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Ham Visits Troops

Sep-29-2008 » Filed Under: 2nd SCR

Gen. Carter Ham, the new commander of USAREUR, recently visited Europe-based troops deployed to Iraq, including the 2nd SCR. Excerpt:

He also wanted to talk about how best to redeploy troops that are almost certain to deploy again in a year, with new senior leaders. [...]

As for the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment from Vilseck, the challenge is a little different. That unit will be leaving about half its 300 Strykers in Kuwait, which means many Strykers will have to be obtained quickly for training. [...]

He spent much of his final day in the back of a Stryker, traveling among several eerie combat outposts in old Iraqi buildings in Diyala province — sparsely furnished but with elliptical machines — to see soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Combat Regiment.


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