Vilseck soldiers mindful of combat danger seen by unit they will replace
Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team carry a wounded soldier to be medically evacuated after his vehicle hit an anti-tank mine in Zabul province, Afghanistan, in August. Seventeen Stryker soldiers have died since the unit deployed to Afghanistan in July. The DOD announced this week that the Vilseck, Germany-based 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment will replace the 5th Stryker BCT in Afghanistan next summer. Photo by Brian Naranjo / Courtesy of U.S. Navy.
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany — The brigade the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment will replace in southern Afghanistan next summer is encountering stiff resistance from the Taliban, according to the 2nd Cav commander, Col. James R. Blackburn Jr. READ MORE
