The 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division will conduct an unclassified community briefing about the upcoming deployment to Afghanistan on the campus of Cumberland University.

The briefing will take place at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the June and Bill Heydel Fine Arts Center located at the Spring Street entrance to the campus.

It is anticipated that the unit will deploy in November and involve some 3,000 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team and nearly 2,600 soldiers from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, both from Ft. Campbell's 101st Airborne Division.

The public is invited to attend.