Editing 82nd Airborne Division (section)

===Operation Freedom's Sentinel===

The 1st BCT deployed to Afghanistan in support of [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)#Post ISAF phase|Operation Freedom's Sentinel]] from June 2017 to March 2018.<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><ref>{{Cite web |author=Drew Brooks| title = More Than 2,000 Paratroopers Deployed To Afghanistan on Short Notice| work = Task & Purpose| access-date = 6 September 2018| date = 21 September 2017| url = https://taskandpurpose.com/afghanistan-war-paratroopers-deployment| archive-date = 12 July 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190712140031/https://taskandpurpose.com/afghanistan-war-paratroopers-deployment}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title = 1st Brigade marks end of deployments to Afghanistan, Kosovo |newspaper=The Fayetteville Observer | access-date = 6 September 2018| url = http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180319/1st-brigade-marks-end-of-deployments-to-afghanistan-kosovo}}</ref> Two soldiers were killed in action when their convoy was purposefully hit by a vehicle filled with explosives.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/08/03/pentagon-identifies-two-u-s-troops-killed-in-afghanistan/| title = Pentagon identifies two U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

The 3rd BCT deployed to Afghanistan in support of [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)#Post ISAF phase|Operation Freedom's Sentinel]] from July 2019 to March 2020. In February 2020 soldiers from the [[1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (United States)|1st BCT]], [[10th Mountain Division]] were deployed to Afghanistan to replace the 3rd BCT as part of a unit rotation.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st BCT, 10th Mountain Division to replace the 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division for unit rotation in the winter of 2020|url=https://www.army.mil/article/230130/army_announces_upcoming_1st_bct_10th_mountain_division_unit_rotation|website=army.mil|date=5 December 2019|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>