With the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team just weeks from deploying to Iraq, the troops, their families and the community are preparing for their departure in different ways.
The 3,800-member brigade will hold its official deployment ceremony at Hangar 6 on Fort Wainwright on July 28. The ceremony originally was slated to take place at the Carlson Center, but was moved to the base for logistical reasons, according to public affairs officer Linda Douglass.
Army officials also have decided to close the ceremony to the public. Douglass said even if the ceremony had remained at the Carlson, attendance still would be limited because of the estimated 4,000 family members expected to attend. [...]
Stryker ceremony to be private
Link to Full ArticleBy MARGARET FRIEDENAUER, News-Miner
With the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team just weeks from deploying to Iraq, the troops, their families and the community are preparing for their departure in different ways.
The 3,800-member brigade will hold its official deployment ceremony at Hangar 6 on Fort Wainwright on July 28. The ceremony originally was slated to take place at the Carlson Center, but was moved to the base for logistical reasons, according to public affairs officer Linda Douglass.
Army officials also have decided to close the ceremony to the public. Douglass said even if the ceremony had remained at the Carlson, attendance still would be limited because of the estimated 4,000 family members expected to attend. [...]
