Bulgarian troops deploy to Afghanistan

Bulgaria will send on Thursday its 21st contingent to Afghanistan.

The new unit will participate in an ISAF mission in Kabul. A total of 90% of the contingent's 165 soldiers have already participated in missions. The contingent includes 13 women and will be commanded by Svetoslav Godinov, company commander of the Bulgarian 38th Infantry Battalion.

Currently, a total of 600 Bulgarian soldiers and medical staff are currently stationed in Afghanistan in Kabul and Kandahar.

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Syracuse National Guard unit trains for Afghanistan

Fort Drum (WSYR-TV) - Hundreds of Central New Yorkers are nearly finished training for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Members of the 27th Infantry Brigade have rotated through Fort Drum over the past six weeks to prepare.

3,000 US troops of 45th Infantry deploying to Afghanistan

Over 3,000 troops with the U.S 45th Infantry Brigade will deploy to Afghanistan later this week. The brigade have completed training at Camp Shelby, Hattisburg, Mississippi.

This will be the largest single deployment of U.S troops since the Korean War.

Baptist physicians deploy to Afghanistan

SOUTHAVEN - Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto will be temporarily losing the services of two emergency medicine physicians when they deploy to Afghanistan in the coming weeks but CEO James Huffman said the hospital is proud of them for serving a higher calling.

"They will certainly be missed and our prayers are with them but we couldn't be prouder that two of our doctors are serving our U.S. military," Huffman said.

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Scots soldiers deploy to Helmand

Hundreds of Scots soldiers have carried out their final preparations before flying out to Afghanistan.

About 500 troops from The Highlanders 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) are travelling to the war-torn country to perform a ground-holding role.

The soldiers will spend six months in the Lashkar Gah region of Helmand province, taking over the position currently held by 2 SCOTS (Royal Highland Fusiliers).

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Upcoming military deployments

The following units are poised to deploy to Afghanistan:

The U.S 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion. Approximately 100 soldiers will deploy for a 9-month assignment after their training in Indiana is complete. The unit has undertaken two previous deployments in Iraq. This will be their first time in Afghanistan.

The U.S Rhode Island National Guard's 43rd Military Police Brigade HQ are about to spend a month training in Texas before heading to Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan. Their assignment at Bagram will be to oversee detention operations.

The U.S 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, will be deploying to Kandahar for a 1-year tour of duty in the next few weeks. The Brigade comprises around 3,600 soldiers. They will be replacing a battle-weary unit from the 101st Airborne.