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Soldiers scheduled to return tonight

Jun-20-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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The first 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team soldiers deployed to Iraq are expected to return tonight from Iraq.

The advance party of 150 to 200 soldiers is scheduled to arrive at Eielson Air Force Base late tonight and then be bused to Fort Wainwright Army Post around midnight to meet family members, although U.S. Army Alaska officials warn that travel plans for returning groups of soldiers can be unpredictable. The soldiers were slated to return last week but were delayed and it's possible travel plans could change again before this evening.

The advance team is the first of the soldiers from the brigade to return, assigned to take care of administration tasks and other duties in anticipation of the return of the rest of the soldiers. ...

The 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., is slated to replace the 172nd in and around Mosul. The 3/2 held an official ceremony June 6 at Fort Lewis for its approximately 4,000 soldiers and their families. The unit's vehicles and other equipment are en route to the Middle East and the soldiers will begin deploying in a few weeks.

Army officials said the remaining soldiers of the 172nd will return in waves, probably in late July and through August.


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