In 1985, the famous 10th Mountain Division was officially reactivated as a Light Infantry Division at Fort Drum. The 10th Mountain Division specializes in training under extreme conditions and is designed to rapidly deploy anywhere in the world. To support the addition of the division at Fort Drum, a massive construction program was initiated, resulting in the development of the modern "North Post" portion of Fort Drum. 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 with an investment of more than a billion dollars.
Since the arrival of the 10th Mountain Division and beginning in 1990, soldiers at Fort Drum have engaged in operations all around the world to include Desert Shield/Storm, Hurricane Andrew Relief, and operations in Somalia, Haita, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Today, these missions continue as the soldiers of Fort Drum meet new challenges facing our nation.
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