January 27, 2014 at 2:33pm
Lt. Col. Shannon Nielson, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, commander, speaks with the convoy commander for the first serial of military vehicles moving to the Yakima Training Center in Washingt
The 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, is on a month-long exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Each morning, the 3-2 SBCT soldiers awake to temperature that mark the high of the day at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. This morning, the 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, scrabbled around JBLM in 31 degree frigid temperatures, preparing to make the journey to the Yakima Training Center, where the morning temperatures will be much colder.
Staff Sgt. Bryan Dominique, with the 2-2 SBCT, joined the frigid fun, documenting the action:
"You're gonna fight the weather. It's gonna be Feb. in Yakima, so historically there's 40 mile per hour wind and the average temperature is in the 30s during the day, and it will dip into the 20s at night. That right there alone will toughen you up," said Maj. John Gibson, operations officer for the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2-2 SBCT.
The 2-2 SBCT is starting its some 60-day exercise at the Yakima Training Center in eastern Washington today, and the soldiers of 1-17 Inf. are leading the charge.
Read Dominique's full report here.
>>> Sgt. Roary McClain (front), vehicle commander with Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and Spc. Christopher Clanton, combat medic with Company C, 1-17 Inf., tie down a litter prior to a convoy movement to the Yakima Training Center, Jan. 27. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Bryan Dominique
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