MidnightMoon
July 14th, 2003, 5:00pm
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Associated Press
Jul 14, 2003
The Army said today that thousands of Third Infantry Division soldiers based at Fort Stewart have had their deployment in Iraq extended, dashing hopes that the troops would be home by September.
Major General Buford Blount the third, the division's commander, said last week he hoped the division's First and Second Brigade Combat Teams of roughly nine-thousand soldiers could return within the next six weeks.
Fort Stewart spokesman Richard Olson said today that homecomings for those soldiers, as well as the division's Third Squadron, Seventh Cavalry Regiment, have now been postponed indefinitely.
The Third Infantry Division, which deployed 16,500 troops to Iraq, led the assault on Baghdad. Since the major fighting ended, those soldiers have served as peacekeepers and have been routing out pockets of Iraqi resisters loyal to Saddam Hussein. Some have been in the region since September.
Several thousand Third Infantry troops, including the Third Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Benning in Columbus, began returning last week. Their homecomings are not affected.
Associated Press
Jul 14, 2003
The Army said today that thousands of Third Infantry Division soldiers based at Fort Stewart have had their deployment in Iraq extended, dashing hopes that the troops would be home by September.
Major General Buford Blount the third, the division's commander, said last week he hoped the division's First and Second Brigade Combat Teams of roughly nine-thousand soldiers could return within the next six weeks.
Fort Stewart spokesman Richard Olson said today that homecomings for those soldiers, as well as the division's Third Squadron, Seventh Cavalry Regiment, have now been postponed indefinitely.
The Third Infantry Division, which deployed 16,500 troops to Iraq, led the assault on Baghdad. Since the major fighting ended, those soldiers have served as peacekeepers and have been routing out pockets of Iraqi resisters loyal to Saddam Hussein. Some have been in the region since September.
Several thousand Third Infantry troops, including the Third Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Benning in Columbus, began returning last week. Their homecomings are not affected.