FORT CAMPBELL, KY (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Mobile Brigade “Bastogne” will be deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Department of the Army announced Tuesday.
Bastogne will replace the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, in a one-for-one replacement, according to a press release.
Headquarters, 1st Armored Division, will deploy from Fort Bliss, Texas, to the Southern Border to replace the 101st Airborne Division Headquarters, which has been returning to Fort Campbell in recent weeks.
“We look forward to welcoming the Division headquarters element back home,” said Brig. Gen. Travis McIntosh, deputy commanding general of operations for the 101st Airborne Division. “We also wish Bastogne good luck as they head toward their next rendezvous with destiny!”
Bastogne is one of three combat brigades in the 101st Airborne Division, each made up of about 3,500 soldiers.
The 101st Airborne Division is a part of the Army’s effort to pioneer the evolution of vertical envelopment with modern equipment and well-trained soldiers, and to prepare the nation to win in any future military combat environment or conflict, the release said.
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