What We Do
Infantry patrols disrupt enemy, aid Afghans
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Baylough have one mission: to disrupt the enemy.
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Nebraska Guard unit aids Afghan farmers
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Members of the Nebraska National Guard's Task Force Warrior agribusiness development team visited several villages in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province July 13 to assess grain bins that once occupied farmlands in Imperial, Neb.
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Silver Star Soldier wants others to understand combat reality
VICENZA, Italy – As Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye was awarded the military’s third-highest honor for valor Tuesday, his thoughts were on his comrades.
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"Dawg Medic" lives up to nickname
BAGHDAD – Army Sgt. Laurence Cameron was given the call sign "Dawg Medic," but it wasn’t until a recent mission that he lived up to the nickname.
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Army deploys social scientists to study Iraqi culture
BASRA, Iraq – The Human Terrain Systems program seeks to study cultural perceptions in Iraq by attaching research teams to combat units.
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Construction crews prepare for troop increase
KABUL – Expansion efforts are well under way in southern Afghanistan, where most of the 21,000 troops deploying to the country this summer will be concentrated.
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U.S., French, Afghan troops team up to aid villages
KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. forces participated with French and Afghan forces recently in three days of humanitarian missions to bring medical treatment and necessary supplies to residents of isolated villages here.
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Americans preparing 'Sons of Iraq' for peacetime jobs
WASHINGTON – U.S. forces in Iraq increasingly are focused on educating Iraqis as they move toward returning Iraq to national sovereignty.
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'We're not drones; we fire back'
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The door to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here features a drawing of an MQ-1 Predator armed with Hellfire missiles underscored with the words "We're not drones - we fire back."
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Quick-thinking crew, teamwork help tanker avoid disaster
MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan - “Any aircraft, any station, this is Shell 73, Emergency. We’ve lost complete navigational capability. Request assistance.”
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