Tag: NATO Training Mission Afghanistan

Pfc. Vlado Tudan (left), Pfc. Dubravko Preglej (center) and Sgt. Carmon Cave Jr. inspect the undercarriage of a Load Handling Service vehicle to be serviced in the Croatian vehicle maintenance workshop at Camp Marmal, April 2. Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia have been a part of the International Security Assistance Force since 2003. ISAF Regional Command North supports Afghan National Security Forces in close coordination and collaboration in providing security and disrupting insurgent activities in order to protect the Afghan population.

Croatian Soldiers Maintain the Vehicle Fleet

2012/05/07 • Comments

“Our mission is to take care of the entire vehicle and radio equipment and be ready to help soldiers be fully capable to do their mission,” said Maj. Milan Slavica, chief of the Croatian National Support Element in northern Afghanistan.

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Category: News - General, News - Logistics

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Afghan National Army Col. Hashim, the chief logistics officer for 201st Corps, discusses the Ministry of Defence request form 14 with a fellow officer during training at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, April 16.

Logistics soldiers see more streamlined process through demonstration

2012/05/06 • Comments

“I want my officers to be trained in correct procedures to do their job and meet our mission,” said ANA Col. Roshanghar, the RLSC-E commander. “If you could show me how to do it, it will be easier to retain it.”

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Category: News - Afghan National Army, News - General, News - Logistics

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ANA Col. Halim prepares students for their responsibilities.

ANA instructors prepare Afghan logistics specialists

2012/05/06 • Comments

Three ANA colonels, logistics instructors representing the Ministry of Defense (MoD), travel the country teaching the ministry’s published logistics decrees.

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Category: News - Afghan National Army, News - General, News - Logistics

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Workers dig out a kanda in the Alburz mountains, April 13, 2012. The kandas will help provide fresh water for the local Afghan population. International Security Assistance Force Regional Command North supports Afghan National Security Forces in close coordination and collaboration in providing security and disrupting insurgent activities in order to protect the Afghan population.

CIMIC: Building Bridges, Building Trust

2012/05/05 • Comments

“We are not running the projects. All projects are run through local authorities. This allows the district governor and others to show the Afghans that they, and not the insurgents, are trustworthy and able to provide security and development,” said Maj. Tomas Nilsson, CIMIC officer, Transition Support Team MES.

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Candidates of the Female Training Battalion (also known as Malalai) conduct their final Performance Objective check for 9mm pistols from 1 to 4 April 2012.

2012/05/04 • Comments

“The women were really competitive with each other and were upset if they did not fire as well as some of the others. One candidate, after receiving advice about correcting her point of aim, did really well. She was beaming with pride after that.”

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Category: Gender, News - Afghan National Army, News - General

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The potential next Afghan Army Sgt. Maj. of the Army, standing, gets interviewed before a board, at the Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Apr. 19.

Afghan leaders choose next ANA top non-commissioned officer

2012/05/03 • Comments

“The board was significant because it standardized the process on how it should be conducted,” said Billy J. Blackmon, a Coalition advisor at NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan. “It created a merit-based system, one that is fair, transparent, with integrity.”

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Category: News - General

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In collaboration with Captain Brad Whipple (far right), Literacy Advisor, Instructors Hamid Jamal, Site Manager for the KMTC literacy program and Hislamadin Faizi, Master Trainer prepare course material for literacy training offered at the Kabul Military Training Centre located in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 17, 2012.

Building a nation, one word at a time

2012/05/03 • Comments

“We serve our nation in two very important ways,” said Hamid Jamal, Site Manager for the KMTC literacy program. “It is important for the [Afghan National] Army to have soldiers who can read and write now, but it is also important for the soldiers to have these skills for their family and their community as we rebuild our country.”

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Category: Literacy, News - Afghan National Army, News - General

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Lt. Col. Abdul Qayoum Azami, Farah City prison warden (left), leads a tour of the prison  in Farah City, in Farah City, Farah Province, Afghanistan, April 24. Coalition members are visiting the prison to observe and provide recommendations to improve conditions.

Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah Visits Prison

2012/05/02 • Comments

“My main purpose was to join the team that went to the prison primarily to evaluate any prison abuse, neglect, and any of the medical assets that were being utilized at the prison,” said Berlin.

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Brig. Gen. Aminullah Patyani, Commander of the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) accompanies Brig. Gen. Chan Wing Kai, Singapore Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations) as he signs the guest book at the Hall of Honor located during a Singaporean visit to KMTC near Kabul, Afghanistan, April 22.

Singapore nurtures Afghan success

2012/05/01 • Comments

“This is a small gesture on our part to say thank you to our friends with the Coalition and to remind us all how important it is to work together. Only through our combined efforts can we expect to help improve the lives of the Afghan people.”

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From left to right-  Col. Alden Saddlemire, deputy commanding officer for Task Force Arrowhead, an ISAF interpreter, Combined Task Force Viper commander Col. Gary Johnston, 4th Kandak, 3rd Afghan Border Police commander Lt. Col. Said Sharif Sartif and 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade personnel officer 1st. Lt. Megan Cloninger discuss the details of recent seizures of 10,000 pounds of hashish by Afghan Border Police, worth an estimated one million dollars.  The Key Leader Engagement took place 16 April at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak.

3rd Afghan Border Police Seizes 10,000 Pounds of Drugs

2012/05/01 • Comments

Lt. Col. Sartif replied, “This is my job. I am a soldier – no matter what kind of rank is on my shoulders, I will do my duty. I will be a soldier.”

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