June 25, 2009 – 10:06 am
2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Public Affairs Office
VILSECK, Germany –Despite heavy rains, Soldiers and family members from Fires Squadron of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment gathered Thursday, at the Vilseck High School football field to say goodbye to Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony Diamond and welcome the new CSM, Squadron Command Sgt. Major Lorenzo F. Wallace during [...]
June 25, 2009 – 9:55 am
2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Public Affairs Office
VILSECK, Germany – The Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment was host to a very distinguished guest Monday. Sgt. Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston took time out to sit down and speak with some of the 2SCR Troopers about their issues and concerns as well as the importance of [...]
June 19, 2009 – 8:54 am
CSM Curtis C. Patton, a long serving Dragoon in Amberg, former Regimental CSM from 1978-80 under the 59th Colonel Harold Page, and the first African-American Soldier appointed to that position, successfully underwent back and spinal surgery June 18, 2009 at Loma Linda Hospital, Loma Linda, CA.
His former 3rd Squadron CO reports: “His wife, Blanca, notified [...]
June 12, 2009 – 10:01 am
Brigadier General Robert B. Abrams, USA FORSCOM, has announced that he is appointing CSM Victor Martinez, 74th Regimental Command Sergeant Major, as temporary Command Sergeant Major of Fort Irwin and the National Training Center, replacing CSM Robert A. Moore on the 19th of June, 2009.
BG Abrams stated the appointment could be upwards of 6 months, [...]
June 10, 2009 – 9:38 am
Sgts. 1st Class Patrick Martin (left), William Suarez and Steve Selvage of the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, based in Vilseck, Germany, recreate the pose on a D-Day postcard taken June 6, 1944. The building behind the posing Soldiers, now a pizza shop, was a German communications bunker captured by American troops on D-Day.
This [...]
June 9, 2009 – 10:26 am
2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Public Affairs Office
VILSECK, Germany – Troopers of the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment’s Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (RHHT) gathered Thursday June 9th to say goodbye to a valued teammate and welcome a new one during a change of command ceremony.
Outgoing RHHT Commander Alfreda A. Lacey relinquished her leadership responsibilities to Capt. [...]
June 9, 2009 – 10:01 am
‘Cobra King’ on Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany, today. During the Battle of the Bulge the tank and its crew led an armor and infantry column that relieved the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. U.S. Army Europe historians and museum curators recently confirmed the tank’s identity and lineage.
U.S. [...]
June 6, 2009 – 10:12 am
By Tech. Sgt. Michael Voss, 435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France – Although sun and waves come together to create a serene picture of Sainte Mere Eglise on June 4, 65 years ago on June 6 it was the site of one of the bloodiest battles in history.
On June 6, 1944, French, [...]
