3rd ID brigade set to return early from Iraq

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3rd ID brigade set to return early from Iraq
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 16, 2008 6:06:22 EDT

FORT STEWART, Ga. — About 4,000 Fort Stewart soldiers serving in Iraq are expected to wrap up their deployment a month early, meaning most of them should be home in time for the Christmas holidays, the Army said Wednesday.

Maj. Jesse Goldman, a spokesman for Fort Stewart’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, said Wednesday the Army is letting the brigade come home sooner because replacement U.S. forces will have already arrived in advance of January elections in Iraq.

Goldman said 4th Brigade soldiers learned the good news this week.

The troops make up the last of the 3rd Infantry Division’s four brigades remaining in Iraq. The rest returned between March and June from the division’s third tour since the war began in 2003.

The 4th Brigade was initially scheduled to deploy for 15 months and return in January.


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