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 18, 2008 – 8:26 am
Members Only Offerings:
These are new online services that the Assn offers to card holding members in good standing.
Integrated G-Mail
Here is the basic rundown. If you want an e-mail address like john.doe@dragoons.org we now offer the capability free to members. The amount of free space for each account is currently 7 Gigs. Optionally you [...]
November 27, 2007 – 1:07 pm
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Sibling natives of Mount Clair, Va., Capt. Phillip Garner, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment and Spc. Alex Garner, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment had the opportunity to meet each other during their deployment to Iraq after a year and a half separation. (US Army photo by Spc. Elvyn Nieves, [...]
November 27, 2007 – 12:49 pm
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Country music singer Aaron Tippin puts his microphone up close while Lufkin, Texas native Spc. Ross Gray, a generator mechanic with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, plays his new acoustic guitar at the Camp Liberty Post Exchange in western Baghdad, Nov. 24. Gray won the autographed guitar in a drawing during Tippin’s [...]
November 27, 2007 – 12:29 pm
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Lisa Ligon, a native of Richmond, Va., salutes the troops during her final performance at the Camp Liberty Main Post Exchange, Nov. 23. The Purffect Angelz performed for troops throughout Iraq visiting 21 different locations in just nine days. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James P. Hunter, 2nd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. [...]
November 26, 2007 – 7:30 pm
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin, from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (1-2 SCR), explains the coordinates to one of his Soldiers during a night patrol, on Nov. 26, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Photographer: Cpl. Jeffrey Sandstrum, Joint Combat Camera Center
U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (1-2 SCR) find cover during a night [...]
November 26, 2007 – 2:15 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition
BAGHDAD — U.S. soldiers are reporting finding more and more roadside bombs packed with homemade explosives instead of artillery rounds, indicating that Iraqi insurgents may be running out of military-grade ammunition.
“All the good stuff is gone or getting close to being gone,” said 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment [...]
November 25, 2007 – 5:28 pm
LTG Doug Lute – 70th Colonel of the Regiment, MG (Ret) Robert Wagner – 65th Colonel of the Regiment, COL (Ret) Tom Molino – 67th Colonel of the Regiment.
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Veterans Day Weekend
by Chris Golden, Second Cavalry Association
On 8-11 November, the 2d Cavalry Association held its bi-annual reunion at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in [...]