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Bush's Quagmire in Iraq Uses Almost all of Army's Combat Soldiers

U.S. Army Divisions Are Tied Down


April 28, 2004


(AP) - The status of the Army's 10 active-duty divisions:

* 1st Infantry Division: just arrived in Iraq to begin one-year tour.

* 1st Armored Division: one-year tour in Iraq extended by three months, to June.

* 1st Cavalry Division: just arrived in Iraq.

* 4th Infantry Division: just returned from Iraq.

* 101st Airborne Division: just returned from Iraq.

* 82nd Airborne Division: two of its three brigades just returned from Iraq; other brigade due to return shortly.

* 10th Mountain Division: currently in Afghanistan and Iraq.

* 2nd Infantry Division: one brigade in Iraq; rest of division in South Korea.

* 25th Infantry Division: part of division just arriving in Afghanistan for one-year tour; Stryker brigade preparing for Iraq deployment expected this fall.

* 3rd Infantry Division: returned from Iraq last summer; undergoing reorganization; due to go back to Iraq this fall or winter.

Separate combat brigades:

* 173rd Airborne Brigade: just returned from Iraq.

* 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment: just returned from Iraq.

* 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment: one-year tour in Iraq extended by three months, to June.

* 172nd Infantry Brigade: undergoing reorganization; due to regain warfighting readiness in May 2005.