Post by jonsdigs on Mar 28, 2009 21:39:43 GMT -5
Fort Bliss: Area caves ready soldiers for Afghanistan terrain
By Chris Roberts / El Paso Times
03/28/2009
DONA ANA TRAINING RANGE -- U.S. soldiers are crawling through caves on Fort Bliss' vast training ranges, preparing to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The post's two brigade combat teams, though, still are scheduled to begin tours of duty in Iraq this year.
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said he believed adjustments in U.S. policy meant Fort Bliss soldiers would be sent to Afghanistan.
"Because of the drawdown in Iraq and the buildup in Afghan istan, I have no doubt that will affect Fort Bliss soldiers and we will see them in Afghanistan," Reyes said Friday.
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By Chris Roberts / El Paso Times
03/28/2009
DONA ANA TRAINING RANGE -- U.S. soldiers are crawling through caves on Fort Bliss' vast training ranges, preparing to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The post's two brigade combat teams, though, still are scheduled to begin tours of duty in Iraq this year.
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said he believed adjustments in U.S. policy meant Fort Bliss soldiers would be sent to Afghanistan.
"Because of the drawdown in Iraq and the buildup in Afghan istan, I have no doubt that will affect Fort Bliss soldiers and we will see them in Afghanistan," Reyes said Friday.
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