Story by Sgt. Quentin Johnson | 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs | 02.14.2012
For more than eight years the U.S military has actively worked throughout Iraq. Now, with the military drawdown complete, units’ can reflect on their legacies they left behind....
Story by Sgt. Quentin Johnson | 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs | 11.24.2011
Regardless if they are deployed or stateside, soldiers continue to join together and train as one to hone their skills. Soldiers from Companies C and D, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment “Mustangs,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted a modified Table VI tank gunnery exercise at a training site near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 21 – 24....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class John Laughter | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 10.13.2011
Camp Fallujah and the city it takes its name from share an important place in the history of U.S. military operations in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and now Operation New Dawn. What was once a hotbed of extremist violence, murder, and daily bombings, is now a site of relative calm, a radical change over the last eight years....
Courtesy Story | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.10.2011
By 2nd Lt. Stuart White 6th Sqdn., 9th Cav. Regt. UPAR, 3rd AAB, 1st Cav. Div. DABUNI, IRAQ— Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, United States Division – Center, brought 150 assorted soccer uniforms, several sports bags, and soccer balls to the opening of Dabouni Elementary School, Sept. 16. The funds to......
Story by Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.03.2011
Quick—how many nations were present at the signing of the Geneva Convention? What are the six groups individual awards can be grouped into? What are three field-expedient methods of land navigation? Now, imagine pondering these questions having completed—all in the previous 36 hours—an 8-mile road march in full body armor, immediately followed by a rifle range, a mentally-taxing battery......
Courtesy Story | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 09.29.2011
Just east of one of the most sacred Shiite mosques in the world, tucked away in one the many pockets of land formed by time and the ever-changing Tigris River, sits Joint Security Station Justice, a symbolic piece of history for American forces who have operated in Iraq over the past several years....
Courtesy Story | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 09.29.2011
Soldiers with Company A, “Griffin” Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center gathered Sept. 14 in front of USD-C headquarters at Camp Liberty, Iraq, for a special ceremony in their honor....
Courtesy Story | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 09.29.2011
Soldiers with Battery A “Black Knights,” 1st “First Lightning” Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center helped to facilitate the successful transfer of Joint Security Station Loyalty, Iraq, their home during their current deployment, to full Iraqi Government control, Aug. 29....
