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Sep 8, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Navy Imam Meets Sangin’s Religious Leaders Story and photos by 1st Lt. Timothy Irish Deputy District Gov. Khan (left) sits with Navy Lt. Asif Balbale (center) and Lt. Cmdr. David Todd in the district gov’s compound in Sangin, Sept. 3. Balbale is a Muslim Navy chaplain, and an [...]
Sep 7, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS ’31 Heroes’: Sweat, Pain Shared in Memory of Fallen Warriors Story and photos by Sgt. Lindsey Kibler The faces and stories of 30 U.S. service members and one military working dog killed in action, Aug. 6, line a volleyball court, Sept. 3, at Kabul Int’l. Airport (KAIA). Nearly [...]
Sep , 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS, Regional Command Southwest Mentor Team Corpsman Trains Afghan Medics in Lashkar Gah Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Snodgrass Petty Officer 3rd Class Kossi Noameshie gives first aide to an Afghan boy at the Afghan National Civil Order Police compound, Lashkar Gah, June 17. The boy, a local [...]
Sep 4, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center U.S. forces Donate Gifts of Clothing in Eid Celebration Story and photos by Army Spc. Adam Mathis AF Lt. Col. Stephen Sales, senior advisor for the Eastern Afghanistan Regional Medical Command, takes the hand of a wounded ANSF member after giving him a shirt, in celebration of [...]
Aug 3, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Afghans Execute First Solo Patrol in Eastern Marjah Story and photos by Cpl. Jeff Drew Afghan children gather around a patrol of ANA soldiers, hoping for pieces of candy at a compound in Eastern Marjah. The ANA joined ALP during the patrol. MARJAH, Helmand province – “This is the first [...]
Sep 2, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Female Marines Assist in Birth of Local Baby By Cpl. Colby Brown Sgt. LaJuanna Baker, Female Engagement Team (FET) leader, and Cpl. Andrea Moreira-Rios, asst. team leader, pose for a photo, during one of their many health initiatives with 1st Bn, 3rd Marine Regt, July 30. Baker and [...]
Sep 1, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Michigan Native Discovers Opportunity Through Adversity Story and photos by Cpl. Jeff Drew Pfc. Robert Weimer, a rifleman with Kilo Co, 3rd Bn, 6th Marine Regt, suffered a core-body temp of 107 degrees during a patrol. Despite enduring 2 heat-related injuries, Weimer took initiative to learn from the [...]
Aug 31, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS From the Afghanistan Mountains to the Oregon Coast Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford TF Gridley, 1249th Engr. Bn., Oregon Army NG soldiers Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Polley and son Spc. Alexander Polley pose for a quick photo, during the last night of the Hood to [...]
Aug 30, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS JTAC Shot, Keeps Calling in Critical Close Air Support Story by Staff Sgt. John Wright Senior Airman Jorge Henry, right, a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC), deployed to the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Ops Sqdn (ASOS), is presented an AF Combat Action Medal by (AFCAM) Lt. Gen. David [...]
Aug 29, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS N.Y. Native Betters Himself and the ANA Story by Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderahe Cpl. Juan Montoya, 26, a motor transportation operator with Embedded Training Team (ETT), RCT 8, instructs an ANA soldier in supply inventory, Aug. 21. (Photos by 1st Lt. Timothy Irish) FOB DELARAM II, Nimroz province [...]
