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Modular brigades prep for deployment

Nov-19-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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By Steven Field

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 19, 2004) – The concept of modularity is approaching its first true test as units across the country undergo transformation and prepare for deployments overseas.

With four modular brigades set up under the 3rd Infantry Division training and several companies reorganizing and reflagging under the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the time is rapidly approaching when the Army will send a Unit of Execution and subordinate Brigade Combat Teams (Units of Action) into combat, testing the modular, “plug-and-play” vision inspired by transformation. [...]

The first deployment using the new modular brigade will begin only a few months after the return the Army’s first Styker Brigade.

The 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, recently returned to Fort Lewis, Wash., after a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

While the performance of the vehicle silenced critics and won the praise of its operators and senior Army leaders, commanders of units with the SBCT were quick to point out the people were the factor that made the deployment of the brigade a success.

“The Stryker Brigade is not about the vehicle, it’s about the Soldiers and the non-commissioned officers and officers,” said Lt. Col. Buck James, commander of the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. “We are building the next generation of leaders and preparing for the future of the Army.”


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