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2nd SCR Sniper

Jan- 2-2009 » Filed Under: 2nd SCR

The Daily News Tribune has a nice profile of a soldier, Spc. Michael Clark, who serves with the 2nd SCR.

Clark is part of the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment based out of Vilseck, Germany. His unit, during the “surge,” made daily patrols in Baghdad, in al Dora and in Diyala, a province northeast of Baghdad.

He found Baghdad less secure than the northern area.

“The outskirts of Baghdad were the last stronghold where there were Sunni fighting Shia and a lot of internal fighting. We did a lot of patrolling to help stabilize things and get the economy back in shape,” he said. “Once they saw that we helped get their markets opened, then we were treated better,” Clark said. “The sheiks and mokhtar tribal leaders welcomed us when they saw how we cleaned up their neighborhoods.”

Patrols were arduous. He carried gear weighing 40 to 50 pounds each day on patrol in temperatures that often exceeded 120 degrees Fahrenheit.


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