‘Deep Steel’ leaving Europe, heading to Fort Lewis, Wash.

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Capt. Joel Leflore, center, commander of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, salutes during pass in review as the 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment cased its colors Thursday morning in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.


‘Deep Steel’ leaving Europe, heading to Fort Lewis, Wash.
By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 30, 2008

IDAR-OBERSTEIN, Germany — The last multiple launch rocket system battalion in Europe is heading stateside.

The 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment cased its colors Thursday morning as it said a formal goodbye to Strassburg Kaserne. The battalion is the only unit left on the tiny, far off kaserne near Baumholder.

On Aug. 15, the "Deep Steel" battalion will uncase its colors at Fort Lewis, Wash., and convert to a high mobility artillery rocket system battalion. As of right now, 1-94 has about 270 soldiers in its four batteries, and 70 percent of the soldiers will stay in the battalion when it moves to Fort Lewis.

"Deep Steel is on azimuth and on target — ready to stand tall in Fort Lewis, Washington," said Col. James McGinnis, commander of the 1st Armored Division’s Task Force Iron Sentinel.

In preparing for its move to the States, the battalion turned in or transferred more than 4,100 piece of equipment, said Lt. Col. Tom Matsel, 1-94 battalion commander. It also shipped more than 5,400 pieces of equipment to Fort Lewis, he said.


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uhc comment: I suspect they're getting THAAD missiles --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=15468

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1. that mobile artillery will come in handy against the domestics who

hate martial law