{"id":19959,"date":"2019-04-05T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/05\/soldiers-from-101st-airborne-set-to-deploy-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:06:20","slug":"soldiers-from-101st-airborne-set-to-deploy-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/04\/05\/soldiers-from-101st-airborne-set-to-deploy-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers from 101st Airborne set to deploy to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2019\/02\/26\/5-soldiers-awarded-distinguished-flying-cross-for-rescuing-wounded-comrades-in-a-damaged-aircraft\/\">101st Airborne Division<\/a> (Air Assault) will case their colors and deploy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/12\/31\/why-russia-is-swallowing-the-black-sea-and-wont-stop-until-it-has-choked-out-ukraine\/\">Ukraine <\/a>within days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 150 soldiers will deploy in mid-April, according to a Friday release from the 101st Airborne, and they are expected to be gone for nine months. They will replace the Tennessee National Guard\u2019s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which has been in Ukraine since last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers from each of the brigade\u2019s seven battalions will form Task Force Carentan. They are scheduled to case their colors April 12 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/31\/army-announces-bct-overseas-deployments-coming-up-this-summer\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5069207.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army announces BCT overseas deployments coming up this summer<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Soldiers will be deploying to Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their mission will be to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/03\/13\/prepare-to-man-fort-trump-us-has-made-poland-a-very-serious-robust-offer-for-base\/\"> advise and assist<\/a> Ukrainian armed forces in developing the Yavoriv Combat Training Center in the western part of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission is part of efforts to build up Ukraine\u2019s defense and training capabilities though an initiative called the Joint Multinational Training Group &#8211; Ukraine, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Task Force Carentan will help develop cadre, ranges and training areas. 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