81st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) arrives safely –The convoy into Iraq was a success.... with nothing worse than a few maintenance challenges.
Prior to the departure, the brigade conducted extensive convoy operation training at Fort Lewis, the National Training Center, and Camp New York Kuwait. Soldiers in Kuwait underwent live fire exercises that allowed them the opportunity to engage known threat targets from a moving vehicle...
Prior to the departure, the brigade conducted extensive convoy operation training at Fort Lewis, the National Training Center, and Camp New York Kuwait. Soldiers in Kuwait underwent live fire exercises that allowed them the opportunity to engage known threat targets from a moving vehicle...
Said Brig. Gen. Oscar Hilman, 81st BCT brigade commander, “Training turns the natural apprehension soldiers have into strength and confidence once the mission begins. The glow in our soldiers’ eyes is not fear it tells our adversaries, ‘Don’t screw with us!’”
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Godspeed!