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3rd Stryker Brigade heading to Afghanistan

Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord, Aug 28 (Newswire): The 3rd Stryker Brigade will be deployed to Afghanistan in December, the US Department of Defense announced.

The brigade's 2nd Infantry Division will be part of an upcoming rotation of forces operating in Afghanistan, the DOD said.

Base spokesman Joe Piek said this will be the unit's fourth deployment and its first to Afghanistan. The deployment will involve about 3,200  soldiers.

The unit returned in September 2010 from its most recent mission after spending a year in Ira
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