March 28, 2008 – 11:48 am
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Joseph D. Gamboa, 34, of Yigo, Guam, died Mar. 25 of wounds suffered when he came under indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
March 27, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 24 terrorists March 26 in Baghdad.
Soldiers combined with their Iraqi counterparts to conduct precision, intelligence-based operations in the capital. These terrorists and militant elements were increasing their attacks against civilians, the Government of Iraq, and Iraqi and U.S. security forces.
Soldiers from [...]
March 26, 2008 – 10:52 am
This Stars and Stripes story by Michael Gisick demonstrates one of the positive effects the presence of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment is having on people in the Baghdad area.
Stars and Stripes
March 24, 2008 – 11:19 am
By Staff Sgt Arron Schille
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – The medical troop healthcare providers of the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment conducted a combined medical education on anaphylaxis, a sudden severe whole-body allergy reaction, in late February.
More than 15 medical providers, which included providers from 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Infantry Division, [...]
March 21, 2008 – 11:02 am
Spc. Ross Gray from Lubbock, Texas, and a generator mechanic for the Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, stands in front of a little shop he helped build inside the compound of the 2nd SCR area.
U.S. Army photos/Staff Sgt Arron Schille, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
By Staff Sgt Arron Schille
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
BAGHDAD [...]
March 18, 2008 – 10:44 am
Iraqi Army 1st Lt. Ali Abdul Hussin Hameed (left), who serves as a sick-call doctor with the 24th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, reaches inside a box to find healthcare supplies needed to treat a patient while an Iraqi Army medic awaits further instruction March 18 during a combined medical engagement in Agur Quf, a [...]
March 16, 2008 – 12:01 pm
By Michael Gisick, Stars and Stripes
At the height of sectarian fighting here in the summer of 2006, Sunni tribesman surrounded a house in an isolated Shiite village being wiped off the map.
According to U.S. commanders, the five men inside held out for three days until, out of food, water and ammunition, they surrendered in exchange [...]
March 13, 2008 – 11:13 am
Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Wood meets with the Soldiers of Company F, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad following the unit’s change of command March 12 at Coalition Outpost 828 in southern Baghdad. Wood, a native of Dallas, is the senior noncommissioned officer for 2nd Squadron. He watched on as Capt. [...]
