GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — The first of 3,100 soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment and another 5,500 family members will arrive in Vilseck next month, the Army has announced.
The Stryker brigade, which the Army previously said would arrive some time over summer, is preparing to leave its base at Fort Lewis, Wash., with the advance party touching down in Germany in the second week of May, 2nd Cav public affairs officer Maj. Jon Pendell said Wednesday.
“I can’t remember the last time the Army moved this number of soldiers overseas with family members, if it has been done at all,” the 37-year-old San Francisco native said.
The 2nd Cav soldiers and family members will continue to arrive in waves until the entire unit is at Vilseck by the end of September, he said.
The brigade, which will officially reflag from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment during a ceremony at Fort Lewis on June 2, will move 1,500 pieces of equipment to Europe including its eight-wheeled Stryker armored personnel carriers, Humvees and Light Medium Tactical Vehicles, Pendell said.
First wave of Stryker soldiers to arrive at Grafenwöhr in May
Link to Full ArticleBy Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — The first of 3,100 soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment and another 5,500 family members will arrive in Vilseck next month, the Army has announced.
The Stryker brigade, which the Army previously said would arrive some time over summer, is preparing to leave its base at Fort Lewis, Wash., with the advance party touching down in Germany in the second week of May, 2nd Cav public affairs officer Maj. Jon Pendell said Wednesday.
