Editing 3rd Infantry Division (United States) (section)

====Operation Freedom's Sentinel====
In April 2017, ''Military.com'' reported that about 200 soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters will deploy to Afghanistan to replace the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]] Headquarters at Bagram Airfield taking over command of the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan's National Support Element, as part of [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)#2014–2015: Withdrawal and increase of insurgency|Operation Freedom's Sentinel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/04/27/army-deploy-nearly-6000-soldiers-europe-afghanistan.html|title=Army to Deploy Nearly 6,000 Soldiers to Europe, Afghanistan|publisher=Military.com|date=27 April 2017}}</ref>

Starting in December 2018 troops of the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th IBCT of the 3rd Infantry Division were deployed in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. These missions included train, advising, assist missions for the Afghanistan military as well as attaching infantry units from the 3rd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment to Army Special Forces ODAs and other Special Operations forces.