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Hawaii gets approval for Stryker Brigade

Jul-13-2004 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

We missed this one yesterday.

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By Staff Sgt. Bradley Rhen (Army News Service)

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (Army News Service, July 12, 2004) U.S. Army Pacific has officially approved a Stryker Brigade Combat Team for Hawaii, putting to end three years of speculation, environmental studies and debate.

When it returns from its current Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) will begin the transformation into an SBCT. [...]

"We owe [Soldiers] the best possible training, the best possible equipment and the best possible technology not only to do their jobs for their country, but to protect their lives, and the Stryker Brigade does exactly that," Campbell said.

Hawaii's SBCT will be the fifth of six planned SBCTs. The first two are based at Fort Lewis, Wash., and there will also be one each in Louisiana, Alaska and Pennsylvania.

Only one is currently operational, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Lewis, and it is currently deployed to Iraq.

The Army's second SBCT - 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division - recently underwent its operational capabilities evaluation. It is expected to be certified by the Department of Defense as operationally ready sometime this summer, and will eventually replace 3rd Bde., 2nd ID in Iraq, officials said. [...]

UPDATE: The Associated Press also published an article yesterday regarding the 2/25 SBCT - "Hawaii will get chance to see Stryker up close".


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