Stryker Deployment in Question
By: Bob Neely
Updated: February 27, 2013
A planned deployment to Afghanistan for members of the National Guard based in Cambridge Springs has been off ramped. Ramping off is military parlance for " it's probably not going to happen."
Major Edward Shank of the Pennsylvania National Guard confirmed the ramping off of the deployment today.
Guardsmen from the Stryker unit based in Cambridge Springs had been projected to be deployed to Afghanistan in January of 2014.
Their initial destination would have been training in California , then to Afgahanistan for a total of 13 months.
According to officials in the National Guard, the administration has determined that with the draw down of American forces currently underway in the region the deployment of the hundred and first will not have to happen, however, they say that training for a possible future deployment will continue.
Major Edward Shank of the Pennsylvania National Guard confirmed the ramping off of the deployment today.
Guardsmen from the Stryker unit based in Cambridge Springs had been projected to be deployed to Afghanistan in January of 2014.
Their initial destination would have been training in California , then to Afgahanistan for a total of 13 months.
According to officials in the National Guard, the administration has determined that with the draw down of American forces currently underway in the region the deployment of the hundred and first will not have to happen, however, they say that training for a possible future deployment will continue.
