WASHINGTON -- Fort Lewis would get new equipment for the third Stryker brigade the Army is establishing at the military installation under the House version of a fiscal 2006 Defense Department spending bill.
The Army also would receive $882 million to buy 240 additional Stryker vehicles in the future, Rep. Norm Dicks, announced Tuesday. Dicks, D-Belfair, is a senior member of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, which put the bill together. [...]
Measure would benefit third Stryker brigade
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WASHINGTON -- Fort Lewis would get new equipment for the third Stryker brigade the Army is establishing at the military installation under the House version of a fiscal 2006 Defense Department spending bill.
The Army also would receive $882 million to buy 240 additional Stryker vehicles in the future, Rep. Norm Dicks, announced Tuesday. Dicks, D-Belfair, is a senior member of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, which put the bill together. [...]