Spring Valley, Minn., native Lt. Col. Myron Reineke, commander of the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, lights a bonfire in remembrance of his unit’s fallen Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Falcon in southern Baghdad, Oct. 28. The 2-2 SCR, based out of Vilseck, Germany, is operating in southern Baghdad attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan. (U.S. Army photos by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith, 4th IBCT, 1st Inf. Div. Public Affairs)
Red Oak, Texas native Capt. Aaron Brown (right), commander of Company E, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, places a combat patch on Crescent City, Calif., native Sgt. Christopher Pingle, a team leader with Co. E, as a bonfire burns honoring the squadron’s fallen members during the unit’s patch ceremony at Forward Operating Base Falcon in southern Baghdad, Oct. 28. The squadron deployed to the Iraqi capital from Vilseck, Germany in August.
