FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- Nearly 1,100 members of the Fort Lewis-based Stryker Brigade began returning home Friday morning in ceremonies at the Army base.
A welcoming ceremony for the first of four groups of Stryker soldiers was scheduled to begin at 6 a.m., with three more celebrations planned Friday for families to greet soldiers who have been in Iraq for a year.
About 300 members of the Stryker brigade returned to Fort Lewis last Monday.
The Stryker brigade is in the process of being replaced by about 4,000 other soldiers from Fort Lewis.
1,100 Stryker Soldiers Returning Home
[Link to Article]FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- Nearly 1,100 members of the Fort Lewis-based Stryker Brigade began returning home Friday morning in ceremonies at the Army base.
A welcoming ceremony for the first of four groups of Stryker soldiers was scheduled to begin at 6 a.m., with three more celebrations planned Friday for families to greet soldiers who have been in Iraq for a year.
About 300 members of the Stryker brigade returned to Fort Lewis last Monday.
The Stryker brigade is in the process of being replaced by about 4,000 other soldiers from Fort Lewis.