Military Aviation Art
The Iraqis christened the Soldiers of the Arrowhead Brigade with a second
name: “the Ghosts.” The 3d Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry
Division earned this new Iraqi nickname during their first deployment to
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) because their fast and quiet Stryker
Vehicles enabled the Brigade to conduct full-spectrum operations virtually
undetected until the Soldiers were on their objectives. The quick,
efficient and stealthy operations carried out by the Arrowhead Brigade in
its first few months in Iraq led the local Iraqis to believe the U.S.
Army’s first Stryker Brigade Combat Team were like ghosts that came and
went suddenly, and quietly, in the night. |
