Talk:2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)

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The title for this article is wrong - it should be U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment. 2d is not a proper numerical representation.

The US Army doesn't put the "n" in 2nd... nor do they put the "r" in 3rd- so you see 2d and 3d. Which, I assume, is why it keeps getting written that way here. Cheers --DarthBinky 04:15, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you source that? ExarPalantas (talk) 07:39, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

article not quite clear

re the last sentence:In 2006 1st Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division, reflagged as the 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment and restationed to Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany.: that sentence is not clear. so the 25th ID lost a brigade? what's that got to do the 2d ACR? Mct mht 05:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reflagging means that one unit has it's name and "history" changed to that of another. The original unit (in this case 2d ACR) is either deactivated or reflagged to something else. This time the 2d ACR was reflagged as a brigade of the 2d Infantry Division, and the 1st of the 25th was reflagged as the 2d SCR. Carnefice (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment → 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) — Title of article should be changed so that it is in accordance with the Wikipedia military unit naming convention. Only a fraction of the units exsistance has been as a "Stryker" unit. There is a naming convention in place, let's use it. Joshuashearn (talk) 19:12, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While the 2d SCR uses the 2d Cavalry Regiment history, 2CR is not the proper or official name, 2SCR is. If you want to actually stick to the historical name of the unit, you'd have to change the title to 2d Dragoons (United States), which was the original name of the unit. It doesn't really matter what the regiment has been called in the past - it's called 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment now. If they change it to 2d Stryker Dragoons sometime in the future, we'll change the page name to that. If anything, the name should be moved to 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment since "2d" is the official and proper spelling used by the Army. Don't ask why, it just is. I can take the blame for the "2nd" in the current title - I did that editing and made that mistake. Additionally, the two most common short names for the regiment are 2SCR (the official abbreviation) or simply "Strykers," since it's the only Stryker unit in Europe, and that vehicle differentiates 2SCR from the neighboring heavy brigade (172d Infantry Brigade) at Grafenwoehr. If I seem a little zealous about this, it's because 2d SCR is my unit. Carnefice (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Moved to 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment per http://www.2scr.army.mil/ and this discussion. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:47, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Carnefice - I admire your zealousness but bottom line is the unit is the 2d Cavalry Regiment. So when the Stryker is outdated and replace with whatever vehicle the Army decides, then we will again have to make this move? Whether they are on horses, tanks, or APCs (Strykers), they are the 2d Cavalry Regiment. Like you, I'm in the Army and I'm well aware of what the Army calls this unit. I also know something about naming conventions. Just saying.... I stand by my recommendation to move this article.Joshuashearn (talk) 07:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]