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.