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 – 5:46 pm
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It was the largest assembly of Colonels of the Regiment in Second Cavalry Association history. The 2007 Reunion in Vienna, Virginia, was one for the record books. See photos HERE
Any help with names would be greatly appreciated.
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 [...]
November 25, 2007 – 5:14 pm
by Mike Gilbert, The News Tribune
The 3rd Brigade’s new commander, Col. David Funk, referred to it as “a math problem” when I asked him about when or if the brigade might next be called on for an overseas mission.
Funk didn’t divulge any dates or timetables, so what follows is pure conjecture on my part. Make [...]
November 22, 2007 – 4:40 pm
Lonestar, Texas native, Col. Don Farris, commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, presents a commander’s coin to New York native Staff Sgt. Mekelle Hicks, a senior food sergeant with 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, during a Thanksgiving Day visit to Coalition Outpost Old-Mod in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah District Nov. 22. Looking on in [...]
November 22, 2007 – 12:20 pm
Soldiers supporting 1st Cavalry Division and Multi-National Division – Baghdad take off from the starting line to begin the Division Turkey Trot here, Nov. 22. The Morale, Welfare and Recreation sponsored event, held Thanksgiving Morning, gave Soldiers a chance to challenge themselves and get some exercise before eating Thanksgiving dinner at the Dining Facilities. (U.S. [...]
November 21, 2007 – 11:09 am
David Smith reflects on the filthy state of a once-wealthy Baghdad neighbourhood and attends the memorial service for a fallen US soldier
The once well-to-do Baghdad neighbourhood of al-Hadar. Photograph: David Smith
I had followed a patrol into a house and a sergeant was interviewing the owner about his recent movements when we were all ordered back [...]
November 20, 2007 – 1:51 pm
U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Elcort from, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, talks to a crippled Iraqi boy on Nov. 20, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Photographer: Cpl. Jeffrey Sandstrum, Joint Combat Camera Center
A U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, pull security on Nov. 20, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Iraqi police stop from [...]
