Monthly Archives: October 2007

Smoke Screen

photo by Spc. Luke Thornberry, Joint Combat Camera Center
A U.S. Soldier from the Nemesis troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, conceals himself through a smoke screen after one of his regiments’ vehicles gets hit with an improvised explosive device, Oct. 18, Baghdad, Iraq.

SPC Wayne M. Geiger

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Wayne M. Geiger, 23, of Lone Pine, Calif. died Oct 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
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Iraqi Army, Fires Squadron hold joint medical effort in Fira Shia

Capt. John Hendricks (left), squadron surgeon for the Fires “Hell” Squadron, 2nd “Stryker” Cavalry Regiment who hails from Austin, Ind., and an Iraqi Army medic from the 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division prepare medical equipment in a school in Fira Shia, Iraq which served as a make-shift clinic during an Oct. 19 combined medical [...]

MND-B Soldiers capture high ranking cell leader

20.OCT.07 2:18 p.m.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers captured an alleged high-ranking leader of an extremist cell along with three other suspected insurgents near Sab Al Bor, Iraq, Oct. 18. The extremist leader is part of a cell which is allegedly responsible for numerous murders in the Sab Al Bor area.

AFN broadcasts live from Iraq on Germany-based Stryker unit

By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, October 20, 2007
GRAFENWOHR, Germany - The American Forces Network aired its first live television broadcast from a combat zone last week , a report on morale and living conditions of soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment serving in Baghdad.
The Oct. 11 broadcast featured AFN Bavaria reporter [...]

Two Sets of Eyes Are Better Than One

photo by Sgt. Michael Pryor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs
A young Iraqi boy helps Evadale, Texas-native Pfc. Matthew Goats, of Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, out of Vilseck, Germany, keep watch over a staircase while pulling security during a search of an apartment complex in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah neighborhood, [...]

Biometrics Automated Tool Set System

photos by Tech Sgt. Andrew Rodier, Joint Combat Camera Center
A Stryker combat vehicle used by the U.S. Army Soldiers, from 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany “pops” smoke for cover and concealment during troop movements in a neighborhood in the East Rashid District of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 15.

An Iraqi Army Soldier provides security [...]

A Delicate Balance in Mass Response

Cavalry troopers respond to a grenade attack, and try to retain a delicate balance with local citizens. Though all the credit is given to 3/7 Cav, 3rd Infantry Division, keep a sharp eye for Toujours Pret patches.
Video by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs. May take several minutes to open.
MASS RESPONSE