December 10, 2007 – 11:21 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Randy W. Pickering, 31, of Bovey, Minn., died Dec. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany.
December 7, 2007 – 8:55 am
Spc. Smith talks to a New Haven Register reporter in New Haven, Conn., about reconstruction going on in Baghdad, her current duties, how she is using her training as a combat medic, her career goals within the Army, being away from home during Christmas, special events she anticipates happening for the holidays and what motivated [...]
December 5, 2007 – 11:07 am
2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment soldiers on patrol in Baghdad last month.
Photo by Seth Robson, Stars & Stripes
Focus more on restoring public services than fighting
By Seth Robson, Stars & Stripes, Mideast edition
BAGHDAD — Soldiers deploying to Iraq should expect a different fight than they’ve experienced on past missions, according to the Baghdad-based commander of the 2nd [...]
December 4, 2007 – 2:16 pm
Nashville, Tenn., native Sgt. Jason Stisser, Troop O, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, provides security along with Iraqi Army troops during a clearing operation in Baghdad’s Karkh District.
U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
By Sgt. 1st Class Kap Kim
2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
BAGHDAD [...]
December 4, 2007 – 1:49 pm
Hesperia, Calif. native Spc. Jenny Etheridge, medic with the 6th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Regiment, demonstrates the proper way to insert a nasopharyngeal airway on Houston native Spc. David Bailey, a new “Dragoon” with the 4th Squadron, 2nd SCR, during the First Responders Course portion of the School of the Trooper. The program is nearly 200-years [...]
December 3, 2007 – 8:14 am
Wells lost both legs in Iraq
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SMITHDALE — A Mississippian who lost both legs in Iraq has married his girlfriend in a hospital-room ceremony.
Army Spec. Josh A. Wells, 21, married Brandi M. Clark, 19, in a Nov. 20 ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
Wells was injured in a Nov. 2 attack [...]
December 3, 2007 – 8:08 am
2nd Lt. Erich Schnee, 27, of Dayton, Ohio, left, leader of the 3rd Platoon, 84th Engineer Company, 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment, and Staff Sgt. Chester Wall, 34, of Rapid City, S.D., search for buried ordnance after finding a gallon of homemade explosives in Baghdad on Thursday.
Photos by Seth Robson, Stars & Stripes
Combat engineers in Baghdad [...]
