Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 02.21.2021
KLAIPEDA, Lithuania – “Contact, 200 meters left,” shouted a dismounted infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment. Sprinting through knee high snow, 2-8 Cav. Reg. Troopers bounded forward towards a white plume of smoke screening the trees in front of them at a Lithuanian training area in Kairai, just off the coast of the Baltic Sea on Feb. 21, 2021. Taking cover......
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.30.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – “You have a 30-year-old active-duty infantryman lying on the ground. He’s been hit by a land mine,” said Capt. Matteson McCarty, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment’s physician assistant. “You are under direct enemy fire. Your time starts now.”...
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.23.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – Lithuanian mortarmen from Griffin Brigade’s 23rd Battalion took an opportunity to integrate and conduct night mortar fire missions with 2nd Battalion, 8th (U.S.) Cavalry Regiment mortar teams to help support a section-level crew gunnery Jan. 23, 2021, at the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania....
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.22.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – The Pabrade Training Area in Lithuania was silent. The snow-covered ground glittered as the sun slowly rose over the tall pine trees surrounding the training area. A sudden boom followed closely by a short burst of rat-tat-tat from an Abrams tank broke the silence and rang in the start of 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment’s section gunnery Jan. 21, 2021....
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.15.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – Lithuanian military cadets got an inside look at the life of a U.S. 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment Trooper during a Jan. 15, 2021, video teleconference. Unable to meet in person, a panel of five Troopers digitally met approximately 10 cadets and the commander of the General Povilas Plechavicius Cadet Lyceum located in Lithuania’s second largest city, Kaunas....
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.13.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – Members of 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment took advantage of an opportunity to demonstrate their mortar weapon systems to increase interoperability with Lithuanian mortar counterparts Jan. 13, 2021, despite language barriers and snow....
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.13.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – Troopers from 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment started their day Jan. 13, 2021, by participating in a Lithuanian tradition that celebrates their freedom and honors those who came together to defend their nation and way of life from the Soviet Union....
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.04.2021
PABRADE, Lithuania – “I would like to take the opportunity to thank the people of Lithuania for the warm welcome and hospitality. This uncasing ceremony officially signifies our arrival to Lithuania,” said 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Commander Lt. Col. Steven E. Jackowski during a color uncasing ceremony Jan. 4, 2021, at the......
