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Stryker battalion stays active during VIP visit

Feb- 2-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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"Stryker battalion stays active during VIP visit by assistant defense secretary"

By Michael Gilbert; The News Tribune

MOSUL, Iraq – The last time Paul Wolfowitz ventured to Iraq, the guerrillas rocketed his Baghdad hotel.

For the deputy defense secretary's visit here Monday, it fell to the Stryker brigade's 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment to make sure there was no repeat of the Oct. 26 rocket attack that killed an American officer and injured 15 others...

UPDATE: This article has been updated since yesterday. The new one includes a photo.


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