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Aug 20, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
DVIDS
Tribal Leadership Key to Security in Nangarhar
Story by Spc. Albert Kelley
A malik from the Shinwari tribe addresses fellow tribal, CF and provincial govt leaders, during a tribal shura in the Shinwar District, Aug. 4. The shura was called to discuss ways that the tribe could work with CF to improve security.
NANGARHAR [...]
Aug 18, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
Combined Joint TF 101
Staff Sgt. Timmy Combats Stress With Kisses
Story by Spc. Scott Davis
AF Senior Airman Penny Barker, a 27-year-old medical tech with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, plays with Army Staff Sgt. Timmy and his favorite toy, at the Freedom Restoration Center
(FRC), Aug. 11. Timmy is a stress therapy dog, and [...]
Aug 17, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
ANSF, TF Iron Rakkasan Soldiers conduct Op Shamshir
Written by Army 1st Lt. R. J. Peek
Rakkasan Soldiers from Co C, 3rd Bn, 187th Inf Regt, 101st AD, and ANA soldiers stop to take a break during a joint mission as part of Op Tabar V, Aug. 8. The 4-day op [...]
Aug 15, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
News Blaze
Medical Engagement/Teaching Afghans near FOB Geronimo
By Sgt. Mark Fayloga
Cpl. Mary Warren, a water support tech with Combat Logistics Bn 5, comforts a young Afghan boy, while Dr. Abdul Bari examines him during a medical engagement at Aynak School, July 24. Warren, who is combat lifesaver certified, helped during the event by [...]
Aug 14, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Laghman PRT conducts ‘good neighbor’ visit
Photos by AF Staff Sgt. Ave Pele
LAGHMAN PROVINCE – A young Afghan boy speaks with Army Spc. Richard Brown, during a “good neighbor” mission, in which reps of the Laghman PRT and TF Iron Gray visit villages close to the FOB, in order [...]
Aug 13, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-Bagram Media Center
Para-veterinarians graduate in Charikar
Written by TF Wolverine PA
Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, project mgr, Texas ADT; Donagh Houlihan, country dir. for Flag Int’l; and Army 1st Lt. Matt Machacek, Texas ADT, discuss the final steps of the 24-week para-veterinarian course, which graduated [...]
Aug 12, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Paktika PRT implements digital firing systems
Written by AF 1st Lt. Mark Lazane
A highly-technical camera and detection system now occupies the turret once inhabited by the gunner. Inside the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle, the gunner controls and monitors the system by a sophisticated computer system.
PAKTIKA PROVINCE — Members of [...]
Aug 10, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Ghazni PRT ensure no village is left behind
Photos by AF Tech Sgt. JT May III
GHAZNI PROVINCE – Sakhozi villagers eagerly poured out of their homes to meet Ghazni PRT members, Aug. 5. This was the first visit by the PRT to the village, and it was uncertain if the [...]
Aug 9, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Paryan Justice Center opens in Panjshir Province
Story and photos by AF 2nd Lt. Jason Smith
AF Lt. Col. Curtis Velasquez, Panjshir PRT cmdr., talks to a village elder after a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Paryan Justice Center, Aug. 2. Velasquez said that the cooperation between the Panjshiris and the PRT [...]
Aug 8, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Kentucky NG ADT visits independently funded fish farm
Photos by AF Tech. Sgt. Sean Mateo White
PANJSHIR PROVINCE – Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Casada, Kentucky NG ADT leader, and Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Hancock, ADT member, both members of the Panjshir PRT, speak to a local Afghan who designed and [...]
