Monthly Archives: September 2009

Cougars take time for family

VILSECK, Germany – With all their equipment loaded and sent to Bulgaria, and the Troopers gearing up to take part in Task Force East, a training mission with both the Romanian and Bulgarian Armies, members of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment focused their attention on the children of the unit by conducting a “Kiddie [...]

Dragoons tackle Combat Cross Country

VILSECK, Germany – A spirit of competition was in the air Wednesday as 48 Troopers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment gathered at the Rose Barracks Fitness in Vilseck to compete in the USAG Grafewoehr Unit Level Combat Cross Country Championship.
“This is the preliminary event to the larger competition to be held in Hohenfels,” said [...]

2SCR helps build Allied capacity at Task Force East

VILSECK, Germany – In the spirit of Theater Security Cooperation and with the help of the Joint Multinational Training Command, Troopers from 2nd and 4th Squadrons of the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment traveled to Babadag Training Area in Romania and the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria to take part in Task Force East.
As the [...]

RSS goes for gold at German Schutzenschnur

Pfreimd, Germany – More than 25 Soldiers from the Regimental Support Squadron (RSS) of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment traveled to Pfreimd, Germany Thursday to enjoy some quality time with their German counterparts participating in a weapons qualification event known as the Schutzenschnur.
The event was hosted by the RSS partnership unit, Combat Support Logistics Battalion [...]

U.S. and Bulgarian Soldiers Practice a Raid on a Terrorist Hideout

Video by 1st Lt. Michael Meyer
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment and Bulgarian land forces practicing tactical military operations in urban terrain during a raid on a suspected terrorist hideout. The objective of this training session was to locate and secure high value targets and extract them to Stryker combat vehicles.

2SCR Soldier Encourages Others to Reach Out, Get Help

By Mary Markos (USAG Grafenwoehr)

Capt. Emily Stehr, a physical therapist with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, contemplated committing suicide after returning from Iraq. She shares her story with others in hope they will see that reaching out for help is not only okay, it makes you a better Soldier.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – Capt. Emily Stehr, a [...]

Co F, 2nd ACR (1957-1959) 52nd Anniversary Reunion

[ September 22, 2009 to September 24, 2009. ] Date:
September 22, 2009 to September 24, 2009

Location:
Brown County Inn
51 State Road 46 East
Nashville, Indiana

Phone:
317-580-1256

Organized By:
John Vanags

This will be the 11th Get-to-Gether of Company F troopers who served together during 1957-1959. It will be the 52nd Anniversary of most of us being assigned to F Company. Most took basic training together at Ft. Meade, Maryland. We [...]

Parlez-Vous Luneville

[ September 17, 2009 to September 20, 2009. ] 65 Years ago the 2d Cavalry Group liberated the town of Luneville, France from the German occupiers. In fact, a battle swirled around Luneville and the 2d Cavalry Group found it necessary to liberate the town a second time.

The battle was part of the Nancy Salient and eventually mushroomed into the largest tank engagement since [...]