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Tanks disrupt enemy activity in known insurgent hotbed

Story by Cpl. Mark Garcia | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 10.31.2012

During a time when insurgents typically bed down for the winter, Marines and coalition forces engaged multiple enemy forces during Operation Helmand Viper, Oct. 19 through 27. Tanks with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank... Read More

Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah Completes Turnover of Authority Ceremony

Story by Lt.j.g. Matthew Stroup | Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah | Date: 10.31.2012

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Sheppard, commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, turned over authority of the PRT to U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base... Read More

Romanian soldiers celebrate their Armed Forces Day in Afghanistan

Story by Sgt. Ashley Curtis | 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) | Date: 10.29.2012

National pride was evident across the faces of deployed Romanian service members celebrating their country's Armed Forces Day on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 25. Read More

Competition brings training to new level

Story by Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 10.29.2012

Twenty two teams from the South Carolina National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, competed under various weather conditions, physical stress, mental fatigue and against a clock... Read More

Eagle Five hosts Eid al-Adha observance at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak

Courtesy Story | 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) | Date: 10.26.2012

Coalition forces observed the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha during a celebration hosted by Albanian service members at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Oct. 26. Read More