Vol. 72, No. 4 Jan. 31, 2014 Bradley night fire Photo by Sgt. Marcus Fichtl Crew members inside a Bradley Fighting Vehicle from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Kuwait, Sunday. The gunnery range involved multiple targets at multiple distances and Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fire a 25 tested the crews to act on the fly. The brigade is serving a nine-month deployment mm cannon during a night fire exercise at Udairi range complex, Camp Buehring, conducting security operations, joint exercises and training with regional partners. ArmyOdierno: continues ‘mind-boggling’ missions By J.D. Leipold overseas, checking on the force and its capabilities. capacity in many parts of the world and that’s what Army News Service He said because the Army is out of Iraq and drawing we’ll continue to do ... and, oh, by the way, we still down in Afghanistan, people tend to think there’s not have about 30,000 Soldiers in Afghanistan; we WASHINGTON — The Army’s chief of staff much going on in the service. still have another 20,000 in other places in the Middle said contrary to what many people may think, the “Every one of our components is incredibly East; and, we have Soldiers in Turkey,” Odierno said. Army has been doing anything but slowing down busy and continues to be,” he said. “A few months “And, we’ve deployed our air defense capability to and becoming stagnant, despite cash flow and ago I was out at Fort Carson, and the 4th Infantry Guam in response to North Korea, and what a lot of end-strength issues. Division was laying out all its missions for the next people don’t know is I have a battalion commander and Speaking before a full house of Association of three years ... it’s mind-boggling to just listen to what about 50 Soldiers at the embassy in South Sudan, and the U.S. Army members at their monthly Institute they’re doing. You go down to Fort Bragg (N.C.), and they’ve been there now for several weeks.” of Land Warfare breakfast in Arlington, Va., Jan. 23, go to the 82nd Airborne Division, (and the) 18th Odierno said his No. 1 priority and something Gen. Ray Odierno said the Army “is not standing still Airborne Corps; you go out to Fort Bliss, Texas, the Army had to stay out in front of was leader ... the Army is doing many, many, many things in and the 1st Armored Division, and the missions and development because information travels so quickly order to shape the future environment and prevent requirements they have worldwide outside of that it gets pushed down to lower and lower levels. conflicts around the world.” Afghanistan are quite significant. “We have to develop our captains faster than In his third year as the 38th chief of staff, “We have forces that are tailored and scaled, that Odierno makes trips often around the country and are conducting operations, training, building partner See Future on Page 4 Message board INSIDEINSIDE Weather hotline Call 526-0096 for Fort Carson road conditions and delay/ closure information. 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