Spc. Anthony Grubba from Columbus, Ohio, with the U.S. Army 94th Engineer Battalion, wears a mask against the cold as he watches a bulldozer being loaded on a train at the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany, on January 9, 2003.
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1st Armored Division
Soldiers: Up to 17,000
Home fort: Wiesbaden, Germany
Deployed to: The entire division is expected to receive orders to deploy to the Persian Gulf region.
Units: The division includes four brigade-sized units plus a division artillery unit and a division support command.
Duties: The 1st Armored Division is the U.S. Army's oldest armored division, armed with M1A2 Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, the Paladin field artillery system and Apache Longbow attack helicopters. Known as "Old Ironsides," the division led the attacks on Iraqi Republican Guard divisions in the 1991 Persian Gulf war and also participated in peacekeeping operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
Previous deployments
V Corps
Soldiers: 3,100
Home forts: Heidelberg, Germany
Deployed to: The Army has said the units have been deployed to the area covered by U.S. Central Command, which includes the Persian Gulf region.
Units: 94th and 54th engineer battalions of 130th Engineer Brigade; 22nd Signal Brigade, including 17th Signal Battalion; 3rd Corps Support Command; 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of the 12th Aviation Brigade; 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment of the 11th Helicopter Regiment; 18th Military Police Brigade; and elements of the 1st Infantry Division
Duties: These U.S. Army units serve a variety of combat and support roles, including clearing minefields and building bridges, command-and-control and helicopter-led assaults.
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