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NATO in Afghanistan – Afghan army strengthens recruitment procedures

2012/10/16 • Comments

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The maintenance conference was to help solidify maintenance questions for the AAF on personnel and training. Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Quinton Russ.

Afghan Air Force, 438th AEW meet to standardize maintenance processes across AAF

2012/10/12 • Comments

“We want to standardize the processes so a technician can go from one base to another and know what to do. Everyone is bringing their ideas to the table and everything is coming together and becoming one unit verses three units.”

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Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - General

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Afghan Minister of Defense Bismillah Khan Muhammadi addressed participants of the Afghan National Army Senior Security Shura Sept. 29 at Depot 0, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior logistics leaders of the ANA came together to discuss logistics processes, accomplishments and challengers. The Afghan Interior Minister and senior International Security Assistance Forces personnel also attended the conference to obtain better visibility on the state of the ANA logistics systems. Once the conference was complete, participants had a guided tour of Depot 0, to show them where some of the supplies originate from at the national level. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Monika Comeaux, DCOM-SPO/NTM-A PAO)

Afghan National Army holds Senior Security Shura focused on logistics

2012/10/08 • Comments

“We have been building the ANA, increasing our numbers, it is now time that we focus on quality, not quantity,” said the Assistant Defense Minister for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Lt. Gen. Abdul Hamid Mohebullah.

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Infantry Branch School Transitions to Afghan National Army

2012/10/06 • Comments

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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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Category: News - Afghan National Army, News - General

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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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Brig. Gen. Abdul Basir, the commander Afghan National Army's Logistics Command, signs transition paperwork assuming responsibilities for the Chimtallah National Ammunition Depot Sept. 16, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The transition ceremony took place in one of the new bunkers at the depot. The depot stores anything from small arms ammunition to rocket propelled grenades, in the current value of $ 160 million. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Monika Comeaux, DCOM-SPO/NTM-A PAO)

Afghan National Army takes over operations at Chimtallah National Ammunition Depot

2012/09/20 • Comments

“This ceremony today represents the hard work and dedication of the Afghan soldiers at the Chimtallah Ammunition Depot, and the hard work and dedication of the mentors and advisors of RSC-Capital,” said LeMasters during the ceremony. The buildings are just the shell, it is teamwork and dedication what makes this facility function, he said.

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U.S. Army Capt. Owen Brown, chief of Contracting and Acquisition Advisory Team at Deputy Command of Support Operations under NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan passes out handouts for a contracting class on Sept. 12 at the Afghan National Army's Logistics Command in Kabul, Afghanistan. The contracting class was a four-day test run of a 14-day model, aiming to socialize the training material with select members of the Afghan National Security Forces and to obtain valuable feedback on the contents of the classes. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Monika Comeaux, DCOM-SPO/NTM-A PAO)

Afghan National Security Forces participate in pilot class on contracting

2012/09/16 • Comments

The class was the first of its kind for the Afghan partners, allowing the instructors to obtain valuable feedback on the Contract Acquisition Advisory Team program of instruction (POI) developed by the DCOM-SPO and acquisition advisers from the Deputy Commands of Police and Army under NTM-A.

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