Amid Afghanistan drawdown talks, Fort Bragg soldiers prepare to deploy: stripes/1.262726 While political leaders negotiate the terms of the drawdown of NATO forces from Afghanistan, Fort Bragg soldiers still are deploying to -- and dying in -- the war-torn country. More than 700 troops from Fort Bragg are in the process of deploying to Afghanistan, including about 500 from the 18th Airborne Corps Headquarters Battalion, which is taking over at the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command. In this photo, paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and the German Airborne Division file onto the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to a nighttime airborne operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Jan. 13, 2014. (KISSTA DIGREGORIO/U.S. ARMY)
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:15:51 +0000
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