Nearly 300 of the 3,800 member Stryker Brigade Combat Team will leave Alaska today, headed for the Iraqi theater.
The brigade, stationed at Forts Wainwright and Richardson, will be deployed incrementally throughout August. An advance team of 70 soldiers from Fort Richardson and about 200 from Fort Wainwright will leave separately on Sunday. The advance party will arrive in Kuwait to coordinate preparation for the rest of the brigade. A rear detachment will be maintained at Fort Wainwright to handle administrative tasks.
First Stryker Brigade soldiers leave for Iraq today
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Nearly 300 of the 3,800 member Stryker Brigade Combat Team will leave Alaska today, headed for the Iraqi theater.
The brigade, stationed at Forts Wainwright and Richardson, will be deployed incrementally throughout August. An advance team of 70 soldiers from Fort Richardson and about 200 from Fort Wainwright will leave separately on Sunday. The advance party will arrive in Kuwait to coordinate preparation for the rest of the brigade. A rear detachment will be maintained at Fort Wainwright to handle administrative tasks.
