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1-503 holds pre-Ranger course while deployed in Ghazni Province
Story by Sgt. Michael Sword | 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs | Date: 01.01.2013As temperatures go down across Afghanistan, lush green farmland and rocky, brown mountain peaks are now blanketed with snow. With the colder weather, many of the foreign fighters head toward warmer climates,... Read More
Why we serve: Pfc. Steven Devito
Story by Sgt. Michael Sword | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | Date: 12.06.2012Ever since U.S. Army Pfc. Steven Devito was a child, he remembers his father’s love for remote controlled airplanes. He also remembers when he decided to join the military. Read More
Sky Soldiers are awarded the Army Safety Excellence Streamer
Courtesy Story | 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs | Date: 11.30.2012Over the past 12 months, despite the hazards of three training rotations in Europe, the deployment of half of the battalion to Afghanistan, as well as the continued execution of sustainment operations in support... Read More
Why We Serve: Spc. Amanda Wilson
Story by Sgt. Michael Sword | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | Date: 11.20.2012U.S. Army Spc. Amanda Wilson didn’t always know what she wanted to do with her life. On her way through high school and to a degree in anthropology from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York,... Read More
Why we serve: Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel Coston
Story by Sgt. Michael Sword | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | Date: 11.09.2012With two uncles that served in Vietnam and one that served in World War II, you could say that Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel Coston, the senior enlisted soldier for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, was... Read More
