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Redeployment Nearly Complete

Sep-16-2009 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

The brigade commander and senior enlisted soldier arrived home to Alaska, marking the near-completion of the 1/25 SBCT's homecoming.

FAIRBANKS — The steady flow of the returning 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division continued on Tuesday, with more than 350 soldiers arriving at Fort Wainwright after a year of service in Iraq.

Among those landing at Eielson Air Force Base and making the trip to Fort Wainwright were the brigade’s commander and its senior enlisted member, marking the near-completion of the brigade’s return to its home base.

Col. Burt Thompson, the brigade’s commander, said his soldiers have left Diyala province in good hands — the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, under the command of Col. David Funk based in Fort Lewis, Wash.


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