2nd BCT, 1st Inf. Div. arrives in Baghdad

Photo By Spc. Joshua Ramey | CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq – Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, exit from the ramp of an Air Force C-17 onto the flight line at Baghdad International Airport after a flight from Kuwait Oct. 19.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

10.28.2006

Story by Sgt. Lance Wail 

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

by Sgt. Lance Wail
2nd BCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div.

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq – The arrival of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, to the Multi-National Division – Baghdad area of operation during the second and third week of October marked the beginning of a deployment for a brigade – and the end for another.

Based out of Schweinfurt, Germany, the Soldiers of 2nd BCT, 1st Inf. Div., arrived in Baghdad after several months of rigorous training and preparations for this deployment.

"The Dagger Brigade is the finest trained organization I have ever been apart of. We are represented by well-trained warriors and leaders," said Col. J. B. Burton, commander, 2nd BCT. "We are well equipped and competent to complete the mission."

Continuing to work with the Iraqi army and Iraqi police to remove any threats will be one of the main focuses of the incoming brigade.

"Our maintaining the relationship that 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, has established is important," explained Burton, in reference to 2nd BCT's goal. The team must "continue to show pride, discipline and dignity that we display in everything we do as a brigade combat team."

The movement from Kuwait to Iraq was simply the next step in a mission that the brigade has been preparing for.

"I am looking forward to coming out here and getting the experience," said Spc. Brian Hudock, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment.

The brigade combat team spent approximately five weeks training in Kuwait prior to the move up to Baghdad.

"We hit the ground at Camp Buehring running, and we will keep going while we are here," said Capt James Egan, HHB.

"I am glad to be in Iraq," said Sgt Kelly Bandy, of HHB's Personnel Security Detachment, after his experience in Kuwait.

• Date Taken: 10.28.2006
• Date Posted: 11.08.2006 21:20
• Story ID: 8235
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ