5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Hometown: Fort Lewis, WA, US
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Featured Video
Soldiers Train Afghans in Fire and Rescue Services
Package about Soldiers with the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, with experience in training fire fighters, extraction teams and emergency medical personnel training Afghan fire fighters in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. Includes introduction by Col. Harry D. Tunnell, IV - commander, 5/2 ID (SBCT) and soundbites from Sgt. Chad Weathers – lead instructor, Staff Sgt. Mark Covington – NCOIC, Lt. Col. Steve Allen – commander, Sultan Mohammad – Spin Boldak police chief, Jamaludin – fire fighter trainee and 1st Lt. Angelo Palacio – OIC.
Courtesy Video | 5SBCT-2ID | 06.11.2010
Recent Photos
(118 votes; 3.04)
Soldiers Receive Recognition for Work in AfghanistanLt. Col. Patrick Gaydon, battalion commander of 5/2 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, thanks the Soldiers from 562nd Engineer Company for their hard work and...
Courtesy Photo | 5SBCT-2ID | 06.11.2010
Buffaloes From the SkySgt. Jeremy Gilbert, from Azle, Texas, kicks open the gate to an orchard suspected of having improvise explosive devices. Although the troops did not find anything in...
Courtesy Photo | 5SBCT-2ID | 04.26.2010
Buffaloes Conduct Combined Air AssaultStryker and Afghan soldiers prepare to load on the waiting Black Hawks after completing their mission in northern Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Photo courtesy of...
Courtesy Photo | 5SBCT-2ID | 04.09.2010
5/2 Easter Sunrise ServiceChaplain Theron E. Gunn, a Birmingham, Ala., native assigned to the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, speaks about the meaning of Easter to a group of...
Photo by Spc. Nathan Booth | 5SBCT-2ID | 04.04.2010
Building a Firefighting Team in Southern AfghanistanStaff Sgt. Mark Covington from Gibson, N.C., assigned to the 402nd Brigade Support Battalion, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, coaches students...
Photo by Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 04.02.2010
5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division...Spc. Landrew Sappa, of Aua, Pago Pago, American Samoa deployed with the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division,...
Photo by Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 03.23.2010
Recent Video
(1 votes; 4.00)
Soldiers Train Afghans in Fire and Rescue ServicesPackage about Soldiers with the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, with experience in training fire fighters, extraction teams and emergency...
Courtesy Video | 5SBCT-2ID | 06.11.2010
2-1 Patrols the ArghandabB-roll of Soldiers conducting presence patrols and gathering information from the local people about taliban activity in the Arghandab River Valley north of Kandahar,...
Video by Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 11.23.2009
2-1 Patrols the Arghandab, PackagePackage made from "2-1 Patrols the Arghandab" in the B-roll section about Soldiers conducting presence patrols and gathering information from the local people about...
Video by Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 11.23.2009
Recent News Stories
(12 votes; 4.50)
Soldiers receive recognition for work in AfghanistanNine Soldiers from 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division received Army Commendation Medals with Valor on Friday.
Courtesy Story | 5SBCT-2ID | 06.11.2010
Buffaloes From the Sky: 1-17 Inf. Reg. soldiers conducts...The Black Hawk lifts off the ground swirling debris across the bodies of the Soldiers lying around it. The Soldiers peer through the cloud of dust to spot any enemy...
Courtesy Story | 5SBCT-2ID | 04.26.2010
Building a firefighting team in southern AfghanistanReady. Aim. Fire. Afghan national police have been receiving training on security tactics in southern Afghanistan for some time now with programs like the Legion...
Story by Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 04.03.2010
Progress in Southern AfghanistanMore than thirty Shura Members came together to discuss future projects in the Shah Wali Kot District, Afghanistan.
Courtesy Story | 5SBCT-2ID | 03.23.2010
Buffaloes Conduct Combined Air Assault
The Dahla Dam, located 27 kilometers north of Kandahar City, was built during the 1950s by an American company and has served as a way to control the Arghandab River...
Courtesy Story | 5SBCT-2ID | 03.13.2010
The Dahla Dam, located 27 kilometers north of Kandahar City, was built during the 1950s by an American company and has served as a way to control the Arghandab River...
Courtesy Story | 5SBCT-2ID | 03.13.2010
Police Academy OneAlthough they don't get the privilege of wearing the round brown hats of drill sergeants, Soldiers from Task Force Buffalo, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th...
Story by Spc. Nathan Booth | 5SBCT-2ID | 03.13.2010
Recent Audio
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2-1 Patrols the Arghandab, Audio Package
Package about Soldiers conducting presence patrols and gathering information from the local people about taliban activity in the Arghandab River Valley north of...
Audio by Staff Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 11.23.2009
Package about Soldiers conducting presence patrols and gathering information from the local people about taliban activity in the Arghandab River Valley north of...
Audio by Staff Sgt. Justin Graff | 5SBCT-2ID | 11.23.2009
Recent Publications
MISSION SUPPORT; BATTLESPACE OVERVIEW; RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE
