European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 Seth and stripes a 2nd cavalry Stryker regiment Soldier watches for trouble thursday during a Mission rehearsal exercise at 2nd Cav headed for Iraq deployment to supplement surge exact location Uncertain by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany when it deploys to Iraq in a the 2nd cavalry Stryker regiment will replace 3rd Bri 2nd infantry which recently moved from Mosul to the 3rd Arrowhead brigade is working in Bagh dad alongside iraqi forces and extra troops brought in As part of the surge to try to Calm sectarian Bryan Deputy commander of 2nd before it was re named last was the 1st Bri 25th infantry division said thursday that the regiment is used to following in the footsteps of 3rd which also uses eight wheeled Stryker armoured personnel they Are the same unit we re we Are not focused on any specific piece of terrain in wherever we we wont i anticipate moving a few Bryan Denny 2nd Cav Deputy commander in he but the 2nd Cav int necessarily headed for Denny said 3rd brigade May move be fore 2nd Cav deploys in and 2nd Cav might move several times after it hits the ground in he we dont know where they will end there is talk of them we Are not focused on any specific piece of Ter rain in wherever we we wont i Antici Pate moving a few times depending on where the army needs he when 3rd Bri Gade left the units com Steven said in a press state ment that iraqi forces were Strong enough to take control of the moving around Iraq will be no problem for the Denny this unit is with a 52gallon Gas tank and Range of 300 Miles we placed in october 2004 in Are Well set up to he so in some it is very familiar to he in preparation for the Iraq mis 2nd Cav is learning tech 2nd Cav leaders Hope to match the units efforts last time Down Range when soldiers supervised elections in resulting in a tactics and procedures valorous unit award for the regi that have worked for 3rd brigade one of handed out in the conflict so Denny about a third of 2nd Cav sol Diers Are veterans of the previous Mission and most of the officers Are combat he 2nd Cav soldiers training for the Mission at Hohenfels joint multinational readiness Center last week appeared eager to go company 2nd 2nd Cav commander Dou Glas of fort said hed experienced mov ing from one area of operations to another while serving in Iraq from 2003 to i was in Down town Baghdad but shifted neighbourhoods when i moved from being an infantry platoon Leader to a brigade scout platoon the area i was responsible for Tri pled in he another company d Shane of Gran Ite said Hes excited about his first tour to Ive got friends who have been there Over a year it is time for them to go Home and us to take their he Bourbon said his biggest fear is that friends within his unit will get Hurt at he the Stryker is the 1 vehicle to ride in the most and the vehicle commanders Are the Best Guys we have he email Seth Robson at Stryker soldiers learn Iraq ropes in the Box by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany More than soldiers from the 2nd cavalry Stryker regi ment Are scouring the training area Here for insurgents and doing bilateral meetings with a Abi speaking role players As part of an exercise that will pre pare them for a 15month mis Sion to joint multinational training command spokesman Eric Bloom said the who leave Vilseck for Iraq in will be in train ing the this week and next along with 500 arabic speak ing civilian role players As Well As sol Diers from the czech re pub Poland and Hohen Fel based company 1st 4th infantry regiment and members of the afghan National army and afghan National police Are also second Cav Deputy com Mander Bryan Denny said the first week of the exercise involves soldiers from the regi mental support Squadron and Headquarters troop As Well As 2nd and 3rd next week the two infantry squadrons will Swap with 1st and 4th squad which Are doing gunnery training at Grafe Wohr this the exercise incorporates a Large number of iraqi civilians who populate mock villages and serve As Denny said the iraqis provide excellent training to soldiers who will focus on bilateral meetings with locals during the Iraq As much As we practice defeating red improvised explosive device we want to focus on relationships and part nering with our iraqi forces coun he on As 2nd squad Rons company d soldiers delivered medical supplies to a clinic in the training they mingled easily with the Al Seth and stripes a 2nd cavalry Stryker regiment Soldier gives medical Aid to a civilian role player at Hohenfels during an exercise on Boss Back was first Sean of a platoon Leader with company d said hed already Learned a lot from the iraqis during the today i had an interpreter from Mosul and the other Day i had one from he we Are Able to ask them questions about the cultural norms How can we gain the respect of people from those who is heading off on his first downrange said hed Learned that Mosul is a meet ing place for different ethnic and religious groups including sunnis and As in a place like where it is mostly you Are Deal ing with differ ent he another company d sol Jacob of has been with the unit six serving with it in Mosul from 2004 to 2005 be fore it re flagged from 1st 25th infantry division to 2nd Cav last Rogers said the exercise teaches Young soldiers a lot about tactics and ways to control i dont feel like in Down yet the adrenalin has been pumping a few times during the he Rogers said Hes looking for Ward to going Back to work with the iraqis and ready for whatever the insurgents throw at its a different Type of War he insurgents have gotten a lot smarter with some of their they Are using different types of expo but the army is already developing counter measures to Deal with every time they find something new downrange they bring it to Rogers said Hes not concerned about the ability to Cope with the More Power fill explosives that insurgents have used to take out some of the still think the Stryker is though the role players Are sup he the army cant posed to speak Only in better than the they were eager to Swap jokes i love that and ask the soldiers question in German or English when their Seth at