About 60 soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division are scheduled to return Friday to Fort Drum NY.
The soldiers spent 15 months in south Baghdad. The brigade has the most months deployed of any Army brigade since 2001, according to Army data.
This first group of soldiers, known as the torch party, will help with re-deployment efforts for the rest of the brigade's 3,500 soldiers. Most of the brigade will be home by the second week of November.
Soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division will replace 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain in south Baghdad, under Multi-National Division-Center. Third Brigade, 101st Airborne, now on its fourth deployment, will continue the search for Spc. Alex Jimenez and Pvt. Byron Fouty, two
soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain who were captured by insurgent forces after their patrol was attacked May 12.
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