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July 29, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Trauma Surgeon saves lives at Salerno Hospital
Story and photo by Army Sgt. Brent Powell
Army Lt. Col. Paul Schenarts, trauma surgeon and dep. cmdr of clinical services, 344th Combat Support Hospital, applies a dressing to the wound of a 17-year-old Afghan boy who suffered shrapnel wounds from a mortar [...]
July 28, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Panjshir’s women plan for future
Story and photos by AF 1st Lt. Holly Hess
Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, Panjshir PRT civil affairs member, assists Annisa Gul, District Development Assembly (DDA) for women’s affairs in the Paryan District, by holding paperwork while Gul signs the document with her thumb print, July [...]
July 27, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
Blackanthem Military News
Marines Help Afghan Locals Build a Better Life
By Cpl. Eugenio Montanez, 1st Marine Division
Gunnery Sgt. Fermin Rodriguez, an asst team leader with 3rd Civil Affairs Group, 1st Light Armored Recon Bn, takes photos of a school at COP Castle, July 15. This school will be replaced with a new one [...]
July 25, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Preparing for Operation Strong Eagle II
Story and photos by Army Spc. Albert Kelley
KUNAR PROVINCE – CF leaders review tactical details of Op Strong Eagle II at FOB Joyce, July 18. The goal of the op was to clear insurgents from the village of Chenar, deny them safe [...]
By Roy Exum (Archive) · Sunday, July 25, 2010
It was a simple question, posed by a loving pastor who was valiantly trying to minister to a far-away soldier in Afghanistan. It was asked in an e-mail on the eve of America’s birthday, just a couple of weeks ago. “As a believer in Jesus, what [...]
July 24, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan
Mission into the village of Calenday(Photos by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest)
WARDAK PROVINCE - Army soldiers assigned to 1st Plt, Able Co, 1-503rd Inf Bn, 173rd ABCT, travel into the village of Calenday to speak with locals, and check on the progress of the primary school, July 13, 2010. COP Jaghato resides in [...]
July 23, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
Blackanthem Military News
Mississippi’s Army NG Fight Roadside Bombs
By Sgt. Spencer Case
Soldiers of 1st Plt, 287th Engr Co pray before leaving on a route clearance mission in SE Afghanistan, July 18.
PAKTYA PROVINCE - Army NG of the Lucedale, Miss.-based 287th are serving their deployment as professional bomb hunters. The wooden shack that serves [...]
July 21, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Officials discuss improvements for police station
Story and photos by Army Staff Sgt. Gary Witte
KUNAR PROVINCE – Army 1st Lt. Hugh Lewis, a plt leader for 2nd Plt, Co C, 1st Bn, 327th Inf Regt, TF Bulldog, discusses the importance of uniformed patrols with ANP officers at the Tarale [...]
July 20, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Kentucky ADT visits Kapisa DAIL, inspects hives
Written by Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter Ferrell
Army Capt. Bobbie Mayes, women’s empowerment coordinator for the Kentucky ADT, shakes the hand of Sulhaila Kohistani, dir. of women’s affairs for the Kapisa Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL), July 6. Mayes [...]
July 19, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
RC-East, Bagram Media Center
Salerno Hospital provides world-class trauma care
Story and photos by Sgt. Brent Powell
Staff Sgt. Judi Reeves, a surgical tech from the 344th Combat Support Hospital, carefully folds cloth over a vascular surgical tray of medical instruments, before placing it into a sterilizing machine at the Salerno Hospital.
FOB SALERNO – [...]
