February 28, 2008 – 2:18 pm
Lt. Col. Robert McAleer, Brian Conklin and Cdr. Melinda Michael, meet with a local store owner in the Fira Shia market in northern Baghdad to discuss ways to stimulate economic growth in the area. McAleer serves as the commander of Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, and is a native of Sequim, Wash. Conklin is [...]
February 28, 2008 – 1:56 pm
Stars and Stripes, Mideast edition
American military officials are touting progress on an important street in southeastern Baghdad that they hope will help fuel an economic resurgence throughout the city.Major reconstruction projects are ongoing, but the first was an effort to restore 60th Street in the Rashid district.
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February 28, 2008 – 1:40 pm
Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers questioned a “person of interest” Feb. 25, after a Sons of Iraq leader and his son were found murdered in the Mechanix neighborhood of Rashid District Feb. 24.
Following a report of the murders, soldiers of Company E, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st [...]
February 28, 2008 – 7:55 am
By 2nd Stryker Cav. Regt. PAO, MND-B
His call sign is Big Dawg 17, but you might as well call him “Bloodhound 17” after he and his 30-man platoon sniffed out a total of 16 buried ammunition and weapons caches over a 10-week period.
February 28, 2008 – 7:43 am
Stars and Stripes
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — A 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment soldier was killed in action Sunday in Baghdad, according to the Joint Multinational Training Command.Spc. Orlando Antonio Perez, 23, of Houston, died after coming under small-arms fire during a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, according to a Department of the Army information sheet released by JMTC [...]
February 27, 2008 – 9:52 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Orlando A. Perez, 23, of Houston, died Feb. 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from small arms fire during dismounted operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
February 27, 2008 – 8:03 pm
Stars and Stripes | February 22, 2008
VILSECK, Germany — A 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment soldier will spend the next six months in jail after being convicted of possessing child pornography.Spc. Joshua Windey, 22, pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing a DVD and laptop computer containing 26 images and two videos of the [...]
February 22, 2008 – 10:23 am
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers captured a suspected Special Groups criminal cell leader in the Rashid District of the Iraqi capital Feb. 19.
Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to Task Force Dragon, noticed a man fitting the description of a suspected cell leader during a routine patrol of [...]
