February 28, 2008 – 7:43 am
Stars and Stripes
GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — A 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment soldier was killed in action Sunday in Baghdad, according to the Joint Multinational Training Command.Spc. Orlando Antonio Perez, 23, of Houston, died after coming under small-arms fire during a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, according to a Department of the Army information sheet released by JMTC [...]
February 27, 2008 – 9:52 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Orlando A. Perez, 23, of Houston, died Feb. 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from small arms fire during dismounted operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
January 21, 2008 – 7:03 pm
The following are an e-mail I received from Merritt Powell, Honorary Regimental Bagpiper, and a reply to him from Col. Thomas F. Lynch III, both of whom knew then Cpt. Green from Ft. Polk when the regiment was stationed there. Col. Lynch served in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment with Michael Green, and Merritt Powell was a member of [...]
January 17, 2008 – 10:46 am
Story by Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany - Their families and most of their friends were thousands of miles away, but hundreds of comrades packed Vilseck Chapel on Wednesday for a ceremony to honor six 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment Soldiers killed in a booby-trapped house in Iraq last week…..Click on READ MORE [...]
January 16, 2008 – 3:54 pm
Major Michael L. Green, a former Adjutant and Troop Commander with War Eagle Squadron from 1997-2000, was killed in Afghanistan Jan 7, 2008. Always Ready, Sir!
Obituary
Associated Press release
Escort and funeral services
January 13, 2008 – 4:25 pm
By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany — The rural military community of Vilseck is just a fraction of itself, now that most of its soldiers are deployed to Iraq.
But when word came that six of their own died Wednesday in Sinsil, Iraq, after entering a booby-trapped home, the quiet, depleted community grew a little [...]
January 12, 2008 – 3:37 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of six Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The six Soldiers, all members of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, were killed January 9th in Sinsil, Iraq, north of Baghdad, when insurgents detonated a large bomb hidden in a house the Soldiers were clearing. [...]
December 10, 2007 – 11:58 pm
Commanders and senior noncommissioned officers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad, Multi-National Corps – Iraq and Multi-National Force – Iraq, attend a memorial service in the Division Chapel at Camp Liberty in western Baghdad which honored all MND-B Soldiers who gave their lives during the 1st Cavalry Division’s deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08, Dec. 7.
U.S. [...]
