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Fort Lewis' Stryker Bridge readies for second Iraq deployment

Feb-28-2006 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Soldiers from the Army's first Stryker Brigade Combat Team are in the midst of their last major training exercise as they prepare for a second tour in Iraq.

They arrived at the Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., in the Mojave Desert earlier this month and are scheduled to head to Iraq in June.

"We've been so run ragged out here. It's actually less stressful for us in Iraq, believe it or not," Sgt. Hans Crawford, 20, of Olympia, told The Olympian newspaper after awakening from a few hours of sleep atop a ridge where his unit set up several communications towers.

The 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based in Fort Lewis, Wash., began a yearlong combat mission in Iraq in late 2003. They're preparing to replace the 172nd Stryker Brigade of Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

A lot has changed since the the Stryker Brigade last visited the 1,100-square-mile training center before its first stint in Iraq.

Lessons learned from the escalating insurgency are scripted into training scenarios, part of the Army's effort to make the terrain as realistic as possible. [...]


Comments For "Fort Lewis' Stryker Bridge readies for second Iraq deployment":

I am so happy they are training... but I am not quite sure I am ready for this again... Welcome back to all of the seasoned Wives, Moms, Dads, siblings, friends and other family members... start working out now... we are heavy and need the support. Thank God this site is still here - our absolute life line!!!

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