Maj. Sokoli Receives 172d SBCT Coin From Colonel Shields

Photo By Sgt. Dennis Gravelle | Col. Michael Shields, Commander, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team presents Maj. Sokoki, outgoing sommander, Sixth Albanian Contingent for an outstanding jon while deployed at Logistical Staging Area Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq. The Contingent just completetd a six month rotation.  

MOSUL, IRAQ

04.04.2006

Story by Sgt. Dennis Gravelle 

138th Public Affairs Detachment

MOSUL, Iraq (April 2, 2006) - Col. Michael Shields, Commander, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team awards a Battalion coin to Maj. Sokoli and the Sixth Albanian Contingent for an outstanding job while deployed to Logistical Staging Area Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq.

The Sixth Contingent just finished a six month rotation that started in October and are handing over responsibility to the Seventh Contingent.

Before presenting the coin, Shields explained to the Albanian Contingents present the significance of what the coin means to the battalion.

Shields said the Brigade motto is the Artic Wolves. The motto was selected for the Brigades ability to hunt for long distances, to communicate over long distances, endure extreme hardship, extreme cold weather, and hunt the most ferocious predators on earth.

Shields also said the coin is from the Stryker Brigade Combat Team for combat excellence. The back of the coin states "The strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack."

"It means no wolf pack is stronger than its individual hunter, and no hunter is more important than the pack," said Shields, "Individually we accomplish little, as a team we accomplish much."

"The Sixth Contingent are hunters and a member of our team," said Shields, and we welcome the new team of hunters of the Seventh Contingent to join our family."

• Date Taken: 04.04.2006
• Date Posted: 04.04.2006 12:08
• Story ID: 5950
• Location: MOSUL, IQ