A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment is seen through smoke and dust after bomb technicians destroyed an apparent al-Qaida hideout inside a cave in the Hamrin mountains during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Two caves were destroyed as the squadron fanned out near the Iranian border to root out al-Qaida leadership and deny them safe haven as part of a renewed push to secure the Diyala province. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
"It will be an operation led by the Iraqi army. The US army will probably only watch... If they need help, we'll help them. If not, we will not do anything."
U.S. Military Officer
Evening...
Wow...the net is alive with photos and stories covering the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. This is obviously a double-edged sword. It is great to see the coverage but...as you will see in the stories and captions, the 2nd SCR is once again right in the middle of the fight for Diyala and surrounding areas.
I am not a smart guy but it appears to me the 2nd SCR is dialing up the heat in the Diyala province...how hot will it get? Time will tell and no, I am not talking about the weather...
Let's get to it...
These articles, snippets and photos caught my eye. Spend some time with the photos. See anyone you recognize? From where I sit, the photos tell the story of life for a combat warrior with the 2nd SCR in Iraq...makes our day look like nothing, eh?
Iraqi military prepares for offensives in Diyala, Babil
"Iraqi troops headed Wednesday into Diyala, one of Iraq's last remaining restive provinces, in preparation for the next major government offensive.
An Iraqi woman, carrying a newborn infant, scurries from her home as a U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment prepares to search the house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Patrolling US soldiers (R) from Fox company, 4th squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment walk past an elderly Iraqi woman at a market south of Baquba on July 22, 2008.
(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, center, sits between U.S. Army soldiers inside an armored Stryker vehicle during Operation Wolfpack Catseyenear Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment rests during the midday heat as his platoon occupies a house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Soldiers from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment escort two suspected al-Qaida members during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment borrows a boat to cross a river during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A plume of smoke rises in the sky over a U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment after bomb technicians destroyed an apparent al-Qaida hideout inside a cave in the Hamrin mountains during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Navy bomb disposal technician Rick Gatt examines an apparent al-Qaida hideout inside a cave in the Hamrin mountains during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tapa, north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment wipes the sweat from his brow after his platoon searched a rural village during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, left, and a neighbor, right, perform their afternoon prayers while being detained by U.S. troops during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment leaps over an irrigation ditch as his platoon searches a rural village during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
U.S. Army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment rest, during the midday heat as they occupy a house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A line of detained Iraqi men cast their shadows on the ground as they are escorted by a U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A US soldier (right) and an Iraqi soldier are seen during a patrol south of Baquba on July 22. Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and police are to launch a military assault against Al-Qaeda fighters and insurgents in Diyala province from August 1, army and police officers have said. (AFP/File/Ali Yussef)
I am not a smart guy but it appears to me the 2nd SCR is dialing up the heat in the Diyala province...how hot will it get? Time will tell and no, I am not talking about the weather...
Let's get to it...
These articles, snippets and photos caught my eye. Spend some time with the photos. See anyone you recognize? From where I sit, the photos tell the story of life for a combat warrior with the 2nd SCR in Iraq...makes our day look like nothing, eh?
Iraqi military prepares for offensives in Diyala, Babil
"Iraqi troops headed Wednesday into Diyala, one of Iraq's last remaining restive provinces, in preparation for the next major government offensive.
Troops are deploying in Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, for an operation against Al-Qaida in Iraq and other insurgent groups, said Gen. Abdulkarim Rubylee.
Similar operations in the past months in Basra, Sadr City in Baghdad and Amara restored much of the country to government control. Diyala remains one of the most dangerous regions in Iraq." Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Tonight's photos...thanks to the info hounds for scarfing them up!
An Iraqi woman, carrying a newborn infant, scurries from her home as a U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment prepares to search the house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Patrolling US soldiers (R) from Fox company, 4th squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment walk past an elderly Iraqi woman at a market south of Baquba on July 22, 2008.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, center, sits between U.S. Army soldiers inside an armored Stryker vehicle during Operation Wolfpack Catseyenear Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment rests during the midday heat as his platoon occupies a house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Soldiers from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment escort two suspected al-Qaida members during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment borrows a boat to cross a river during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A plume of smoke rises in the sky over a U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment after bomb technicians destroyed an apparent al-Qaida hideout inside a cave in the Hamrin mountains during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Navy bomb disposal technician Rick Gatt examines an apparent al-Qaida hideout inside a cave in the Hamrin mountains during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tapa, north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment wipes the sweat from his brow after his platoon searched a rural village during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member, left, and a neighbor, right, perform their afternoon prayers while being detained by U.S. troops during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squardron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment leaps over an irrigation ditch as his platoon searches a rural village during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
U.S. Army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment rest, during the midday heat as they occupy a house during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A line of detained Iraqi men cast their shadows on the ground as they are escorted by a U.S. Army soldier from Ghostrider Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment during Operation Wolfpack Catseye near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A US soldier (right) and an Iraqi soldier are seen during a patrol south of Baquba on July 22. Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and police are to launch a military assault against Al-Qaeda fighters and insurgents in Diyala province from August 1, army and police officers have said. (AFP/File/Ali Yussef)--------------------------
Chris, I can't even begin to tell you how many folks are praying for you and the entire 2nd SCR. Every day someone asks about you and your team...they care and they are faithful to lift you up in prayer. How cool is that?
I love you buddy...be safe!
Oh, and tell Shawn happy birthday for me...
v/r,
- Collabman
Chris, I can't even begin to tell you how many folks are praying for you and the entire 2nd SCR. Every day someone asks about you and your team...they care and they are faithful to lift you up in prayer. How cool is that?
I love you buddy...be safe!
Oh, and tell Shawn happy birthday for me...
v/r,
- Collabman
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