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  • V Corps battalion gets the lowdown on upcoming second tour in Iraq

    11/10/2005 7:28:50 PM PST · by NYCVOICE · 1 replies · 203+ views
    Stars and Stripes European edition, Friday, November 11, 2005 ^ | European edition, Friday, November 11, 2005 | By Monte Morin, Stars and Stripes
    HEIDELBERG, Germany — They may hardly recognize the place. As members of the Army’s V Corps Special Troops Battalion prepare to leave for a second tour of Iraq in January, Lt. Col. Mark Gorton told soldiers Wednesday that plenty has changed since they last visited Baghdad. In the roughly two years since the Heidelberg-based headquarters unit helped lead the blitzkrieg invasion of Iraq, accommodations in the capital’s Camp Victory have come a long way. “When Fifth Corps first established Victory, it was a very different place,” Gorton said at a mandatory deployment briefing for soldiers and families. “Nothing worked, it...