October 2, 2008 – 6:56 am
By SPC Ryan Elliott, 14th Public Affairs Detachment.
Capt. Derek Szmyt, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment officer in charge, poses with his furry friend Kindi, a five-month-old puppy, on Forward Operating Base Warhorse, June 30, 2008. Szmyt is currently in the process of trying to bring Kindi back home with him at the end of [...]
October 1, 2008 – 10:08 am
By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes
Fueled mostly by Gatorade and the occasional bag of chips, Gen. Carter Ham last week made his first visit as U.S. Army Europe commander to his troops in Iraq.
The general, who once commanded all forces in northern Iraq, wanted to know how well troops — in the midst of their [...]
September 23, 2008 – 12:38 pm
The Military OneSource service established a Wounded Warrior Resource Center telephone number and e-mail address for servicemembers and their families if they have concerns or other difficulties during their recovery process.
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September 3, 2008 – 1:07 pm
As the summer draws to a close, children return to school, and we anticipate the change of season, the time draws near when the Regiment will return to Vilseck. Based on reports from the field the pace of operations remains high, the Regiment continues to be very much in a fight and our troops continue [...]
August 21, 2008 – 3:21 pm
Spc Cornelson, in a recent post to the Web site, commented about how much he, and his fellow Troopers want to contribute and participate in the combined Welcome Home / Memorial Ceremony to be held back at home station. Of course, a large part of that eprit de corps may come from being in the [...]
August 19, 2008 – 10:34 pm
By David Clarke, Reuters
WAJIHIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) - The U.S. commander dons his headset as a convoy of armored vehicles rumbles along the dusty roads of the fertile Diyala river valley in Iraq, and he starts his macabre tour.
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August 17, 2008 – 10:48 pm
By Bill Murray, The Long War Journal
DIYALA, IRAQ: When the U.S. Army creates a “non-lethal platoon” in a conflict zone, it can mean one of two things: either the battle is going well enough that soldiers can focus on reconstruction over security – or the Army has secretly reestablished its early 19th-Century policy of alcohol [...]
August 11, 2008 – 11:05 pm
By Bill Murray, The Long War Journal
The U.S. military loves metrics to measure success or failure. Vietnam had its dubious enemy body counts, the Gulf War its measure of smart bombs accuracy. Troops today in Iraq may have come across their most accurate technique to gauge the current campaign: the Chai count.
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