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Alaska-based Stryker troops are able to hone more skills in Daegu

Mar- 4-2008 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes

DAEGU AIR BASE, South Korea — When the troops of an Alaska-based Army Stryker unit roll out to the field, the subzero cold of their home turf often prevents them from doing more than a fraction of the training they want and need.

So when they wrapped up three weeks of combat training in South Korea on Monday, soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment said they were more than satisfied with the chances they got to practice for combat. They’re stationed at Fort Wainwright as part of the 25th Infantry Division.

A total of 68 came to South Korea for the training. Of those, 34 departed Monday — with the rest set to leave later in the week.

South Korea’s weather, though decidedly cold, was about 60 degrees warmer than what they’re used to in Alaska, they said.

And in Alaska, they have a live-fire range but not one where Strykers can fire their machine guns at pop-up and moving targets. But in South Korea they fired at both types of targets using the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division’s Rodriquez Range Complex near Dongducheon.

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