July 29, 2006 – 9:29 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, July 29, 2006
VILSECK, Germany – Sixty battle-hardened veterans arrived here by train on Friday. They are Stryker armored personnel carriers, the first of 300 such vehicles that will be delivered to the newly arrived 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment on three trains over the next week
The nicks and [...]
July 25, 2006 – 9:26 pm
By DAVID RISING
Associated Press Writer
BERLIN (AP) — The first U.S. Army Stryker armored fighting vehicles rolled onto German soil Monday, a key part of the military’s move to shed its heavy Cold War divisions in favor of a lighter more mobile force.
A ship from Washington state carrying the first 120 of the brigade’s approximately 300 [...]
July 22, 2006 – 9:17 pm
Newly-arrived 2nd Cavalry families explore nearby German towns
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, July 22, 2006
VILSECK, Germany – Newly-arrived 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment spouses say shortages of some items at the local post exchange are forcing them to look off-post.
On Friday, about 20 Stryker spouses checked out shops in Amberg, the closest large [...]
July 21, 2006 – 9:23 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, July 21, 2006
VILSECK, Germany – A ban on air conditioners in on-post housing was the top complaint voiced at a town hall meeting Wednesday that focused on newly arrived 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment soldiers.
Several hundred people attended the meeting, which included question-and-answer sessions with officials representing such [...]
July 19, 2006 – 9:20 pm
Exercise aims to strengthen partnership between units
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, July 19, 2006
GRAFENWOHR, Germany – Soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment sent hot lead down a German range Tuesday for the first time, weeks after arriving from Fort Lewis, Wash.
A dozen soldiers from the regiment’s Headquarters and Headquarters Troop traveled [...]
July 15, 2006 – 9:14 pm
By Seth Robson’ Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, July 15, 2006
VILSECK, Germany – Soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment have hit the ground running, they’re training on a virtual reality combat simulator here just weeks after arriving in Germany.
Thirty soldiers from Company A, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment fired mock M-16 rifles and M-249 [...]
July 9, 2006 – 9:11 pm
Personnel from 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment flow into area
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, July 9, 2006
GRAFENWOHR, Germany – The influx of 3,500 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment soldiers to Vilseck is having a flow-on effect on nearby Grafenwohr, where officials expect the population to soon be more than double what it was last [...]
