If I liked music on web pages, you would be hearing a bugle playing taps right now. I am sure we all know the song and the meaning. As you read this page, please hum the song to yourself in memory of the fallen heros of 3d ACR (3d Armored Calvary Regiment). Thank you!
OIF Coin


"Brave Rifles! Veterans!
You have been baptised in fire and blood,
And have come out steel!"

Calv Sabers

"It is the Soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier,
Who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag."
By Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC


Soldier's Creed

I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior and a member of a team.
I serve the people of the United States and live the Army values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills.
I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.



Memorial Ribbon

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"For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."

To those who are serving our country today and past, I thank you.



All gave some and some gave all
And some stood through for the red, white and blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall
Some gave all


Those from 3d ACR who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), gone but not forgotten, their deeds live forever in our hearts.

Animated Candle

PFC Givens, Jesse A.

CW2 Gukeisen, Hans N.

CW3 Vandusen, Brian K.

SGT Carl, Richard A.

MAJ Schram, Matthew E.

SGT Broomhead, Thomas F.

SSG Quinn, Michael D.

SGT Dooley, Michael E.

SSG Latham, Williams T.

SSG Pokorny, Andrew R.

CPT Beyers, Joshua T.

SSG Eaton, Richard S. Jr.

SSG Williams, Taft V.

PFC Kirchoff, David M.

SPC Scott, Stephen M.

PFC Mack, Vorn J.

SPC Navea, Rafael L.

SSG Miller, Fredrick L. Jr.

SPC Karol, Spencer T.

PV2 Freeman, Benjamin L.

SSG Bader, Daniel

SSG Backlew, Ernest G.

SPC Conover, Steven D.

PFC D’Agostino, Anthony D.

SPC Jennings, Darius T.

PFC Lau, Karina S.

SGT Moss, Keelan L.

SPC Penisten, Brian H

SGT Pennanen, Ross A.

SGT Perez, Joel

1LT Slavenas, Brian D.

CW4 Smith, Bruce A.

SPC Vega, Frances M.

SGT Valazquez, Paul A.

SSG Wilson, Joe W.

SGT Fisher, Paul F.

SPC Chance, James A. III

SPC Sissel, Aaron J.

SPC Ferguson, Rian C.

PFC Pollard, Justin W.

SGT Diraimondo, Michael A.

SGT Golby, Christopher A.

CW2 Johnson, Phillip A. Jr.

CW2 Manuel, Ian D.

PFC Soriano, Armando

CW2 Wells, Stephen

1LT Adams, Michael

SSG Sertolino, Stephen A.

CW2 Laskowski, Matthew

SGT Stephen P. Saxton

SPC Ricky W. Rockholt

PFC Joseph L. Knott

PFC Robert W. Murray Jr.

SGT Jacob M. Simpson

SGT Charles T. Wilkerson

SPC Joshua T. Brazee

SSG Justin L Vasquesz

SPC Eric J. Poelman

SPC Brian S. Ulbrich

SFC Christopher W. Phelps

SSG Scottie L. Bright

SSG Jeremy A. Brown

CPL Lyle J. Cambridge

SGT Timothy J. Sutton

SPC Ronnie D. Williams

PFC Eric P. Woods

SSG Jason W. Montefering

SGT Milton M. Monzon Jr.

SPC Ernest W. Dallas Jr.

PFC Ramon A. Vilatoro

2LT Charles R. Rubado

CW2 Dennis P. Hay

CPL Joseph L. Martinez

SPC Robert A. Swaney

CPL Jeffrey A. Williams

MAJ Doug LaBouff

CPT Michael Martinez

1LT Joseph Demoors

Arlington

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down.
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown.
They gave me this plot of land,
Me and some other men, for a job well done.

There's a big White House sits on a hill just up the road.
The man inside, he cried the day they brought me home.
They folded up a flag and told my Mom and Dad:
"We're proud of your son."

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property.
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company.
I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done.
I can rest in peace;
I'm one of the chosen ones:
I made it to Arlington.

I remember Daddy brought me here when I was eight.
We searched all day to find out where my grand-dad lay.
And when we finally found that cross,
He said: "Son, this is what it cost to keep us free."

Now here I am, a thousand stones away from him.
He recognized me on the first day I came in.
And it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels,
And saluted me.

And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property.
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company.
I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done.
I can rest in peace;
I'm one of the chosen ones:
I made it to Arlington.

And everytime I hear twenty-one guns,
I know they brought another hero home to us.

We're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done.
We can rest in peace;
'Cause we are the chosen ones:
We made it to Arlington.

Yeah, dust to dust,
Don't cry for us:
We made it to Arlington.