The Unites States will deploy 1,500 soldiers from Alaska to Afghanistan later this year, the U.S Army announced Friday.
"These soldiers train rigorously in a wide range of climates and environments. I am fully confident in their ability to excel and overcome any challenges they will face during this deployment," said Maj. Gen. Bryan Owens, the commanding general of U.S Army Alaska, in an Army press release.
The deployment of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, is part of a regular rotation of forces in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
U.S troops in Afghanistan are split between two missions -- NATO's Resolute Support mission to advise Afghan security forces and the separate Freedom's Sentinel, the U.S counter-terrorism operation against the remnants of al-Qaeda; an emerging offshoot of Daesh; and other terrorists groups.
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