1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division -- 2016

Photograph - Soldiers sitting in front of the Camino Real Hotel in El Paso, Texas. Left to Right: SPC. Christopher Mitchell, SPC. Ronald Hanson, SGT. Oscar Lira, and SPC. David Aldstadt The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is a Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. First organized in 1942, as Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division, the unit has fought in North Africa and Italy in World War 2, as well as 4 tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. As the 3rd Constabulary Regiment, the brigade conducted stability operations in Germany after World War 2. After service at Fort Hood and in Germany during the Cold War, the brigade conducted three peacekeeping rotations in the Balkans (Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Brigade_Combat_Team,_1st_Armored_Division_(United_States)

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

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