Eyes On...

SPC Chris Stevenson, Dog Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment provides security during a patrol in a Baghdad neighborhood.

There is nothing like a quiet Saturday in the Rockies. Hopefully, your weekend is going well. I think we all need a little downtime to recharge before we plunge into another work week. Battle rhythm - easy to say, tough to maintain...

A quick look at the news about the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Baghdad seems to show the same thing...at least for now. Not a lot of info out today...I will take quiet...

My wife and I enjoyed a wonderful lunch today with a great couple whose son (SPC Kellen B.) is assigned to the 2-2 SCR, the same unit as our son Chris. We hooked up via the virtual world a while back and found out we lived just a few miles from each other. Small world, eh?

It is such an encouragement for us to sit and talk with those who can identify first hand with the emotions we are experiencing. This is a strong couple who have such a passion and heart for our warriors. They are a real role model for all of us...we are blessed to have crossed paths with them.

In case you missed it, the photo above - of the soldier with his back to the camera - is Chris. My mind can devise a number of scenarios playing out in this picture but I won't put em in print. I will wait and ask in person when he gets home in May for R&R...but I know that his buddies have his six...they always do.

Let me leave you on this Saturday afternoon with one article that shows the work the 2-2 SCR is doing in Rashid continues to pay dividends...

Saturday, 19 January 2008

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080119-13
January 19, 2008

MND-B Forces seize enemy rockets
4IBCT, 1ID Public Affairs
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers, acting on a tip from a local national, seized a cache of rockets during a combat patrol in the western Rashid District of the Iraqi capital Jan. 10

“Black Lions,” of Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., raided a house and found 10 107mm rockets.

The northwestern part of the district has historically been the origin of indirect fire on the International Zone and other Coalition Forces bases in the southern part of the city.

The rockets were taken to a Coalition Forces base for disposal.

“This greatly diminishes the enemy’s ability to target Iraqi and Coalition (Forces) bases throughout the southwest part of the city,” said Maj. Kirk Luedeke, Task Force Dragon spokesman.

Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, attached to TF Dragon, detained two suspected insurgents in Rashid Jan. 10. One of the suspected insurgents is believed to be a known extremist in Hadar.

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Chris, thanks for the photo and continue to keep eyes on...we love you with all our heart...be safe!

Our prayers continue to surround you and the entire 2nd SCR...

v/r,
- Collabman