May 8, 2011 – 3:55 am
Photos by SGT Audrey Glynn Click on photos to enlarge
The 75th Regimental commander of the 2D Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Col. James R. Blackburn, gives a speech to his troops following their End of Tour Awards ceremony at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Afghanistan. 2SCR is preparing to redeploy to their home base in Germany after [...]
May 7, 2011 – 8:28 am
Story and photos by Maj. Robert Hoover Click on photos to enlarge
Lt. Col. Douglas Sims, commander of 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, graciously thanks his troops and Afghan partners in the Army, police and government as he passes the mantle to Lt. Col. Brian Payne, commander of 1st Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment, in Dand [...]
February 13, 2011 – 7:54 am
A fund has been set up by the 2d Cavalry Association for donations toward rededicating the memorial honoring the fallen 2d Dragoons of OIF-OEF at Rose Barracks, Vilseck, on July 22, 2011.
Funds will be used to update the memorial with the names of the Fallen Dragoons from the current Afghanistan deployment.
Anyone wishing to donate can [...]
February 16, 2009 – 11:36 am
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany — A few months ago, they were sweating in the heat of Iraq. On Thursday, seven young 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment soldiers clung to an icy cliff face in southern Germany. READ MORE
February 10, 2009 – 11:54 am
By Adriane C. Foss (USAG Grafenwoehr)
photo by Thomas Rosecrans
Spc. Stephen Buck, Outlaw Troop, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, slides along a “klettersteig” as part of an Installation Management Command-Europe Warrior Adventure Quest outing Jan. 23 in Hirschbachtal, Germany.
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January 28, 2009 – 11:02 am
By Ken White, IMCOM-Europe Public Affairs
HEIDELBERG, Germany – The first of approximately 8,000 Soldiers began cycling through Installation Management Command-Europe’s high-adventure, adrenaline-pumping Warrior Adventure Quest recreation program earlier this month.
All of the U.S. Army Europe troops recently returned from deployments with the 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 1st Armored [...]
January 10, 2009 – 11:21 am
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany — Tiesha Saldana smiled proudly as her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Armando Saldana, attached a gold “Army spouse” pin to her sweater and handed her a “Freedom Team” certificate Thursday at Vilseck’s Memorial Fitness Center. READ MORE
December 30, 2008 – 10:44 am
By Peter Costa, GateHouse News Service
Westford — Army sniper Spc. Michael Clark survived 15 months of combat in Iraq because he knew when to hide, when to shoot and when to move.
He has been trained to be patient. Covered in camouflage paint and wearing a full-body “ghilly” suit to blend into the background, he can [...]
