![]() Strand said the company found time for drill and ceremony training during its gunnery and unit training at GrafenwAfAPhr and Hohenfels, Germany in April. ![]() We have been working a lot during our gunnery during the last 30 days and we're ready to go to Moscow." "We got a good company and we're ready to go to Russia," said Capt. He said the event is a symbol of a new partnership ready to take on new challenges and confront new threats, particularly the fight against international terrorism. "The participation of military units of the states of the anti-Hitler coalition in this event in Moscow will testify to the readiness to develop the relations between armed forces of our countries," Serdyukov wrote. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Russia's Minister of Defense, Anatoly Serdyukov, invited the United States military to take part in the parade. The Russian air force will fly over Moscow with more than 127 combat aircraft. More than 150 armored vehicles - including historic Soviet T-34 tanks - are also part of the event. The parade, which commemorates the 65th anniversary of the allies' victory over the Axis powers during World War II, is being called the largest since 1945. Naval Forces Europe will also take part in Victory Day commemorative events. Company C took its place in the estimated 11,000-Soldier formation Tuesday night as part of the first dress rehearsal march.Ī 45-piece band from U.S. The 75 Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based in Baumholder, Germany, will join military units from Russia, Great Britain, France, Poland and member nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the historic march through Moscow's Red Square. Army unit, carrying the American flag and representing the United States, will march in the parade. USAREUR historians said the event marks the first time a serving, active-duty U.S. Army Europe's 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will march into history during Russia's 65th Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 9. The 75-Soldier, Baumholder, Germany-base. Army Europe's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rehearse for Russia's May 9, Victory Day parade at a Russian army base near Moscow, May 1.
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