Monthly Archives: September 2007

As the 2nd Cavalry operates in Baghdad, families receive much-needed knowledge

By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, September 18, 2007
VILSECK, Germany - The 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment’s rear detachment members are getting information out to family members still in Germany as the unit suffers its first wounded soldiers in Iraq.

Cougars Ready to Prowl Southern Baghdad

photos by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Lt. Col. Myron Reineke, commander of the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment from Spring Valley, Minn., and Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Wood, the senior non-commissioned officer of the 2-2 SCR from Dallas, unfurl the unit’s colors in a ceremony at Forward Operating Base [...]

Clearing continues: Dragons & Dragoons begin Operation Dragon Talon II in Rashid

Sunday, 16 September 2007
Multi-National Corps - Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070916-11
September 16, 2007
Clearing continues: Dragons & Dragoons begin Operation Dragon Talon II in Rashid

3rd SBCT and 2nd SCR Transfer of Authority

Transfer of authority ceremony between U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Scenes include Soldiers standing in formation and units’ colors being cased and unfurled. Interviews with Col. Steve Townsend, Commander, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and Col. John RisCassi, Commander, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
Procuced by 7th Mobile [...]

“Dragoons” unfurl colors in Baghdad

By Spc. L.B. Edgar,
7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - The 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment “Dragoons” replaced the 3rd “Arrowhead” Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division as the quick-reaction force for the Iraqi capital Sept. 13, allowing the Arrowhead Soldiers to return home to Fort Lewis, Wash., after more than 15 months of [...]

Black Jack Brings Power to the People

Cpt. Marc Motyleski, left, lead project manager of 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion’s Infrastructure Coordination Element of Woodbridge, Va., and Cpt. Marcus Melton, commander of Palehorse Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, turn on the new generator in a Baghdad neighborhood Sept. 12.
photos by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st [...]

“Dragoons” Always Ready-Stryker Regiment Set to Help Secure Baghdad

Sgt 1st Class Stephen Pickerin, a native of Fabens, Texas, a senior paralegal noncommissioned officer in charge for Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, sets up gear on the hood of a humvee prior to an inspection on Camp Liberty Sept. 8.
photos by Spc. Leith Edgar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

2nd SCR’s Iron Company gets boots on the ground, mans Coalition outpost

A Soldier from Company I, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, watches the street during a patrol in the Karkh District of Baghdad ,Sept. 8.
photos by Spc. Alexis Harrison, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs