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Soldiers test new terrain

Mar-24-2007 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

By T.D. Flack, Stars and Stripes

RODRIGUEZ RANGE, South Korea — While a group of Hawaii-based soldiers may have left the sun and surf back in Honolulu for the frosty mountains of South Korea, they said they were thrilled with the training ranges they found just south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas.

About 50 soldiers — and four of their Stryker armored vehicles — from the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division arrived in South Korea on March 18 for the annual Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration/Foal Eagle exercises.

The RSOI portion tests the military’s ability to bring warfighters to the peninsula, and the Stryker brigade helped illustrate the multi-service aspect of the training.

The soldiers loaded their vehicles onto an Air Force C-17 and flew into Daegu, South Korea. From there, the Strykers were loaded onto contracted flatbed trucks and were delivered to the Rodriguez Range.

“It’s really a test to see how quickly we could mobilize,” said 2nd platoon leader 1st Lt. Dustin Lujan.

While in South Korea, Maj. Adelaido Godinez said, his soldiers fall under operational command of the 2nd Infantry Division.

In Hawaii, the soldiers must travel from Oahu’s Schofield Barracks to Pohakuloa Training Area on the big island of Hawaii to conduct much of their training.

That’s why they were happy to find the “wide-open ranges and great terrain” in South Korea. [...]


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