GENERAL CASEY VISITS FORT CAMPBELL, BIDS RAKKASAN HEADQUARTERS GOOD LUCK

            FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS AND THEIR SPOUSES MET WITH ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, 4 STAR GENERAL GEORGE CASEY, JUNIOR TODAY (FRIDAY), WITH CASEY TALKING ABOUT DEPLOYMENT AND ARMY FAMILY PROGRAMS.

            AS PART OF HIS VISIT, GENERAL CASEY GAVE A MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH TO 250 3^RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, RAKKASANS, WHO LEFT SHORTLY AFTER FOR AFGHANISTAN.

 

 

            RAKKASAN COMMANDER, COLONEL VIET LUONG, WHO LEFT ON THE FLIGHT, SAYS IT WAS A GREAT MOTIVATOR FOR THE SOLDIERS TO HEAR FROM GENERAL CASEY BEFORE THEY LEFT.

 

 

            CASEY SAYS THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS WAS MOVED UP TO HELP FULFILL THE PRESIDENT’S REQUEST TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN THE NEXT YEAR.

 

 

            HE ADDS THAT THE 20-THOUSAND FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS, WHO WILL BE IN AFGHANISTAN BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, WILL SERVE AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMPLETING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

 

 

            COLONEL LUONG SAYS HIS BRIGADE IS DEDICATED TO PAVING THE WAY FOR THE 101^ST AND LOOKS FORWARD TO MAJOR GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL’S LEADERSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN.

 

 

            THE 3^RD BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS DEPLOYED FOLLOWING CASEY’S REMARKS, WITH ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE BRIGADE STILL STATE SIDE AWAITING DEPLOYMENT.