July 6, 2008 – 2:11 pm
U.S. Army photos and story by Spc. Benjamin Crane, MND-B PAO
BAGHDAD – Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, presents a Bronze Star Medal with ‘V’ Devise for Valor to Sgt. Aaron Lopez, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, with the 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, [...]
June 30, 2008 – 8:20 am
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, seized 13 hand grenades, M-4 magazines, and 5.56 mm tracer rounds and armor-piercing ammunition in Adhamiyah at approximately 1 p.m. after the cache was reported by a SoI member.
June 30, 2008 – 8:19 am
This is approximately how the monument will appear. Courtesy of RCSM Victor Martinez.
A fund has been set up by the 2nd Cavalry Association for donations towards a memorial honoring the 2d Dragoon fallen troopers of OIF, to be unveiled at the 2SCR homecoming celebration in Vilseck, Germany, November 25, 2008.
Anyone wishing to donate can do [...]
June 26, 2008 – 11:50 am
Greetings!
On behalf of the 2d Cavalry Association we wish you and your family a very happy, fun filled and safe 4th of July.
On this very special holiday, when we celebrate our freedom with family and friends, it is important to remember that this freedom we cherish is not free. Today like so many Independence Days [...]
June 26, 2008 – 9:24 am
Multi-National Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers found a weapons cache in the Diyala Province, June 26.
The cache contained more than 1,000 pounds of homemade explosives, three improvised explosive devices, 10 anti-tank mines, four rockets and various IED-making items.
“This was a cache found by the Iraqi Army, independently,” said Capt. Kevin Ryan, [...]
June 24, 2008 – 12:42 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Du Hai Tran, 30, of Reseda, Calif., died Jun. 20 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations. He was assigned to the Fires [...]
June 6, 2008 – 2:30 am
By Don Kramer, Northwest Guardian
The 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division was caught squarely in the troop surge of 2007 that turned U.S. fortunes in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Originally programmed to deploy in May, the brigade was not only accelerated by a month to join surge forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom in April, but extended three [...]
June 4, 2008 – 8:17 am
By Ryan Eliott
14th Public Affairs Detachment
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE - The 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment took the reins of responsibility for the Diyala region from the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division during a Transition of Authority ceremony held in Sgt. 1st Class David J. Salie Fitness Center on Forward Operating Base Warhorse, [...]
