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10th Mountain Division (1985)
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In 1985, the 10th Mountain Division was officially reactivated as a Light Infantry Division at Fort Drum. The division specializes in training under extreme conditions and is designed to deploy rapidly anywhere in the world. To support its addition at Fort Drum, a massive construction program began and created the modern North Post portion of the installation. In 1989, the division reached full strength, and from 1986 through 1992 Fort Drum developed 130 new buildings, 35 miles of roads, and more than 4000 sets of family dwellings through an investment of more than a billion dollars. Since the division's arrival and beginning in 1990, soldiers at Fort Drum have served in operations around the world, including Desert Shield/Storm, Hurricane Andrew relief, and operations in Somalia, Haita, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Today, these missions continue as Fort Drum soldiers meet new challenges facing the nation.
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