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National security cited in Hawaii Stryker report

Feb-23-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Gregg Kakesako, Honolulu Star Bulletin

Schofield Barracks is the preferred Army post to house its fifth Stryker Brigade Combat Team because "it is best able to meet the Army�s strategic defense and national security needs in the Pacific theater," according to an environmental study.

"The rapid deployment capabilities of the SBCT (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) currently represents the Army's most credible threat of projecting forces in the Pacific region to shape U.S. strategic national security interests," according to the report's executive summary.

"Stationing the 2/25th (2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division) in Hawaii provides the military commanders of the Pacific with two distinct acts of deployment facilities (Alaska and Hawaii) from which to deploy a SBCT to support national security requirements and contingency operations."

Alaska's Fort Wainwright is the home of the 172nd Brigade which was re-designated as the 1st Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, when it returned from Iraq in 2006.

The 743-page supplement environmental impact statement was released today by the Army Environmental Command in Maryland. It recommends that the 2nd Stryker Brigade be based at Schofield when it returns from its deployment in Iraq.

A final decision will be made by Pentagon leaders within the next 30 days.

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