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4/2 SBCT Continues Training

Apr-30-2009 » Filed Under: 4/2 SBCT

The News Tribune provides an update on the training by the 4/2 SBCT as it prepares to deploy to Iraq in the fall.

These roadside bombs weren’t much of a surprise.

A convoy of three Strykers from the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division rolled down the muddy roads of a Fort Lewis range Wednesday afternoon.

A mock bomb exploded near the second vehicle. Soldiers discovered a copper wire leading to a house at the base of a hill. Gunners in the vehicles fired at the house with Squad Automatic Weapons while a patrol on the ground closed in and eventually stormed the building.

Then they’d regroup, reload their ammunition and repeat the scenario.

It doesn’t quite mimic what they’ll see in Iraq, where the brigade will deploy this fall, but Wednesday’s live-fire training was as real as some of the unit’s newest members have seen since joining 4th Brigade.


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