May 26, 2007 – 10:56 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, May 26, 2007
GRAFENWOHR, Germany – The U.S. Army got a chance to show off its Stryker armored personnel carrier this week to delegates from the 56-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
A 1999 agreement called the the Vienna Document requires members of the organization, which includes [...]
May 23, 2007 – 9:01 pm
As quoted from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070515-9.html
I have chosen Lieutenant General Douglas Lute to serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan. General Lute is a tremendously accomplished military leader who understands war and government and knows how to get things done. While serving at Central Command, General Lute played an [...]
May 18, 2007 – 10:49 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 18, 2007
VILSECK, Germany – Shops, bars and restaurants here are bracing themselves for hard times while 3,500 soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment are in Iraq.
Last week, the Department of Defense announced that 10 brigades, including 2nd Cav and Baumholder’s 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, [...]
May 10, 2007 – 10:28 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, May 10, 2007
VILSECK, Germany – The 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment will conduct a mission rehearsal exercise in June at Hohenfels’ Joint Multinational Readiness Center to prepare troops for deployment to Iraq in August.
On Tuesday, the Department of Defense announced that 10 brigades, including 2nd Cav and Baumholder’s [...]
May 9, 2007 – 9:07 pm
From the New York Times – Electronic Edition
WASHINGTON, May 8 – The Pentagon said Tuesday that it had informed an additional 35,000 soldiers that they were likely to be heading to Iraq by December, a move that would allow the Army to maintain heightened American troop levels into next year.
Overall American force levels in Iraq [...]
May 8, 2007 – 10:18 pm
May 8, 2007
The 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker) is on the list of scheduled deployments announced by the Pentagon.
The Department of Defense announced today additional major units scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The announcement involves 10 brigade combat teams consisting of approximately 35,000 personnel.
These units will deploy as replacement forces for formations currently [...]
