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Mar 7, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS Special Forces Continue Security Presence in Kandahar Photos by Sgt. Benjamin Watson KANDAHAR PROVINCE – A Special Forces (SF) communications sgt. assigned to Special Ops TF (SOTF-S) proceeds up a steep footpath during a security patrol, Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District. The SOTF-S SF team in the area [...]
Mar 6, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Blackanthem Military News Marines clear multiple IEDs from Afghan village Story and photos by GnrySgt. Bryce Piper Marine Corps GnrySgt. Brad Rickabaugh, EOD team leader attached to Co I, BLT 3/8, 26th MEU, RCT 8, prepares to clear an IED discovered by Pablo, a military working dog, at Kakar, Feb. [...]
Mar 5, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center U.S., Polish, Afghan soldiers deliver aid to Ghazni village Photos by Army Spc. David Zlotin, TF White Eagle GHAZNI PROVINCE – Afghan children receive humanitarian aid from Polish soldiers in Dehe Khoda Ydad Village, Feb. 28. U.S. Army and Polish soldiers from FOB Ghazni and ANA [...]
Mar 4, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Charity organizer visits FOB Ghazni to thank Polish, US forces Written by Artur Weber, TF White Eagle Jurek Owsiak, founder of what has become the biggest and most important Polish fundraiser over the last 19 years, The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, hands a unique [...]
Mar 3, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Fifty graduate Fatima Girls’ High School Story and photos by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Skinner, Kunar PRT Navy Chief Petty Officer Jacqueline Riner (left), Kunar PRT NCO-in-charge of communications, greets an Afghan woman at the Dept of [...]
Mar 2, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS First-ever Women’s Regional Medical Seminar in Balkh Story by Sgt. Katryn McCalment Command Sgt. Maj. Michelle Fournier, Afghan doctor Aisha Daley, and 1st Lt. Jennifer Arnold introduce themselves to the midwives, nurses and doctors attending the 1st-ever regional medical seminar in Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh prov., Feb. 20. The three [...]
Mar 1, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: Regional Command-West Public Affairs Medic Trainers Graduate 1st Afghan taught Class Story and photos by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Stephen Hickok Col. Gulab Sherzad, 207th ANA Corps Surgeon, reads an award as NATO Training Mission Afghanistan (NTM-A) mentors look on, during the graduation ceremony of the ANA combat medic [...]
Feb 28, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Polish and US Forces bond through weapons Written by 2nd Lt. Laura Childs, Texas ADT IV Capt. Brent Kemp, Texas NG ADT-IV, accepts his Polish Army Rifle Marksmanship Gold Badge from TF White Eagle Battle Group Alpha, Polish Army Lt. Col. Gorowski, Feb. 19. Twenty-three [...]
Frank Buckles, last US WWI vet, dies in W.Va. at age 110; lied about age to get in uniform By VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. February 28, 2011 (AP) He was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. But Frank Buckles would later become the [...]
By George Will (Archive) · Sunday, February 27, 2011 WASHINGTON — For Princetonians, the senior thesis is a high hurdle before graduation. For Wendy Kopp, class of 1989, it became a career devoted to transforming primary and secondary education. What began as an idea for a teacher corps for hard-to-staff schools, urban and rural, became [...]
