Soldiers Sgt. David Stine, from Iola, Ill.; Spc. Alfred Figueroa, a native of San Antonio; Spc. Jared Hicks, of Three Rivers, Mich.; and Sgt. Mac Pora, from Seattle, play a game of Spades during some down time at Busmaster Patrol Base in the Tharwa 1 neighborhood of southern portion of the Sadr City district of Baghdad April 23. The Soldiers are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and are attached to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
US Army photos, by Maj. Mike Humphreys, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div, MND-B
Pfc. Drew Newsom, from McConnelsville, Ohio; Sgt. Carl McElroy, from Phoenix; Staff Sgt. Roger Matherson, from St. Andrew, Jamaica; and Staff Sgt Joey Blacksher, from Springfield, Mo., play a game of Spades during some down time at Busmaster Patrol Base in the Tharwa 1 neighborhood of the southern portion of the Sadr City district of Baghdad April 23. The Soldiers are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and are attached to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
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Okay its official, spades is now the game played by cav troopers for now at least 3 generations that I know of!
My introduction was at camp reed on the grenze in 1981!