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Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Shafikullah, a medical logistician with the 215th Maiwand Corps, talks with U.S. Air Force Capt. Amanda Davis, a medical logistics advisor with Medical Training Advisory Group, Regional Support Command Southwest, during a medical supply offload at the Forward Supply Depot on Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 7, 2012.

RSC-SW helps 215th Maiwand Corps with supply convoy

2012/07/17 • Comments

One part of the shipment was medical supplies. Davis, who is deployed from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., worked with ANA 1st Lt. Shafikullah, the medical logistics officer for the 215th, and his soldiers to get the supplies offloaded.

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Afghan National Army Special Operation Forces (ANASOC) soldiers stand in ranks during the stand-up ceremony at Camp Commando, Kabul July 16.

ANA Special Operations Command stands up first division in Afghan history

2012/07/16 • Comments

“You [ANASOC forces] are the most elite and you have the training to defeat the enemy in the direst conditions. This is the reason that we have this division covering the whole country, there will be no time and opportunity given to the enemy to move freely.”

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Afghan National Army Gen. Sayeed Malook, the commander of the 215th Maiwand Corps, and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David Berger, the commander of 1st Marine Division (Forward), cut the ribbon signifying transition of 73 buildings to Afghan control on Camp Shorabak.

ANA take control of 73 buildings on Camp Shorabak

2012/07/09 • Comments

“This is the first and getting them into the first is, I think, the most important because now they see they can do it and gain the confidence and in the end will create momentum that won’t be able to be stopped,” explained Hamilton, who is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. “If problems arise they’ll be able to work through them. That’s what we really want to see happen here.”

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PRT CCR commander Col Arturas Radvilas and ANP chief in Ghor province are cutting the tape during a new ANA compound opening ceremony.

A New Afghanistan National Army Compound Opened In Ghor Province

2012/07/08 • Comments

“I am glad that at the time when the process of transfer of responsibility from the PRT to the local institutions started, we are participating in the opening ceremony of the new ANA compound in Ghor province…” stressed the commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chaghcharan, Col. Artūras Radvilas

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Afghan National Army soldiers move into the new barracks in preparation for the commencement of the One Uniform Course at the Kabul Military Training Center located on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2012.

NTB finds a new home at KMTC

2012/07/06 • Comments

“Moving the One Uniform Course to KMTC is part of the general consolidation of training in the ANA that KMTC Brig. Gen. [Aminullah] Patyani requested to further streamline the command and control of ANA training.”

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Students wait to graduate from the vehicle maintenance training course at Training Sustainment Site Shaheen June 20 inside of their workshop.

37 Students Graduate Vehicle Maintenance Course

2012/07/06 • Comments

“Everything was amazing, I learned a lot,” said ANA Sgt. Abdul Rahim, through an interpreter. “I learned how to fix engines and other (types) of maintenance.”

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Afghan Brig. Gen. Aminullah Patyani, commander of the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) addresses an audience of nearly 200 Coalition members that includes 80 advisors from four nations in a ceremony thanking them for their efforts in helping to build the Afghan National Army’s capability, June 24, 2012. (Image by MCpl France Morin)

The first milestone of many at KMTC

2012/07/02 • Comments

“Afghanistan’s people will remember your service. Our country has a history of hospitality and we will return to resolving issues peacefully in the future. I have visited other nations, and I realized that the enemy is not just the enemy of Afghanistan, but of all nations. So we were glad to join the fight. But the goal remains the same—to establish and keep the peace.”

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Malalai Grad.png – The graduating class of women from the Female Training Brigade (FTB) stand on parade alongside their male counterparts for the first time since the unit’s inception on the parade square of the Kabul Military Training Center, Afghanistan, June 13.

Image by MCpl France Morin, Canadian Forces
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First Ever Coed ANA Graduation

2012/06/29 • Comments

“I can hardly think of a more worthwhile assignment than playing a role in the development of this group,” said Capt. Susanna Wallis of the British Army and the senior coalition advisor at Malalai.

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British Army Brig. James Stevenson (left), Deputy Commander Army for the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan (NTM-A),presents a 1Bravo certificate of completion to ANA Generals, Maj. Gen. Iqbal Ali and Brig. Gen. Qasim Hakimi.

CSU congratulated for reaching next milestone

2012/06/09 • Comments

“It has been a long, hard time, but my personnel did their best with the training from the mentors and now they are able to train other ANA units, “ said Afghan Brig. Gen. Qasim Hakimi, commander, communication support unit. “I am very proud of my men for their accomplishments.”

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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers shoot a scene on the tarmac at Kabul International Airport for the ANA General Staff Legal recruiting video.

Criminal Investigation Division realizes the need for female lawyers

2012/06/08 • Comments

“When I joined the Army there were not that many females, but day by day with each ANA graduation the number of females joining the Army has increased,” said a female ANA paralegal 1st Lt. with the ANA. “This video and brochure will help progress the Army and will recruit more men and women.”

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