General: JBLM Stryker forces in fight for last Taliban strongholds
ADAM ASHTON
Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigades are fighting in the main battleground of southern Afghanistan this summer, the war’s outgoing deputy commander said in an interview today.
About 7,500 Lewis-McChord soldiers are centered on hostile territory in between Kandahar and Helmand provinces. It’s considered the birthplace of the Taliban and insurgents are throwing all they can at that territory to tip the balance against Afghan government and NATO forces.
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