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Our goal is to positively influence our readers by presenting accurate, reliable information regarding the formative stages of our country as well as current national events. About Lux Libertas...
June 13, 2011 By Salina Zito SOMERSET – A roadside diner in a small town is quintessentially charming. Its sparkling steel, a reminder of our one-time manufacturing greatness, seems to reflect America’s spirit. The Summit Diner is one such place. Located just off the Pennsylvania Turnpike here, symbolizes America, a place where our very-egalitarian nature [...]
June 13, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Kapisa Women’s Leaders Propose a New Plan Story by Staff Sgt. Ashlee Lolkus Capt. Carla Getchell, the women’s empowerment coordinator, with the Kentucky ADT III, and the Dept of Women’s Affairs (DOWA) Dir. Saifora Kohistani listen, June 7 at the DOWA compound, as Kapisa Family Economics Dir. Sulhaila [...]
June 12, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Duke Soldiers, ANSF train on medical evacuation procedures Story and photos by Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Guffey, TF Duke Sgt. Andy Monnin, a flight medic with Co C, 5th Bn, 159th Aviation Regt, Wyoming Army NG, hooks 2 Soldiers to a UH-60 Black Hawk hoist at COP Wilderness, June [...]
June 11, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Kunar station opens, improves border security Story and photos by AF Tech. Sgt. Chuck Walker, Kunar PRT Kunar Provincial Gov. Wahidi, left; Navy Cmdr. Brian Goss, Kunar PRT cmdr., center; and Army Lt. Col. Braden Lemaster, officer-in-charge of the Jalalabad [...]
June 10, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Brazilian-born TF Cacti medic shares life-saving skills Story and photos by Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Burrell, TF Bronco Cpl. Joel Kuhn, a combat medic and native of Brazil, assigned to Co A, 2nd Bn, 35th Inf Regt, TF Cacti, 3rd BCT, 25th ID, TF Bronco, [...]
June 9, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Panjshir school children learn about rule of law Written by AF 1st Lt. Ashleigh Peck, Panjshir PRT Maj. Bill Kelly, TF Red Bulls Bde Judge Advocate, passes out donated school supplies, after distributing rule of law books to schoolchildren at the Koraba Secondary School in [...]
June 8, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Panjshir PRT restores canal, drinking water Story and photos by AF Senior Airman Amber Ashcraft, Panjshir PRT AF Lt. Col. Joseph Blevins, Panjshir PRT cmdr., speaks with Community Development Council (CDC) member Zianlar Bostan about projects in the Shutol District, June 1. A cement canal in Dehe Kalan Village [...]
June 7, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Paktika government develops five-year plan Written by AF 1st Lt. Emily Chilson, Paktika PRT Navy Chief Petty Officer Doug Thompson, Paktika PRT medical NCO-in-charge, interacts with Paktika govt officials in Sharana, June 1. Paktika directors and line directors attended a 2-day provincial development 5-year plan (PDP) review [...]
June 6, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Operation Care donates goods to Afghans, Soldiers Story and photos by Army Spc. James Wilton, TF Red Bulls Afghan men, with a bandanged-up child in tote, leave the Egyptian Hospital on Bagram Airfield with donated care packages from Operation Care, May 29. CF volunteer [...]
June 5, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Kunar PRT opens Shigal-Gadoli Road Story and photo by AF 1st Lt. Nicholas Mercurio, Kunar PRT Navy Cmdr. Brian Goss, Kunar PRT cmdr., explains the plans to extend the Shigal-Gadoli Road to Kunar Prov. Gov. Wahidi, May 28, prior to a ribbon-cutting ceremony. After the ceremony, PRT engrs traveled [...]
