WASHINGTON — An Army official has told Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office that all soldiers with the 172nd Stryker Combat Brigade Team are to be back in the United States by Dec. 13.
Murkowski’s office received the word in an e-mail from a legislative liaison over the weekend. The e-mail said Col. Mike Shields, the brigade commander, had announced the return date Saturday morning in Iraq.
The brigade is based at Fort Wainwright. As of July, the core brigade had about 3,900 soldiers, but Shields had a total of 4,400 troops under his command when Navy, Air Force and military policy specialty units attached to the brigade were counted.
The soldiers will return in stages, but all should be back by Dec. 13, according to the Army’s e-mail to Murkowski.[...]
Official: Strykers to return home by Dec. 13
Fairbanks Daily News-MinerWASHINGTON — An Army official has told Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office that all soldiers with the 172nd Stryker Combat Brigade Team are to be back in the United States by Dec. 13.
Murkowski’s office received the word in an e-mail from a legislative liaison over the weekend. The e-mail said Col. Mike Shields, the brigade commander, had announced the return date Saturday morning in Iraq.
The brigade is based at Fort Wainwright. As of July, the core brigade had about 3,900 soldiers, but Shields had a total of 4,400 troops under his command when Navy, Air Force and military policy specialty units attached to the brigade were counted.
The soldiers will return in stages, but all should be back by Dec. 13, according to the Army’s e-mail to Murkowski.[...]
