Fort Bragg Unit Deploys For Fourth Combat Tour (NBC 17 Raleigh)
The 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade began deploying to Iraq this week. The 3,500 paratrooper brigade is deploying for the fourth time since Sept. 11, 2001. The brigade, nicknamed the Panthers, deployed to Afghanistan in July 2002 and twice to Iraq in August 2003 and August 2006. The brigade has a highly decorated history. It performed four parachute assaults during World War II, was ...
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