Monday, June 11, 2007

As Hurricane Season Starts, Entire 82nd Airborne Redeploys Overseas

The Army's famed 82nd Airborne's "division ready brigade" was an integral part of domestic disaster-preparedness, especially for hurricane recovery, for years. But now it has been disbanded and the entire 82nd is being deployed overseas. Bush's six-day delay in sending the brigade into New Orleans may have cost lives. Now it is not an option.



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