His hazardous climb from Czarist dragoon ... part of a Red cavalry army led by Semyon Budenny, an ex-Cossack. The war unfolded on a 3,000-mile perimeter around central Russia.

The name “dragoon” is possibly derived from an early French carbine, which was decorated with a dragon's head. After the Napoleonic Wars, all Russian cavalry were designated as dragoons.

DAUKANTO SQUARE, Lithuania -- Soldiers from the 1st Platoon, Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment ... its independence from Soviet Russia and established its statehood in 1918.

Two hundred years ago this week, Napoleon Bonaparte fought a battle in Russia ... heavy dragoons with gleaming brass helmets. Smoke and flame erupt from the batteries of cannon, as cavalry sweeps ...

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment show that it takes more than hard training and commitment to be a Dragoon ... in light of Russia's illegal ...

Eastern Europe, here comes the cavalry. The U.S. Army says it will ... to show solidarity to allies in the wake of recent Russian actions in the Ukraine and Crimea that have Eastern Europe on ...

However, his early influence on the Household Cavalry and Dragoon helmets lives on to this day, with the 1871 pattern helmet still in use by the heavy cavalry regiments. The Dragoon Guard/Dragoon ...

In a few cases the Dragoons rolled by close to the Russian border, often in view of Russian citizens and media. The operation was carried out by soldiers from the 3rd Squadron (battalion) of the 2nd ...

the Inniskilling Dragoons and the Dragoon Guards into a swarm of 2,000 Russian cavalry on 25 October 1854, sending a further 400 troopers to take them in the flank. The audacity, aggression and ...

The new Strykers, called “Dragoons” in honor of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment ... 50 caliber machine guns. SEE ALSO: Russia promises ‘painful,’ ‘asymmetrical’ response if U.S. imposes ...