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Stryker brigade to split

Nov-10-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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BY CHRISTIAN HILL, THE OLYMPIAN

FORT LEWIS -- Soldiers with the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, who returned last month from a yearlong deployment to Iraq are preparing for a move to Germany.

Between 1,000 and 1,500 brigade soldiers and their families would begin leaving next spring to form the nucleus of a new Stryker brigade forming in Vilseck, Germany, suggested Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling, operations officer for U.S. Army Europe.

The exact number isn't yet known, he said.

The brigade has about 4,000 soldiers.

About 200 soldiers and family members attended a meeting Wednesday night in which Hertling presented information and answered questions about the upcoming move. The first meeting was Tuesday night.

Germany is a great place to live, said Hertling, who told soldiers they'd find the same quality of housing, child care and medical care that they have here.

The session included a quirky two-minute promotional video produced by a Bavarian tourism agency, and one soldier won a certificate for a free weekend at a resort near Vilseck.

The purpose of the sessions was strictly to ease anxieties and let families know how military stationing in Germany has changed in recent years, Hertling said after the meeting.

More information is included regarding the remaining Stryker Brigades at Ft. Lewis.


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