Edited sentence: 2006—2007.2008–2009.2nd Brigade Combat Team would not be transformed until September 2005, pending a deployment to Iraq.After a one-year rest, the headquarters of the 10th Mountain Division was deployed to Iraq for the first time in April 2008, along with the 4th Brigade Combat Team.During this time, the deployment of the brigade was extended alond with that of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, however, it was eventually replaced by the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team which was rerouted from Iraq.In January 2005, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division was activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana.In January 2009, the 3rd BCT instead deployed to Logar and Wardak, Nangargar and Kunar Provinces in eastern Afghanistan to relieve the 101st Airborne Division, as part of a new buildup of US forces in that country.Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army).On September 16, 2004, the division headquarters finished its transformation.Operation Enduring Freedom.The 10th Mountain participated in larger scale operations such as Operation Phantom Phoenix.The 1st Brigade became the 1st Brigade Combat Team, while the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division was activated for the first time.The 3rd Brigade Combat Team was slated to deploy to Iraq in 2009, but that deployment was rerouted.The brigade was responsible for expanding Forward Operating Bases in the region, as well as strengthening US military presence in the region in preparation for additional US forces to arrive.The division and brigade served in the eastern region of the country, along the border with Pakistan, fulfilling a similar role as it did during its previous deployment.The division headquarters and 3rd Brigade Combat Team redeployed to Afghanistan in 2006, staying in the country until 2007.The division headquarters served as the command element for southern Baghdad, while the 4th BCT operated in North Baghdad.Upon the return of the division headquarters and 1st Brigade from a deployment to Afghanistan, the 10th Mountain Division began the process of transformation into a modular division.Year(s).for service in Iraq