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Alaska’s Strykers take on global task

Sep-25-2007 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

by Jennifer Zilko, KTUU News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska's Stryker Brigade came home from Iraq almost a year ago but has been anything but idle.

The Strykers are in elite training with a foreign army and soon they will enter a new era of service to its country and the world.

The 1st Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division, previously known as the 172nd Brigade, renamed after arriving home from Iraq. They spent almost two weeks at Fort Greely training with the Indian Army on counter insurgency drills.

According to the commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, they will soon be part of the military's Global Response Force. Each branch of the military has a team designated to the force.

Lt. General John M. Brown III, said the soldiers participating in the exercise at Ft. Greely will soon be prepared to deploy anywhere in the world in as little as 96 hours.

"It's significant for the Army because it's a confirmation of the transformation that the Army's been on for the last several years," Brown said.

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Comments For "Alaska’s Strykers take on global task":

We love and honor the Alaska Brigade and their families! Godspeed!

Posted by: StrykerB'SMOM [TypeKey Profile Page] | September 25, 2007 1:04 PM

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