Hundreds of Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, are set to depart for Afghanistan next week.
Col. Joseph Wawro and Command Sgt. Maj. Wiley Hutchison, the brigade’s commander and senior noncommissioned officer, cased its colors last month in preparation for its first deployment to Afghanistan. The “Dragon” Brigade has deployed to Iraq twice.
The brigade will serve under the “Big Red One” headquarters in Regional Command-East.
The first “Dragon” Soldiers departed Kansas for Afghanistan late April.
