Every Soldiers Favorite Breakfast

The Second Cavalry Regimental Punch
(You gotta be a BAD MAN to drink this!)

One Bottle each of:

Cold Duck (Champagne and Red Wine)
Rye Whiskey            Vieux Bordeaux
Tequila                    Rhine Wine
Kahlua                     Napoleon Brandy
Southern Comfort    Vodka
Evian Water            Bacardi's Rum
Two Sharp’s Non-Alcoholic Beers
Dry Ice
 

The Regimental punch bowl ceremony is a time honored tradition within the 2d
Dragoons.  The Regimental punch, a term used to describe the elixor that is
somewhat tasty, always potent and able to be served in a variety of capacities (both
in liquid and solid form). The ceremony traditionally begins formal Regimental
social functions such as Balls, Dining In’s and Dining Out’s.

 The Regimental punch is a substantive brew of proven medicinal value.  It has
warmed many a cold trooper on the screen and picket line, and inspired him to
feats of glory.  It cures what ails you, and in a pinch it is an effective bore cleaner
for our cannons, lubricant for our vehicles or propellants for our missiles.  True
Cavalrymen maintain a base for the punch in their homes at all times.

The punch is prepared using very specific ingredients that represent the many
battles and campaigns that lace the rich history of the 2d Dragoons.  Each
ingredient reminds us of those who have gone before us, and the responsibility we
have to continue the superb service to our nation. This service has gone
uninterrupted since 1836.

The 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment was organized as the 2d Regiment of Dragoons
in 1836 to fight the Seminole Indians in Florida. The Dragoons wore an eight
pointed star as a cap ornament, which now forms the background of the
Regimental Crest. The palmetto leaf superimposed on the star symbolizes the five
years the Dragoons fought in the Everglades and swamps. Pour one-half bottle of
Champagne and Red Wine over dry ice in commemoration of their baptism in
battle.

In 1846-47 the Regiment fought valiantly in a series of campaigns in Mexico.  Sgt
Jack Miller and his patrol of scouts succesfully fought off an ambush near
Monclava Mexico in November 1847.  He shouted to his men during the fray "No
firing men!  If twenty Dragoons can’t whip 100 Mexican soldiers with the saber,
I’ll join the doughboys and cart a fence post all my life."  Not surprisingly, Sgt
Miller and his troopers won the battle with only one man and three mounts slightly
wounded.  The enemy suffered six killed, seventeen wounded and seventy
captured.  We now ass Tequilla to honor the deeds of these brave cavalrymen, and
the fourteen campaigns fought in Mexico.

In May 1946, the Regiment was charged with protecting the flank of General
Taylor’s army as it moved to attack the enemy.  Orders were issued to the
Regiment to turn the enemy’s left flank.  During this attack, General Taylor
ordered Captain Charles A. May to attack a battery of Mexican cannons blocking
the Matamoros road near a ravine called Resaca de la Palma.  The battery was
taken, and Captain May’s order of the day, to "Remember your Regiment and
follow your officers" has become the Regimental motto.  We now add Kahlua to
commemorate Captain May’s headlong charge into the Mexican artillery.

During the Civil War, the 2d Dragoons officially became the 2d U.S. Cavalry
Regiment and earned 14 battle streamers.  The names remind us of the
tremendous sacrifice of life of some of our nation’s toughest battles.  These
include Fredricksburg, Antitiem, Chancelorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness,
Manassas, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor.  Sergeant Conrad Schmidt saved the life
of his gravely wounded commander, Captain Rodenbough (a Medal of Honor
winner), at the battle of Winchester.

From 1866 to 1880, the Regiment once again did battle with the Indians in
Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, and the Little Big Horn. In memory of this, add the
last of the Champagne and Red Wine.

In 1898 the "2d Cav" entered the Spanish American War, fighting alongside
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Now add Bacardi's Rum to represent the streamer for
Santiago.

The Regiment entered World War I and was the only unit to fight as cavalry --
horses and all. For such places as the Argonne and the Marne, add the French
wine, Vieux Bordeaux. "Toujours Pret!" (Always Ready) was added to the Crest
as well as the Fleur-de-lis.

Renamed the 2d Cavalry Group, Mechanized, the Regiment entered World War II,
landing at Normandy in 1944 and earning a PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
and Belgian Creux De Guerre for the Battle of Bastogne. Other elements of the
Regiment fought in the Pacific Theater, earning the Philippine President Citation.
For these actions, now pour Napoleon Brandy.

The next campaign liquor put to use in this historical punch, vodka, represents the
Ryukyus battle fought at the close of World War II.
The Regiment was re-designated the 2d Constabulary Regiment and served in the
German occupation. In 1940, it became the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment and
began Border Duty along the longest stretch of the Iron Curtain patrolled by
American Forces. Rhine Wine symbolizes the Central Europe campaign, the drive
through Germany, and the long Cold War.

The next ingredient to add to your historical punch is that which sustained the
fighting spirit and élan of the Regiment during its combat in the deserts of Saudi
Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait -- Evian Water.

Flexibility and versatility are trademarks of the Second Dragoons, and the
Regiment once again proved it in Haiti. As a member of the Multi-National Task
Force, the Regiment had driven more accident-free miles, ate more dust and
drank less beer than any other unit in recent memory. To commemorate our
Haitian experience and the "two beer limit," add 2 Sharp’s Non-Alcoholic Beers
as the final ingredient.
Now for the hardest job of all -- to drink this punch!!!