Gallery

Troop Portraits

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:00:30 -0700

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A small collection of troop portraits from different eras. If you have a troop portrait you would like to share, email me, Tacoma Dave, and I'll include it in the album. Must be an official troop photo and has to be high resolution so the names can be seen clearly.

Regimental Traditions

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:29:18 -0700

The mixing of the Regimental punch, a time honored ceremony commemorating the many campaigns of the 2d Dragoons.

Joint Task Force - East

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:58:23 -0700

In 2009 the 2nd and 4th Squadrons of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment combined with elements of the Romanian and Bulgarian armies for joint exercises in those two former eastern block countries in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan in 2010.

Second Cavalry Memorabilia

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:01:27 -0600

A collection of 2d Cavalry plates, steins, ashtrays, patches, Christmas cards, challenge coins etc.

Czechoslovakia

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:53:55 -0600

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Colonels of the Regiment

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:57:16 -0600

Since the Regiment's 1836 beginning in the everglade swamps of Florida to the present day, there have been 75 Colonels of the Regiment.

Dinner

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:22:43 -0600

C-15 explosion

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:16:26 -0600

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First Day

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:10:07 -0600

From Everglade To Canon With The Second Dragoons

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:54:50 -0600

As we quickly approach our 175th anniversary, here is a 75th anniversary commemorative address by Chaplain David L. Fleming, Second United States Cavalry, May 23, 1911.

Rhineland II

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:23:19 -0600

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Gulf War

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:44:34 -0600

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Cold War Years

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:01:39 -0600

A collection of pictures from the 'Border era' many of us so fondly remember. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE.

Ft Riley, Kansas

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:50:24 -0600

For decades, Ft. Riley has served as the School of Cavalry, and often been home to troops of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

Rhineland

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:48:40 -0600

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Second Cavalry Regiment Centennial booklet 1836-1936

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:47:34 -0600

Manz-Sutton Memorial, Ruzov 4-28-2006

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:45:32 -0600

Return to Germany

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:41:10 -0600

The Second Cavalry Regiment returns to Germany as the only Stryker Cavalry Regiment in the US Army.

Northern France

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:38:05 -0600

The Allies have broken through the German defenses in Northern France and have the enemy on the run. It's becoming a fast moving war, perfect for the Cavalry. The Group is attached to Patton's Third Army. It's going to get bloody. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE. ALL MAPS AND MOST PICTURES CAN BE ENLARGED TWICE, TO SHOW GREAT DETAIL.

Central Europe

Sat, 09 May 2009 02:12:40 -0600

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WW II

Sat, 09 May 2009 02:00:20 -0600

REACTIVATED on 18 Dec 1942, the Regiment takes a giant leap from horses to tanks. Re-equipped as a mechanized Cavalry unit, the 2nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized, would soon earn the title of "The Ghosts of Patton's Third Army" from the Germans for their ability to mysteriously appear behind the enemy lines.

Many of the pictures contained in this album are drawings by Walter Gerling, Staltach, Bavaria, depicting actions by the Regiment in the European Theatre of Operations, and were taken from "Second United States Cavalry - A History", published by the Second Cavalry Association Historical Section, 1947. Click HERE to view ALL the WW II stories. Some of the picture descriptions and maps contain links to relevant stories. These links appear as darker text in the picture descriptions, as in the word REACTIVATED above, which is a link to the story of the Regiments reactivation. Click on these links to see each story CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE. ONCE ENLARGED, ALL OF THE MAPS AND MOST OF THE PHOTOS CAN BE CLICKED AGAIN TO ENLARGE THEM FURTHER. THIS MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES, DEPENDING ON YOUR CONNECTION SPEED.

The Ardennes

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:15:12 -0700

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Occupation

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:15:12 -0700

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Reactivation

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:15:12 -0700

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Map overlay V - VII

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:15:12 -0700

These maps are of larger areas, showing the locations of the smaller maps. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE. ALL MAPS AND MOST PICTURES CAN BE ENLARGED TWICE, TO SHOW GREAT DETAIL.

England

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:15:12 -0700

England was the first stop on the road to war for the Second Cavalry Group. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE. ALL MAPS AND MOST PICTURES CAN BE ENLARGED TWICE, TO SHOW GREAT DETAIL.