Some of Pennsylvania’s bravest men and women may be heading into a war zone in 2014. According to the Waynesboro Herald-Mail, the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade may be getting deployment orders as soon as next month. The orders could mean the Stryker Brigade will be one of the last units to go to Afghanistan ahead of the United States’ planned pullout at the end of 2014.
The 3,500 to 4,000 citizen soldiers could begin training for the mission at Fort Indiantown Gap as early as 2013 with deployment planned for 2014. The 56th Stryker Brigade is the only Stryker team that is part of a National Guard unit. The other Stryker Brigades are attached to active military units.
The 56th was last deployed in 2009 and under the military’s current 5-year cycle would be up for deployment in 2014.
5 Comments to “Report: 56th Stryker Brigade faces deployment”
December 14, 2012 at 1:46 AM
Here we go again….
January 7, 2013 at 9:57 PM
I wouldn't mind going back. hopefully the 56th has changed there ways, because as a backfill for them we get treated like scum.
January 11, 2013 at 4:09 PM
Balls Deep!
January 21, 2013 at 4:43 PM
any more news on this?
January 23, 2013 at 5:12 PM
I'm thinking of Joining the 56th Stryker Brigade, anyone have any pointers, pros, or cons about it that they could give me? If it's a good or bad time to do it etc…