The Department of Defense announced July 27 additional major units scheduled to deploy as part of the next Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation. This announcement involves four Army brigades and two Marine Regimental Combat Teams consisting of approximately 25,000 service members. This is a follow-on announcement to the Nov. 7, 2005, press release at http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20051107-5075.html and the June 20, 2006, release at http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060620-13303.html which identified other units for deployment. The scheduled rotation for the forces listed in this latest announcement will begin in late 2006. The major units are: 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Regimental Combat Team 2, Camp Lejeune, N.C. ; and Regimental Combat Team 6, Camp Lejeune, N.C. In addition, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., has been placed in a prepare-to-deploy status for possible deployment later this year.