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Oct 17, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Blackhawk Soldiers Perform Sling Load Operations Photos by Staff Sgt. Luke Graziani PAKTIKA PROVINCE – Sgt. Christopher Tunis, a native of Fla., assigned to Co A, 172nd Support Bn, 172nd Inf Bde, TF Blackhawk, prepares parachute cord to be used in the rigging of a sling [...]
Oct 16, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Regional Command Southwest Marines Accompany District Governor to Camp Leatherneck Bazaar Story and photos by Cpl. Bryan Nygaard Cpl. Matthew Flaherty, a military working dog handler with HSC, 1st Bn, 25th Marine Regt, and a native of Mass., posts security with Chica, an explosives detection dog, during a shura [...]
Oct 15, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Stryker Soldiers Strive for Excellence During Vehicle Recovery Course Story by Sgt. Thomas Duval Mechanics with 25th BSB, 1st Stryker BCT, 25th ID, work to rig up and recover a tractor trailer from a mire pit, during the Vehicle Recovery Course at Kandahar, Sept. 28, 2011. The training [...]
Oct 14, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS U.S., British Troops Bring Donations to Afghans in Need Story by Sgt. April Campbell AF Maj. Marc Adair, of Colo., gives an Afghan boy a coat at an internally displaced people’s camp in Kabul, Oct. 7. A group of American and British service members from ISAF HQ traveled [...]
Oct12, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Marjah District Opens Several Schools Story and photos by Sgt. Earnest Barnes A student of the Balakino School performs a reading for the crowd gathered to celebrate the school’s opening day ceremony recently. There are more than 600 registered students at the Balakino School, a tremendous success for the area [...]
Oct 11, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS CF Builds Camaraderie by Remembering Loss, Celebrating Triumph Story by Cpl. Justin Boling Maj. Gen. John Toolan, the comm. gen. of RC-SW and Maj. Gen. Glenn Walters, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Fwd), comm. gen., stand among the leadership of the ANA at a dinner for coalition leaders at [...]
AFGHANISTAN STORIES: ‘Guardians of Peace’ puts Security in the hands of the People Written by AF Senior Airman Wesley Farnsworth, Paktya PRT Local Afghan children hold up flyers advertising the Guardians of Peace program. Distributed flyers are one of many methods used to spread the word about the program, which encourages the people of Afghanistan [...]
Oct 8, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Pinjadoo: Another Success Story in Nawa District Story and photos by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde Haji Manaf (right), the gov. of Nawa district, Helmand province, speaks to an older man at the Pinjadoo Bazaar. Manaf has been Nawa’s district gov. for approx 2 years. The district was a hotbed for [...]
Oct 7, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Operation Steel Rain Disrupts Haqqanis in Khowst Story by Spc. Tobey White Army soldiers from the 1st Bn, 26th Inf Regt, 3rd BCT, 1st ID, TF Duke, pull security on a road during Op Steel Rain in Tirzaye district, Sept. 24. The mission was a joint effort between Afghan [...]
Oct 6, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Air Force Mechanics a ‘Driving Force’ Behind Laghman PRT Success Written by Capt. Tony Vincelli, Laghman PRT AF Staff Sgts. Dmitry Burshteyn and Tim Husketh, vehicle mechanics attached to Laghman PRT, guide a 3,000-lb power pack into the engine bay of an RG-31 MRAP vehicle, Aug. [...]
