Their brigade -- based at North Carolina's Fort Bragg -- is among the first specifically assigned to train Afghan security and military forces.

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The besieging forces are U.S. Army airborne and special-operations forces from Fort Bragg.

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The troops being deployed from Fort Bragg have already been processed -- they've been given inoculations, and they've made out wills.

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Shortly before they deployed in August, the Millers revisited family memories at Fort Bragg's Wilson Park -- the same spot where the couple picnicked with their toddler son and daughter years ago.

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Replacing the 3rd Infantry Division will be soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in a six-month long rotation.

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