3rd Infantry Division Operations - Fort Stewart - U.S. Army
3rd Infantry Division Operations - Fort Stewart - U.S. Army
3rd Infantry Division Operations - Fort Stewart - U.S. Army
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Chapter 2<br />
1st Brigade Joins the 1st Marine<br />
Expeditionary Force in the West<br />
As 2006 came to a close, the 1st Brigade Combat<br />
Team, known as "Raiders," were deep in their training<br />
cycle. Experts in large unit training transformed<br />
the backwoods of <strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Stewart</strong> into a miniature, mobile National<br />
Training Center. The concept wasn't new but it was<br />
rarely done. For the Raiders and their Families there was an<br />
immediate benefit. The <strong>Army</strong>'s offer to train and bring the NTC<br />
to <strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Stewart</strong> from <strong>Fort</strong> Irwin, California was welcomed. By<br />
training at home, Soldiers got more time to spend with their<br />
Families. The arrangement also eliminated time spent loading<br />
and unloading railcars and airplanes. The NTC cadre, manned<br />
with a host of former 3ID Soldiers, were accompanied by Arab<br />
language speaking role players and Soldier-actors that gave the<br />
brigade a competitive, opposing force experience, similar to<br />
fighting insurgents among civilians in Iraq. Trucks marked with<br />
"UN" signs crisscrossed the numerous tank trails on post and
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