Photos of what appears to be cut of rail cars containing a company-sized transport of Strikers, equipment containers and support vehicles on a rail siding, heading South through Central Oregon on Feb. 26. I did not get an exact number, as they were finishing hooking it to a locomotive as I arrived. The short cut of cars carried between 9-12 Strikers, of various flavors such as M-1133 medical, M-1130 command and another variant I'm not familiar with. None were equipped with RPG slat armor. Included in the cut were HEMTT support vehicles such as tankers and at least one low-boy transport (maybe more). The cut also contained equipment containers with division markings, which I am intentionally omitting. By all measure, it appeared to be a fully equipped company, not a simple transport of armored vehicles (as I've seen before.) I waited a day to decide whether to post this and allow for it to move towards its final destination, to preserve some level of OpSec. I decided to post this as I think it adds to information related to understanding overall operational staging. I believe these were being moved from Fort Lewis to destinations South.
Also, another anon posted a similar movement MANY breads back, also moving South through Bend, OR. This movement of armor has been going on for several weeks.
Saw that one, kept me watching the rails for same. I'd love to see that one again. If they are moving units vs. bulk transport, that might indicate staging.
Not saying this isn't relevant, but don't forget Red Flag ended less than two weeks ago. Might be retrieving people or parts.