Approximately 1,250 Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI), will deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve during the summer and fall.
In an address Monday to Soldiers at Fort Drum, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that elements of the Warrior Brigade will deploy to train, advise and assist Iraqi forces as part of the coalition campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
"This brigade has a history of excelling in whatever mission we're given, so I expect our troops to do well by helping to train, advise and assist the Iraqi and Peshmerga forces in the defeat of ISIL," said Col. Frederick "Mark" O'Donnell, 1st BCT commander.
"We recently completed training at the Joint Readiness Training Center (at Fort Polk, La.), so our Soldiers and Families are fully prepared to succeed knowing that we're one of the most-trained and ready forces in our Army," he added.
The brigade's last deployment, which ended in the fall of 2013, was a nine-month stint in Afghan-istan, where it served as a security, advise and assist brigade.
Fort Drum Public Affairs Office
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