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5/2 SBCT Training for Afghanistan

Apr-21-2009 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

Via FOB Tacoma comes this article from the Army Times regarding the 5/2 SBCT.

The 2nd Infantry Division’s 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team will mark a series of firsts when it deploys to Afghanistan this summer from Fort Lewis, Wash.

It will be the first Army brigade to deploy to Afghanistan with Strykers. It will be the first full combat brigade to deploy with Land Warrior. And this will be the first combat tour for the Army’s newest Stryker brigade.

But Col. Harry Tunnell, commander of the 5th SBCT, downplayed the firsts.

“We’re trained, we’re ready [and] we’re anxious to do our duty,” he told Army Times on April 8.


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