Headhunter: 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq's Diyala River Valley

An Army squadron of paratroopers share the story of their fifteen-month deployment in Iraq in 2006.

Selected in 2005 by the Army to be the first airborne reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400 paratroopers, they were...