The US Army is deploying more troops from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell to Iraq this summer.
Approximately 400 additional soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team will support Operation Inherent Resolve as a result of President Obama’s increase in authorized troop levels in Iraq.
They join the 1,300 soldiers deployed in the spring.
Last month, Ma. Gen. Gary Volesky said the unit is gearing up to assist Iraqi security forces retake the city of Mosul, which has been a stronghold of the so-called Islamic State since 2014. The troops are working to establish a logistics hub at an air base south of the city.
Volesky said soldiers in Iraq can expect a nine month rotation, unless conditions change in the operation.
