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 — The 81st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) accepted authority for the defense of Logistical Support Area (LSA) Anaconda in Balad from the 1st BCT of the 82nd Airborne Division during a ...

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.

AUBURN — In a more than a dozen farewell ceremonies across the state, some 2,400 Washington National Guard soldiers of the 81st Brigade Combat Team began a year of active duty Tuesday that will ...

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 ...