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United States Army is preparing to deploy a division headquarters to Iraq 2509141.
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| Thursday, September 25, 2014 08:15 AM | |||
| United States Army is preparing to deploy a division headquarters to Iraq. | |||
As
the U.S. expands its war against the Islamic State, the Army is preparing
to deploy a division headquarters to Iraq. An official announcement is
expected in the coming days. But U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno
recently confirmed the Army "will send another division headquarters
to Iraq to control what we're doing there, a small headquarters." |
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 U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno |
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The division headquarters
deploying to Iraq is expected to be responsible for coordinating the
efforts of the 1,600 troops President Obama has sent to Iraq. Many of
these troops are advising and assisting the Iraqi Security Forces, others
are providing extra security, while others are providing intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. The headquarters also
is expected to head up the joint operations center that since July has
been run by Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard, the deputy commanding general for
operations for U.S. Army Central. On Monday night, the U.S. mounted its first airstrikes in Syria, targeting the Islamic State and also the Khorasan group, a little known terrorist cell. Monday night's massive air assault hitting 22 targets across Syria was a historic operation that signals a new expansion of a war that is likely to last for years. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft dropped precision-guided missiles on two separate and distinct extremists groups, targeting command-and-control headquarters, barracks, training camps logistical nodes and other sites, defense officials said. |
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