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 [...]
February 10, 2008 – 9:53 am
Brig. Gen. Mike Milano, deputy commanding general, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, a native of Fort Carson, Colo., visits with Sheik Zedan at his home Feb. 9. Zedan is a local “Sons of Iraq” leader who was wounded by a car bomb Feb 3. Zedan told Milano that despite his injuries, he and his people remain [...]
February 4, 2008 – 2:35 pm
Navy Chief Petty Officer Jose Garcia, a Brunswick Maine native who works as the 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment’s Special Troops Squadron Electronic Warfare Officer, receives gold spurs for his combat time in Iraq with the Cavalry regiment. Navy Cmdr. Michael Harber from Memphis Tenn., the Regimental Electronic Warfare Officer, places a gold spur on Garcia [...]
January 31, 2008 – 6:14 pm
1st Lt. Tiffany Bilderback
Fires Sqdn., 2nd Stryker Cav. Regt., MND-B
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Ministry of Electricity representatives, local Public Works Battalion electrical specialists, United States Army Corps of Engineer representatives and Coalition Forces conducted a joint assessment of the regional to local electrical power network Jan. 22 to improve power distribution in the eastern and central [...]
January 30, 2008 – 6:02 pm
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, [attached to] 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad detained an individual suspected of facilitating improvised-explosive devices and possible vehicle-borne explosive devices for al Qaeda in Iraq. Jan. 26.
Two other individuals suspected of facilitating improvised-explosive [...]
January 29, 2008 – 5:37 pm
By RICHARD TOMKINS, Middle East Times
Fear of al-Qaida is a constant in the newly liberated areas of Iraq’s Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. The number of terrorists is down and life for villagers is becoming more secure. Yet terror’s reach is long and deep. continue story
January 28, 2008 – 5:55 pm
By Richard Tomkins, Middle East Times
HIMBUS , Iraq, Jan. 28 (UPI) — U.S. military operations have transitioned from kinetic warfare to outreach efforts to root out al-Qaida-Iraq operatives hiding among the people in newly liberated areas of the northern Diyala River Valley.
Earlier this week hundreds of Iraqis queued in the dirt outside an elementary school [...]
