Tag: Stryker
Warrior Brigade looks back over intense, rigorous year
For the Soldiers and families of 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, 2016 can best be described as transformative – filled with intense and rigorous training, historic new partnerships and unrelenting family support.
Tropic Lightning Division takes a look at year
This was an exciting year for the 25th Infantry Division as we fostered positive relationships with our allies, enhanced our capabilities, and provided Soldiers the best training in the Army.
599th Trans. Bde. provides transportation throughout Pacific
The 599th Transportation Brigade, its battalions and partners worked as a team throughout 2016 to book and provide surface transportation for all military units throughout the Pacific.
71st Chemical increases USARPAC’s combat readiness
U.S Army Soldiers from the 71st Chemical Company, 303rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, participated in the battalion’s first Stryker Gunnery, last month, here.
TF Raider boards C-17 for Lightning Forge
Elements of Task Force Raider from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, performed a rare boarding, here, of a C-17 Globemaster III to fly to the island of Hawaii, Oct. 24.
Military Sealift Command, USARPAC voyage through Pacific Pathways
Despite continued conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, the U.S. remains committed to a refocus of strategic priorities to the Pacific region. While long-running conflicts and territorial disputes dominate regional issues in the Pacific, each military service continues to hone their maritime tactics, techniques and procedures in support of the rebalance to the Pacific region.
Army to realign brigades, cut 40,000 Soldiers, 17,000 civilians
Todd Lopez Army News Service WASHINGTON — By the end of fiscal year 2018, the active Army expects to have drawn down in size from 490,000 to 450,000, said Army officials during a July 9 press conference at the Pentagon. The service will also shrink the size of several brigade combat teams and will cut […]
Vietnamese delegations visit Schofield Barracks
Maj. Gen. Lê Văn Cầu, Vietnamese deputy director of Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of National Defense, and Vietnamese senior advisers, visited the Tropic Lightning Division and the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, June 22.
U.S. Army’s ‘Pacific Pathways’ begins
Throughout the deployment, Soldiers will have opportunities to conduct numerous training scenarios, including a bilateral live-fire exercise with Strykers, AH-64 Apaches, UH-60 Black Hawks and HH-60 Pave Hawks.
599th redeploying 2nd SBCT cargo from Fort Irwin
“The 599th’s role is to serve as the Department of Defense’s single port manager for ports in the Pacific command,” said Carlos Tibbetts, 599th terminals management team chief. “We liaise with the units and track incoming cargo. We also send transportation management specialists to the ports to assist.”
