February 22, 2008 – 10:15 am
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany — A soldier who refused to deploy with his unit to Iraq because of a “deeply held personal belief” that he should not take a human life will spend the next six months in jail before being thrown out of the Army.Spc. Benjamin Stewart, 25, of the 2nd Stryker [...]
February 22, 2008 – 8:54 am
By Cpl. Ben Washburn
4th BCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B
During the past few months, Iraqis and Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers have been working hard to make sure the economic resurgence thrives throughout Baghdad.
The soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., have been [...]
February 22, 2008 – 8:32 am
4th BCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div., MND-B
Iraqi businesses got their chance to impress national and international customers at a business exposition held Feb. 15-18 in the International Zone.
The Iraqi –American Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the “Baghdad to Baghdad Business Exposition” for local businesses at the Al-Rasheed Hotel in order to highlight the city’s [...]
February 19, 2008 – 9:55 am
Lt. Col. Robert McAleer, commander of Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment and native of Sequim, Wash., and Jack Myer from the United States Agency for International Development and native of Boston, discussed the events that took place during July 2006 where the town of Shiabat was destroyed as a result of sectarian violence. Shiabat [...]
February 17, 2008 – 9:43 am
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
Members of the Sons of Iraq (Abna’a al-Iraq) handed two suspected criminals over to Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers in East Rashid Feb. 16.
The SOI turned the men in to “Cougars” of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to Task Force Dragon, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, because they were in [...]
February 16, 2008 – 9:32 am
Capt. Augusto Giacoman, a Spring Lake, N.C. native, and an operations officer with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, talks with a couple of young Iraqi boys while on a patrol through the Jamila neighborhood of Sadr City Feb. 14. [...]
February 13, 2008 – 9:26 am
Demanding pace takes a toll on the troops.
By Anna Mulrine, U.S. News & World Report
BAGHDAD—At Combat Outpost Aztec, the Company D (Dog Company) platoons of the Army’s 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment spend eight hours a day patrolling the tough, rural roads of their palm grove-rich stretch of southeastern Baghdad. They search for militia thugs and [...]
February 11, 2008 – 11:00 pm
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Iraqi and coalition security forces conducted an operation targeting special group criminal elements today in eastern Baghdad. Sixteen criminals were initially detained, one died later from wounds received during the operation.
The operation involved Iraqi forces and coalition soldiers from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat [...]
