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1/25 SBCT Preparing for Deployment

Jan- 5-2011 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

Strykers face new obstacles in Afghanistan - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS — The commander of Fort Wainwright’s Stryker brigade outlined the goals of the brigade’s upcoming mission during a meeting with Fairbanks media Wednesday morning.

The Department of Defense announced last week that the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry, will head to Afghanistan for a one-year deployment beginning in May. It will be the third major deployment from Fort Wainwright since 2005.

Even though the department only formally announced the deployment a few days ago, Col. Todd Wood said deployment schedules meant that it had long been assumed the 1-25th would be sent into the field about 20 months after its return to Fort Wainwright in September 2009.


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