The fast attack USS Bremerton is coming to the Kitsap Peninsula today, the first time in its 28 years that it will arrive in its namesake town. That’s cool enough to lead today’s daily links:
Naval Base Kitsap:
Namesake Submarine Coming to Bremerton [Kitsap Sun]
17th Fires Brigade:
17th Fires Brigade Makes Basra Home [DVIDS]
Fort Lewis:
Torii Hunter’s Personal Miracle [Wall Street Journal]
If you haven’t had a chance, check out my story in today’s paper about a Fort lewis soldier from 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division bringing back a puppy from Iraq. So far it seems to be playing up to the awwww-factor.
Here’s the rest of the news about our local troops:
5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division:
Two Stryker soldiers die in Afghanistan bombing [The News Tribune]
Litchfield soldier killed in Afghanistan [St. Paul Pioneer Press]
Litchfield soldier victim of roadside bomb in Afghanistan [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
17th Fires Brigade:
Soldiers Provide Goods, …
The Web site of the 34th Infantry Division catches up with Fort Lewis’ 17th Fires Brigade as some of its soldiers arrive in Basra.
The 1,000 soldiers will partner with Iraqi security forces and provincial reconstruction teams throughout the country. It’s the brigade’s third Iraq deployment.
Check out the story here.