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First of 3,200 Stryker soldiers arrive at Vilseck

May-18-2006 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT , 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment

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By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes

VILSECK, Germany — The first big influx of soldiers who will become the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment arrived Wednesday, charged with paving the way for hundreds more who will arrive over the next month.

A total of 180 soldiers, accompanied by family members and pets, got off the bus at Vilseck after a 10-hour charter flight from Fort Lewis, Wash. Ultimately, the regiment will include 3,200 soldiers.

The soldiers still wore the patch of 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, which is due to inactivate and reform as 2nd Cavalry next month.

Army public affairs officials blocked Stars and Stripes’ efforts to interview the new arrivals and their families about the trip and their new home.

Maj. Jon Pendell, a spokesman for the Stryker brigade, said the regiment was concentrating on getting soldiers and families settled in after the long flight and that none would be available for interviews.

“Today they will get their keys and move into their quarters,” Pendell said, adding that the troops would spend two weeks adjusting to life in Germany before starting a reception operation to receive the rest of the unit.

“We are going to receive the brigade from Fort Lewis as they get here and at some stage we are going to get ready for training,” he said.


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