BALAD, Iraq — The 81st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) soldiers have the responsibility of performing their mission to achieve a stable and peaceful Iraq. The mission is not finished, hostilities have ...

The 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team conducted the Command Post Exercise with five of their six battalion staffs participating. "The purpose of the CPX was to validate systems and command and ...

Balad, Iraq — 81st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) arrives safely - The convoy into Iraq was a success. The final leg of the 81st BCT’s journey went smoothly, with nothing worse than a few ...

It’s been more than 10 years since the Washington National Guard’s 81st Brigade Combat Team deployed overseas. In that time, the brigade has traded its Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The Washington National Guard’s 81st Brigade Combat Team is already making plans to return home this summer. It mobilized last August for a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

A colleague from the 81st Brigade Combat Team smiled and patted Gratsy on the back. Another pumped his fist into the air. “I just couldn’t help myself,” Gratsy said later. “It just felt ...

The 81st Brigade Combat Team has received a “Notice of Sourcing” from the Department of Defense that it may be deployed overseas at some point in the future. The public affairs office for the ...

CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - The 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team tested its command processes and identified redundancies during a command post exercise at Camp Murray from Feb. 29 to March 3.

Those vehicles will be sent to the Pacific Northwest and incorporated into the Army National Guard’s 81st Armor Brigade Combat Team, saving the active service money. An additional 17,000 ...

About 107 supply and maintenance soldiers with the 81st Brigade Combat Team flew into McChord Air Force Base, then in the afternoon were treated to a welcome home ceremony at the adjacent Army ...

Sgt. Tim Waters leads a squad of six Washington National Guard soldiers with Alpha Co., 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry of the 81st Brigade Combat Team. Like the Guard as a whole, these citizen ...