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Change of Command

Jan-15-2009 » Filed Under: 2nd SCR

According to Stars & Stripes the 2nd SCR, which returned from a long deployment last fall, was turned over to new leadership recently.

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Senior officers who led the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment on a 15-month mission to Iraq from 2007 to 2008 said goodbye to their soldiers Tuesday at a change of command ceremony here.

The outgoing 2nd Cav commander, Col. John S. RisCassi, handed over the regiment — which comprises more than 3,500 personnel stationed at Vilseck’s Rose Barracks — to Col. James R. Blackburn Jr.

At the same time, the commanders of the regiment’s six squadrons handed over duties to their replacements.

U.S. Army Europe commander Gen. Carter Ham, who handed the regimental colors to Blackburn, told 2nd Cav soldiers, families and community members that the brigade’s leaders did a good job on the recent Iraq mission.


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