Talk about a change of plans.
While preparing to return to Alaska from Iraq in August, most of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team’s personnel had packed up equipment and supplies to be shipped home or had turned them over to an incoming unit. Most of the items were en route to Kuwait or already waiting there for the brigade.
Then came word that the brigade’s tour had not only been extended for up to 120 days but also that it was being moved to Baghdad.
It was the Brigade Support Battalion that bore much of the responsibility for carrying out that move.
All equipment heading from western and northern Iraq to Kuwait had to be rerouted to Baghdad. Think of it as a family of 4,000 moving from Fairbanks to Seattle but having all the household goods and vehicles in transit somewhere in between. Read more »
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Tags: Alaska, Baghdad, Brigade Support Battalion, Capt. Jason Shropshire, Capt. Jeff Dayton, Capt. Matthew Arbogast, contractors, equipment, extended tour, Fort Lewis, home, Iraq, Kuwait, Lt. Col. Bill Keyes, maintenance, Maj. Mary Reed, mechanics, medic, medical staff, Mosul, moving, patrols, Strykers, supplies, trucks, welders
Brothers Sgt. Rahsaan Tyler and Staff Sgt. Duane Tyler are getting to see more of each other since the 172nd moved to Baghdad in August. Read more »
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Tags: 4 14 Cavalry, Baghdad, Forward Operating Base Marez, Mosul, Rawah, Sgt. Rahsaan Tyler, Staff Sgt. Duane Tyler
Just as the Fairbanks forecast hints at the first snow of the season, I’m off to 100 degree heat.
But I expect heat on this assignment in more ways than just the ambient temperature. Read more »
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Tags: 4 14 Cavalry, Alaska, Baghdad, chai, extension, Fairbanks, families, heat, Iraqi Army, Mosul, Rawah, return home, soldiers
