RUSSIA: Dragoon’s Day. 23 minute read. TIME. May 9, 1955 12:00 AM GMT-4 (See Cover) ... This unit was soon incorporated in a cavalry regiment, commanded by ex-Cavalry Sergeant Semyon Timoshenko, ...

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, participated in an Independence Day ceremony, here, Feb. 16.

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 ...

General Sir James Scarlett led 300 men of the Royal Scots Greys, the Inniskilling Dragoons and the Dragoon Guards into a swarm of 2,000 Russian cavalry on 25 October 1854, sending a further 400 ...

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