The first is management and personnel, overhead, logistics and base operations, and support missions.
Many American forces will remain involved in logistics, training Iraqi forces and other support missions.
This group bought the first portable morgue unit in the nation to support missions around the country.
He flew 17 combat missions and 75 combat support missions in the Vietnam War, receiving the Bronze Star and two Air Medals.
With military support, missions were established in Nacogdoches in East Texas, in Goliad in the south, and near El Paso in the far west.
Troops would be confined to bases; they would not be able to fly air support missions or otherwise participate in any way in combat operations, officials have said.
That change would be a departure from its historic role of providing elite forces to support missions under the control of regional commanders.
But explosions tonight suggested that American warplanes were already conducting close-air support missions as allied ground troops tightened their noose around the city.
The Army also wants $5 million to buy 20 Packbot systems, small robots with acoustical sensors used to support missions against snipers.
Some of the reservists could also be deployed overseas to provide security at American bases or perform other support missions, Pentagon officials said.
Over the years, the Quds Force has built an international network of assets, some of them drawn from the Iranian diaspora, who can be called on to support missions.
