, will be the first division headquarters to deploy to Iraq since
the U.S. withdrawal in 2011. About 500 soldiers will be assigned to the
headquarters, in addition to about 1,600 troops already deployed to Iraq. Of
these, some 200 U.S. soldiers are assigned to joint operations centers in
Baghdad and Erbil, as well as the Ministry of Defense. (Army Times, 25
September)
Photo: Big Red One patch
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