Monthly Archives: August 2006

2nd Cav honors soldier who died during PT

August 29, 2006 – 9:36 pm

By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, August 29, 2006
VILSECK, Germany – Soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment said goodbye Monday to a comrade who died during physical training last week.
Pfc. Matthew C. Dehle, a Stryker armored personnel carrier driver with Company E, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, died Wednesday during a hill run, [...]

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Does Grafenwohr festival have ‘the best beer ever’?

August 5, 2006 – 9:34 pm

By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, August 5, 2006
GRAFENWOHR, Germany – The 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s newly arrived Stryker armored personnel carriers are the stars of the show at the 49th German-American Volksfest expected to draw 70,000 people here this weekend.
Several variants of the Stryker are on display alongside a range of German military [...]

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2nd Cavalry troops snapping up bikes at Vilseck

August 1, 2006 – 9:32 pm

By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, August 1, 2006
VILSECK, Germany – Bike builders here are working long hours to keep up with demand from 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment soldiers who are buying 100 bicycles a week.
Bike builder Brian Jansma, who works for Cycle Tech, the contractor that assembles bikes for the Army and [...]

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