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In January 2006, NATO's focus in southern Afghanistan was to form Provincial Reconstruction Teams with the British leading in Helmand Province and the Netherlands and Canada leading similar deployments in Orūzgān Province and Kandahar Province, respectively. The Americans remained in control of Zabul Province.
Based at Fort Lewis, Washington, the 5th SBCT deployed approximately 4,000 soldiers to Afghanistan in mid-summer 2009. [3] Part of the brigade is deployed to Zabul province as part of Task Force Zabul. [4] This is the first rotation to Afghanistan for one of the U.S. Army's new Stryker brigades and includes the following units:
The 4th Brigade, also known as the 506th Regimental Combat Team, deployed to Afghanistan in April 2008 and relieved the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. The 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team New York Army National Guard [ 33 ] was the headquarters of Task Force Phoenix, which was in charge of training the Afghan National Army.
Operation Enduring Freedom referred to the U.S.-led combat mission in Afghanistan. [16] [17] The codename was also used for counter-terrorism operations in other countries targeting Al Qaeda and remnants of the Taliban, such as OEF-Philippines, OEF-Trans Sahara, and possibly in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, [18] primarily through government funding vehicles.
US troops from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan, August 2006. In January 2006, NATO's focus in southern Afghanistan was to form Provincial Reconstruction Teams with the British leading in Helmand Province and the Netherlands, Australia and Canada leading similar deployments in Orūzgān Province and Kandahar Province respectively.
In March 2007, the US deployed some 3,500 more troops, though the pace of deployment was slow due to American priorities in Iraq. [179] [180] In the first five months of 2008, the number of US troops in Afghanistan increased by over 80% with a surge of 21,643 more troops, bringing the total from 26,607 in January to 48,250 in June. [181]
Fort Liberty units will receive the presidential citation for their role in the August 2021 withdrawal and evacuation mission in Afghanistan.
Between 400 and 600 Danish Defence Force personnel were deployed in Afghanistan from the Royal Danish Army, mostly in the Helmand Province, the majority of these located at Camp Bastion, with the exception of approximately 50 DDF personnel serving with various military and civilian organizations. [citation needed]