December 13, 2011 – 8:47 am
Story and photos by: Sgt. Jerry Wilson
2CR Public Affairs
E-mail: gerald.wilson6@us.army.mil
2d Cavalry Regiment
Public Affairs Office
Vilseck, Germany
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Above and beyond: Col. Keith Barclay, 76th Commander of the 2d Cavalry Regiment presents 2d Squadron, Headquarters/Headquarters Troop with a Valorous Unit Award streamer during a presentation ceremony held Monday, Dec. 12, at Memorial Gym [...]
October 16, 2009 – 4:31 pm
Written by Will Stroock, A Line Through The Desert is a fictional story based on the 2003-04 deployment of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment to the war in Iraq. Following is a review of Will’s book from Cavalry Journal.
Reviewed by Trooper Phil Bolté- This is a book of modern war, soldiers, and romance. Author Stroock has [...]
April 12, 2009 – 9:01 am
by Roger Hoskins, Modesto Bee
A little more than a year after he suffered a significant brain injury in an ambush in Iraq, Josh L. Whitfield of Waterford received the Bronze Star for his heroic efforts to protect Iraqi schoolchildren and his fellow U.S. soldiers even after he was hit.
The pinning ceremony took place Tuesday at [...]
April 6, 2009 – 9:15 am
By ROGER W. HOSKINS
WATERFORD — The rocket exploded just inches from Josh Whitfield’s head, leaving him with a concussion and other moderate injuries.
But it isn’t how close the Army specialist came to eternity that troubles him today. It’s the distance that separates him from his buddies in Iraq.
The blast didn’t stop him from ordering the [...]
February 19, 2009 – 12:25 pm
The Sag Harbor Express
While one family will be in Virginia this week receiving the Navy Cross posthumously awarded their son, another Sag Harbor family will be marking the one year anniversary of the day Orlando Perez was shot dead by a sniper while protecting his comrades in the [2nd] Stryker Cavalry Regiment stationed in Baghdad.
SPC [...]
December 30, 2008 – 10:44 am
By Peter Costa, GateHouse News Service
Westford — Army sniper Spc. Michael Clark survived 15 months of combat in Iraq because he knew when to hide, when to shoot and when to move.
He has been trained to be patient. Covered in camouflage paint and wearing a full-body “ghilly” suit to blend into the background, he can [...]
October 30, 2008 – 5:54 pm
Col. John RisCassi and Command Sgt. Maj. Victor Martinez, regimental commander and regimental command sergeant major of 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, case the regimental standard during a transition of authority ceremony, Oct. 27, 2008.
Story and photos by Pfc. Alisha Nye
14th Public Affairs Detachment
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – A transition of authority ceremony took place, Oct. [...]
October 28, 2008 – 6:27 pm
Photos by SPC Bobbie Allen, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglass Sims of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, presents a portrait of the unit to Sheik Abu Ikhlaas, on Oct. 24, 2008. Sheik Ikhlaas is hosting the Farewell/New Beginning Sphere of Influence Transition dinner at his home where the 2nd Stryker Cavalry [...]
