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Article: 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE) CONDUCTS CONVOY TRAINING AT YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER

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August 1, 2009
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FORT BRAGG, N.C., July 30 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news release:

If there is one lesson support Soldiers have learned from current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is that simply moving from one base to another during combat operations can be extremely dangerous.

For that reason, commanders place convoy training high on their priority list.

"It's critical that these Soldiers know what they're doing," said Capt. Ross Feuerstein, commander of Headquarters Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne). "We can't be successful if we can't move to support our teams (of Special Forces Soldiers)."

Feuerstein's troops recently ...

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