CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — Some soldiers with the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment know the drill.
They’ve trained in California and New Mexico for Iraq missions. This time, the scenery is just a little more Southern.
Between 50 and 60 percent of the soldiers deploying in February with the Knoxville-based unit are on their second or even third tour to Iraq.
The 278th patrolled the Iraq-Iran border during its 2004-05 deployment. Many of the soldiers now in Mississippi were there.
In 2007, the 1/181st Field Artillery Battalion worked security at Camp Bucca, Iraq, which is jogging distance from the Kuwait border.