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Mission Accomplished: The Medical Engagement Team poses for a photo with some of the children they treated during their recent clinic in Masruf.
Story and photos by Sgt. Jerry Wilson
CTZ Public Affairs: NCOIC
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
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Zabul, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces with support from their Coalition counterparts recently brought the gift of good health to the people of the Maruf District. Read More
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
SPC Justin B. Shoecraft, 28, of Elkhart, Ind., died Aug. 24 at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device at Kakarak, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
For more information, the media may contact the U.S. Army, Europe, public affairs office at 011-49-6221-57-8098 or ocpa.pi@eur.army.mil .
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
On the Web: http://www.defense.gov/releases/
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Editor’s note: SPC Shoecraft was posthumously promoted from PFC. He had been in service 13 months.
Awards include:
Bronze Star Medal (posthumous)
Purple Heart Medal (posthumous)
Army Good Conduct Medal (posthumous)
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/Bronze Service Star
Global War On Terrorism Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO Medal
Combat Action Badge (posthumous)
Combat and Special Skills Badge Basic Marksmanship Qualification Badge w/Bar, Weapon: Rifle (inscription: Rifle), Expert
Overseas Service Bar
The holiday season is quickly approaching, and 2SCR is in the middle of the stink again.
These troopers need to know we still have their backs here on the home front and that we appreciate the sacrifices they are making for us.
The Regiment has provided the following list of squadron chaplains and their assistants at the various Forward Operating Bases that will accept and distribute your care packages. Read More
On Three Pull: Stryker vehicle from 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment recovers a truck of a local businessman after it rolled over near a bridge in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
Story & Photos by Sgt. Jerry Wilson
2SCR Public Affairs
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ZABUL, Afghanistan – It was shaping up to be a routine Tuesday morning, August 10th, for the Regimental Personal Security Detail of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. It was convoy trip with the Regimental Commander and Command Sergeant Major to survey the damage caused by recent flooding to several bridges within the Zabul Province. As the convoy approached bridge 1018 they encountered a rather interesting situation. Read More
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. John E. Andrade, 19, of San Antonio, Texas, died Aug. 7 at DE Khak Chupan Turah, Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
For more information, the media may contact the U.S. Army, Europe, and Seventh Army public affairs office at 011-49-6221-57-8098 or ocpa.pi@eur.army.mil.
Editors note: Pfc. Andrade was a member of Troop I and had been in the Army 11 months. His awards included:
Bronze Star Medal, Posthumous
Purple Heart, Posthumous
Army Good Conduct Medal, Posthumous
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/Bronze Service Star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO Medal, Posthumous
Combat Infantryman Badge, Posthumous
Combat and Special Skill Badge Basic Marksmanship Qual Badge
Bar, Weapon: Rifle (Inscription: Rifle)
Expert
Overseas Service Bar
Pfc. Andrade will be interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe II, 23, of Plant City, Fla., died Aug. 8 in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
For more information, the media may contact the U.S. Army, Europe, and Seventh Army public affairs office at 011-49-622-157-6315 or ocpa.pi@eur.army.mil.
Editors note: Pfc. Cuzzupe was a member of HHT, and was in the service 13 months. His awards included:
Bronze Star Medal, Posthumous
Purple Heart, Posthumous
Army Good Conduct Medal, Posthumous
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/Bronze Service Star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO Medal, Posthumous
Combat Medical Badge, Posthumous
Combat and Special Skill Badge Basic Marksmanship Qual Badge
Bar, Weapon: Rifle (Inscription: Rifle)
Expert
Overseas Service Bar
Pfc. Cuzzupe will be interred 16 August 2010 at Hillsboro Memorial Gardens, Brandon, Florida.
Today I had an experience I hope I never have to repeat, and yet one that has left me so much richer in mind and spirit that I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
On an island in the middle of Puget Sound between Seattle and Tacoma, the community of Vashon came together to lay to rest an amazing young man who’s bright future was cut tragically short by the war in Afghanistan. Regrettably, this is not the first such memorial I’ve attended recently, and likely not the last. I doubt any will leave such a lasting impression as today.
In his brief 25 years of life, Robert Bennedsen, a 2004 graduate of Vashon High School in Washington State, left several lifetimes full of wonderful memories for his family, friends, and an entire community, to cherish. Robert was a high school wrestler and football star who set many school and state records; a volunteer at the local fire department; a mountain climber; a scuba diver; an avid fisherman and boater; a classic car enthusiast; a 2008 honor graduate from Seattle University with a full Army ROTC scholarship. He was all of these things and so much more. And he was a Soldier, a leader, a 2d Dragoon. Read More
Story by Sgt. Gerald Wilson
ZABUL, Afghanistan- Dragoons from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment were alongside their partners from the Afghan National Police Saturday, July 31, at the ANP Training Center in Qalat to celebrate a historic event. The first graduation of ANP officers trained by coalition forces at the new facility. Forty-five new ANP officers were sworn in after an extensive six-week training course and prepared to take their place providing security for the people of Afghanistan.
Military police officers from FIRES Squadron of 2SCR assumed the responsibility for training the ANP cadets three weeks into the program. The Dragoons replaced the outgoing instructors from 82nd Airborne’s Task Force Fury. Read More
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