July 7, 2008 – 8:19 am
This is approximately how the monument will appear. Courtesy of RCSM Victor Martinez.
A fund has been set up by the 2nd Cavalry Association for donations towards a memorial honoring the 2d Dragoon fallen troopers of OIF, to be unveiled at the 2SCR homecoming celebration in Vilseck, Germany, November 25, 2008.
Anyone wishing to donate can do [...]
July 6, 2008 – 2:11 pm
U.S. Army photos and story by Spc. Benjamin Crane, MND-B PAO
BAGHDAD – Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, presents a Bronze Star Medal with ‘V’ Devise for Valor to Sgt. Aaron Lopez, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, with the 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, [...]
July 6, 2008 – 8:35 am
A sniper team with Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment; Scans a river bed adjacent to two Iraqi villages being cleared during Operation Cougar Storm, June 23. The goal of the mission was to sweep out Al-Qaida and establish an Iraqi army presence in the area.
Story and photos by SPC. Ryan Elliott, 14th [...]
July 5, 2008 – 9:02 am
A construction crew erects walls around the Regimental Tactical Operation Center, June 25. The construction is part of a wider effort to bulk up existing defenses on Forward Operating Base Warhorse located in the Diyala province of Iraq.
Story and photos by SPC. Ryan Elliott, 14th Public Affairs Detachment
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq - The electric [...]
June 30, 2008 – 8:20 am
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, seized 13 hand grenades, M-4 magazines, and 5.56 mm tracer rounds and armor-piercing ammunition in Adhamiyah at approximately 1 p.m. after the cache was reported by a SoI member.
June 26, 2008 – 11:50 am
Greetings!
On behalf of the 2d Cavalry Association we wish you and your family a very happy, fun filled and safe 4th of July.
On this very special holiday, when we celebrate our freedom with family and friends, it is important to remember that this freedom we cherish is not free. Today like so many Independence Days [...]
June 26, 2008 – 9:24 am
Multi-National Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers found a weapons cache in the Diyala Province, June 26.
The cache contained more than 1,000 pounds of homemade explosives, three improvised explosive devices, 10 anti-tank mines, four rockets and various IED-making items.
“This was a cache found by the Iraqi Army, independently,” said Capt. Kevin Ryan, [...]
June 24, 2008 – 12:42 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Du Hai Tran, 30, of Reseda, Calif., died Jun. 20 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations. He was assigned to the Fires [...]
