Category Archives: Current Events

Wolfpack Clears the Northern Diyala River Valley

U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, as part of Operation Raider Harvest, patrol a small village in Diyala province, Iraq, Jan. 9.
U.S. Navy photos/Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division (Huh? That’s what it said!)

U.S. Forces Eliminate al Qaeda Sanctuary in Baghdad

By Kristen Noel
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – A neighborhood formerly overrun by al Qaeda in Baghdad’s Rashid district has been cleared of the enemy and is starting to thrive again, a U.S. commander in Iraq said.
The sanctuary al Qaeda had in eastern Rashid’s Hadar neighborhood was “one of the last significant concentrations of [...]

Coalition, IA finds bomb making facility outside Baghdad

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
AL BAYTARA, ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers from 3d Battalion, 3d Brigade, 6th Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers found different weapons and explosives caches in a suspected bomb making facility in Al Baytara, [...]

Stryker’s Improve Healthcare: Board by Board, Patient by Patient

Edwardsville, Ill., native Spc. Alyson Haynes, right, practices examination procedures on Augusta, Maine, native Spc. Lena Reichardt both from Medical Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment at the newly renovated Camp Striker Troop Medical Clinic. The Camp Striker TMC has recently received a major renovation and now offers troops a pharmacy, x-rays, labs, [...]

CIS Taking Charge in Saha

A combination of Critical Infrastructure guards, Iraqi national police, and coalition forces raise their hands together in a symbolic show of unity and celebration for the establishment of the CIS in southern Baghdad’s Saha neighborhood, Jan. 5. The 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, currently attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry [...]

Hello From Baghdad

Spring Valley, Minn., native, Lt. Col. Myron Reineke, commander of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, talks with Pan-Arabic media, after critical infrastructure guards took charge of checkpoints in the Saha area of Baghdad, Jan. 5. The 2nd Sqdn., 2nd Stryker Cav. Regt., is attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, [...]

Checkpoint Operations

U.S. Army Sgt. Darren Leslie, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (1-2 SCR) picks up debris from an Iraqi car wreck Dec. 29, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Photographer: Cpl. Jeffrey Sandstrum, Joint Combat Camera Center

Iraqis rebuilding Iraq by vehicle demilitarization

An Iraqi worker demilitarizes an old Iraqi army vehicle as part of a combined effort [with the RSS Muleskinners of the 2nd SCR] to put Iraqis to work demilitarizing old armed vehicles.
Photo by Capt. Derek Hoffman, Reg. Spt. Sqd., 2nd SCR