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  • Pioneering Army Unit to Debut in Iraq

    08/02/2003 1:42:16 PM PDT · by kattracks · 104 replies · 2,098+ views
    AP | 8/02/03 | ROBERT BURNS
    FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A whisper of cool, mountain air slips through an open window in Col. Michael Rounds' office at this quiet Army post in the shadow of the Cascades. The setting could hardly be more unlike what Rounds' soldiers will face shortly in hot and chaotic Iraq. Rounds commands a newly formed Stryker brigade combat team - the first of its kind, intended as a model for the Army of the future, and scheduled to make its combat debut in Iraq within two months. ``The brigade is ready to go,'' Rounds said in an interview. Rounds' unit,...