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Army

Army’s New Battlefield Surveillance Brigades Ramping Up

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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt The Army's nine new Battlefield Surveillance Brigades (BFSB) are building up and the first is deemed successful in performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) work in Iraq, according to a service official. The 525th BFSB has returned from Iraq, where it's been "a big success," Pete Rose, Combat Developments, Army Armor Center, Ft. Knox, Ky., told Defense Daily in a recent interview. At Ft. Knox, Ky., the Maneuver Center of Excellence will continue to develop the BFSB…

Congress

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