Category: News – General

Taking the Lead

Taking the Lead

2012/10/06 • Comments

“The important thing is right now we can do our job alone without coalition mentorship, our instructors and officers can do their job properly, and our future is good. We are getting better day by day,” said Colonel Abdul Sabor.

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Command Sgt. Maj. Terry E. Parham, the senior noncommissioned officer of Deputy Command of Support Operations and the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Spc. Ariel Gallarzo, an ammunition handler and the youngest deployed Soldier of the 13th ESC, Brig. Gen. Clark W. LeMasters, DCOM-SPO and 13th ESC commander and Lt. Col. Ronald Jack, logistics operations chief and the oldest deployed member of the 13th ESC cut a cake to celebrate the 47th birthday of the 13th ESC at Camp Eggers, Afghanistan on Sept. 24. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Monika Comeaux, DCOM-SPO/NTM-A PAO)

Deployed Soldiers from 13th ESC celebrate unit’s 47th birthday in Afghanistan with teammates

2012/09/27 • Comments

“We have 23 troop contributing nations within DCOM-SPO. You handle infrastructure, you handle network development, and you handle logistics. Our Afghan partners are getting better in logistics, they are getting better in sustaining themselves,” complemented LeMasters his team.

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Afghan National Army in a joint patrol with ISAF Task Force. (Photo courtesy by Major Mario Renna, ISAF RC-W /PAO)

Joint operation of the Afghan National Police and ISAF leads to the detention of a group of suspected bombers.

2012/09/26 • Comments

ISAF Regional Command West – Afghanistan 2012-09-AO-006 Major (OF-3) Mario Renna ISAF Regional Command – West, Public Affairs Officer Herat, September 25, 2012 – Police Forces of the 606 Corps of the Afghan National Police have detained a group of individuals suspected of having placed several improvised explosive devices along the axes of communication Bakwa [...]

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MSgt William C. Hebb Narrates the 9/11 ceremony at Camp Eggers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Sean Weir)

NATO Training Mission Afghanistan remembers 9/11

2012/09/12 • Comments

“Eleven long years after 9/11 we ask for faith enough to know that more bullets, bombs and deaths are never the final answer. An eye for an eye and sooner or later it all ends in blindness. As military members we have to do hard things but as military personnel we above all pray for a peace that makes those hard things unnecessary,” said Bolger.

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NTM-A/CSTC-A statement regarding SIGAR Interim Report on Afghan National Army Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants

NTM-A/CSTC-A statement regarding SIGAR Interim Report on Afghan National Army Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants

2012/09/10 • Comments

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has recently brought to light deficiencies that NTM-A/CSTC-A leadership have identified, addressed and are currently addressing within the Afghan National Army’s logistics capability for petroleum, oil, and lubricants.

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Students from Setara High School watch their classmates play a game of volleyball with members from Camp eggers Volunteer Community Relations group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Sean Weir)

Friendly competition

2012/09/05 • Comments

“It was a lot of fun to see the kids having a good time and smiling. It reminded me of playing at home with my own kids, said Sgt. Warren Waddell . “There is hope for the future of a country whose children can still smile and play.”

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Canadian Maj. Gen.  Jim Ferron, Deputy Commanding General NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTM-A), hosted a Troop Contributing Nation (TCN) Outreach Conference to provide updated information on NTM-A's current status and future plans, Aug. 21 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Cory Rose)

NTM-A hosts Troop Contributing Nation Conference

2012/09/05 • Comments

NTM-A leadership used this conference to gain knowledge and coordinate with coalition forces about the transitioning process, enduring requirements, and forces still required.

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Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV) will be a new part of the Afghan National Army. The vehicles will play an essential role in their fight against the enemy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Cory Rose)

New vehicles Rev Up ANA capabilities.

2012/09/05 • Comments

“Mobile Strike Force Vehicles have numerous capabilities which will really help us to improve our fighting such as; armor, and electronically fired weapons,” said ANA Sgt. Rohullah.

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The medical staff of the Afghan National Army’s Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, who were on duty Aug. 20, 2012, pose for a photo in one of the hallways of the hospital. The hospital averages 650 hospital bed days per month. They recently expanded their capacity to 100 general admission beds, nine emergency room beds and seven intensive care unit beds. Regional Support Command-East under NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan provides mentors and trainers who assist the staff at the hospital. Photo by U.S. Army Capt. Monika Comeaux, DCOM-SPO/NTM-A PAO

Kandahar Regional Military Hospital; the premier trauma care center in Afghanistan

2012/09/04 • Comments

KRMH treats 20 percent of the total ANA battle injuries and support 27 percent of all intensive care unit admissions for the ANA that occur in the entire country of Afghanistan. The hospital averages 650 hospital bed days per month, said Sadiq.

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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers hoist the Afghan national flag symbolizing the transition of Training Support Site Shouz from the Regional Support Command-West (RSC-W) to ANA partners Aug 15. Regional Support Command-West is part of the Deputy Command of Support Operations, NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan.

Training Support Site Shouz transitions to Afghan Control

2012/08/23 • Comments

“This was first seen in the transition of training functions — where NATO trainers once trained Afghan recruits, it is now Afghan officers and noncommissioned officers who are responsible for this training.”

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