Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) in firing positions in southern Iraq on March 24, 2003.
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Soldiers: 15,000
Home forts: Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Air Field, and Fort Benning, Georgia
Deployed to: Kuwait
Units: The 1st and 3rd Brigades, along with aviation, artillery, logistic and support brigades, will join the division's 2nd Brigade, which is already in Kuwait.
Duties: The 3rd Division is a highly mobile, rapid-response unit of the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps. Its weaponry includes the M1A1 Abrams battle tank, the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
