July 9, 2008 – 3:08 pm
Multi-National Division
North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Coalition force Soldiers found two weapons caches in a Christian cemetery south of Baqubah, Iraq, July 7.
The caches, together, consisted of two rocket launchers, rockets, seven rifle grenades, three AK-47’s with magazines and multiple other devices used to make improvised explosive devices.
“This cache find demonstrates that we continue to add pressure on criminals who conduct indiscriminate attacks and eliminate their illegal weapons and disruptive accelerants as they attempt to run and hide,” said Maj. Jon Pendell, a spokesperson with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
July 7, 2008 – 12:07 pm
VILSECK, Germany – July 2, 2008 – The Vilseck community announces the establishment of the Dragoon Foundation – a private organization designed to support the Soldiers and families of the 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment. The Foundation serves to promote camaraderie and fellowship among the Regiment, and to honor and perpetuate the memory of those Soldiers who distinguished themselves by their services and sacrifices while serving with the 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
The Dragoon Foundation, which operates through membership dues, fundraisers and private donations, is currently raising money for the purpose of creating a memorial. Located in Vilseck, Germany, the memorial will serve as a permanent reminder to the fallen Soldiers while assigned to the Regiment during its support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. For more information, or to become a member, please contact the Dragoon Foundation at dragoonfoundation@yahoo.com or by mail at: Dragoon Foundation, CMR 411 GD-19, APO AE 09112.
Upcoming events include membership drives and fundraisers at the Grafenwoehr PX from 1100-1700 on Saturday, July 12th and August 9th. We will also have a booth at the Grafenwoehr Volksfest from 1-3 August. Our next meeting is July 16th at 6:30 pm at the Fiddler’s Green coffee house on Rose Barracks.
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 so by clicking on one of the following links: “FALLEN SOLDIER MEMORIAL” or http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162395
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, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division., MND-B, at the 2nd SCR headquarters building at Command Outpost Apache July 4. Hammond also awarded the Bronze Star with ‘V’ Device to Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Kuban, a native of San Diego, who serves with Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Bn., 2nd SCR. The two men led their teams in battle during the fight for the Sadr City district of Baghdad. Read More »
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 Public Affairs Detachment
BAQUBAH - With beads of sweat rolling down their neck Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, labored away alongside members of the Iraqi army and Sons of Iraq sweeping suspected Al-Qaida forces out of two separate villages south of Baqubah during Operation Cougar Storm, June 23. Read More »
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 buzz of construction equipment and clouds of dust have become common fixtures around Forward Operating Base Warhorse located in Diyala, Iraq, as the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Regimental Engineering Corps, undertakes multiple construction projects to better troop’s living conditions. Read More »
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. Read More »
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 in our history our 2d Cavalry brothers in arms stand at the frontiers of freedom just as so many of you have done in times past. Read More »
