European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 3 2007 stars and stripes pages Zeke and stripes members of the 3rd battalion 7th Field artillery regiment 3rd infantry brigade combat team 25th infantry division question a villager last month the defense department announced monday that the 25th infantry divisions tour in Iraq will be extended by 46 Days 25th infantry division will stay in Iraq 46 Days longer by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a troops with the 25th infantry division Headquarters now in Iraq will be extended for 46 Days and the 1st armoured division Headquarters element will be heading there in August As part of troop adjust ments defense officials said Mon Day the Wiesbaden Germany based 1st armoured division troops will be among about 7000 heading to Iraq to keep us Force Levels at 20 brigades through a gust Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the additional troops Are not expected to increase the Overall surge of us troops beyond 20 brigades Whitman said what youre seeing Here today reflects a decision that will carry the level of 20 combat teams through August he said the 1st armoured division troops along other Headquarters elements will serve As replace ments for Headquarters units Al ready in Iraq Whitman said a number of the troops deploy ing will have to Cut their time at Home Short to head downrange Whitman said the troops with the 10m Moun Tain division will deploy 47 Days before the end of their scheduled oneyear respite Between combat Tours he said meanwhile troops who going and when additional units now scheduled to deploy in support of the surge in Iraq 1st brigade 10th Mountain division fort drum by to arrive in june 1st armoured division Headquarters Wiesbaden Germany to arrive in August 4th infantry division Headquarters fort Hood Texas to arrive in August Xvan airborne corps Headquarters fort Bragg no to arrive in november additionally the 25th infantry division Headquarters already in Iraq will have its tour extended by 46 Days correction an april 1 Story about an exercise at the joint multinational readiness Center in Hohen Fels Germany should have said 8000 us troops Are participating with the 4th infantry division Headquarters Are expected to de ploy in september to Iraq 81 Days before the end of their year at Home this is a reflection that this a military that is in conflict we have were obviously using a significant portion of the Force combat units of the Force and its a reflection of the realities that exist right now Whitman said so far the Only other major unit to spend less than one year at Home was the Georgia based 3rd brigade of the 3rd infantry Divi Sion which returned to Iraq 48 Days Short of a years rest Whitman said reporters should not conclude from the defense departments decision to deploy troops before they Are finished with their time that other units Are not ready to deploy to Iraq i  put it that Way be cause i am sure there Are plenty of other units that Are ready to go he said these Are sourcing decisions that Are made though based on what makes the most sense for the next deploy units in addition about 3500 troops with the 1st brigade combat team 10th Mountain division Are expected to arrive in Iraq this june earlier this year defense Secretary Robert Gates announced mat troops who have to deploy be fore their full time at Home would be compensated but the defense department has yet to announce How it plans to do so Whitman said the defense department expects to announce soon plans to compensate troops who break dwell time and who Are extended asked if the compensation would be retroactive if the de sense department has still not made such an announcement by August Whitman said i am sure we would do the right thing also monday officials announced that about 1700 troops with army National guard units from Tennessee Utah Texas Kansas and Georgia will deploy to Iraq this september to meet the us commander in Iraq previously announced request for about 2200 military police to oversee Detainee operations to meet the rest of the Gener als request about 170 airmen Are deploying As military police and three Navy units have been extended for three months Whit Man said email Jeff Schogol at 1st ads he going Back to Iraq in late summer Dod says Usa eur also announces moves for soldiers in units going inactive by Kevin Dougherty stars and stripes the 1st armoured division Headquarters has been tabbed to deploy to Iraq in late summer As part of the latest rotation of forces announced by the Penta gon on monday us army Europe also Dis closed a series of moves that will help round out the 1st and Headquarters team heading to Iraq those moves involve personnel assigned to units scheduled to inactivate specifically sol Diers in artillery Engi Neer and intelligence in All about 1000 soldiers will be affected additionally us a eur announced the relocation and conversion of some 1st and units headquartered in wies Baden Germany the Divi Sion staff is Battle tested said maj Wayne Marotto chief of Public affairs for the division we Are combat proven collectively the Divi Sion Headquarters last deployed to Iraq in the Spring of 2003 that deployment lasted about 15 months this time around the division Headquarters will be led by maj Gen Mark p Hertling currently the Deputy chief of staff for Usa eur and seventh army Hertling who served on the Headquarters staff during the first deployment is expected to succeed maj Gen Fred d Robinson within the next month Orso it col Larry Wilson the Dep Uty division operations officer said much of the staff is already in place approximately 10 per cent of the staff would come from 1st and units that Are in the process of inactivating mainly in the artillery and Engineer realm Wilson explained that this por Tion of the deploying Force Gener ally would provide planning and oversight in these specific areas if s not the Guy pulling the lanyard on a howitzer Wilson said its the Headquarters folks while some details have yet to be fully worked out Wilson and other 1st and officials said the Headquarters staff would Proba Bly spend its tour in Northern Iraq the division currently in charge in that Region is based at Camp Speicher near the City of Cikrit that unit the 25th infantry division Headquarters on monday had its tour extended by 46 Days the Pentagon announced the 1st and Headquarters will be based somewhere North of Baghdad Wilson said for now division leaders Are expecting to spend a full year in Iraq but based on the units last deployment and recent develop ments that Tim Frame could shift in 2004 the divisions tour inactivating units Headquarters and Headquarters company 1st armoured division artillery brigade Baum older Headquarters and Headquarters company 1st and Engineer brigade Giessen Headquarters and Headquarters company 501st military Intelli gence battalion Wackenheim target acquisition Battery 1st battalion 94th Field artillery regiment Idar Oberstein 526th Engineer platoon Wiesbaden 518th Engineer platoon Wiesbaden converting units 1st armoured division Headquarters Wiesbaden to a modified modular division Headquarters and Headquarters company 141st signal Battal Ion Wiesbaden to 1st and special troops battalion 146th signal net work operations support company source us army Europe was extended by up to three months you plan for 365 Days and adjust accordingly Wilson said Leonard Kuhlenschmid the first sergeant of the divisions Headquarters and Headquarters company said monday he delayed his retirement in order to deploy with the unit Kuhlen Schmidt explained that up until a month or two ago the expectation was the 1st and Headquarters would not return to Iraq until the fall of 2008 in looking Forward to it the 25year Veteran said i re Quested to stay in the Organiza Tion so i can deploy during the yearlong deploy ment the 1st and Headquarters will keep a robust rear detach ment unit Back in Wiesbaden to take care of families Wilson said there is no intention to move the division Headquarters to the United states during the deployment though As the a mys transformation plan currently stands that remains part of the master plan email Kevin Dougherty at