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AUP, ABP learn vehicle repair, comraderie in Gardez
Story by Spc. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 02.21.2012Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police from all areas of Regional Command-East have been coming to Forward Operating Base Gardez to learn how to work on vehicles and, more importantly, with each other,... Read More
AUP takes the reins from US soldiers in Gardez
Story by Spc. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 02.20.2012The city of Gardez is located at the junction between two important roads that cut through a huge alpine valley. Surrounded by the mountains of the Hindu Kush, which boil up from the valley floor to the north,... Read More
Commandos destroy improvised explosive device
Story by Staff Sgt. Fritz Butac | Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan | Date: 02.18.2012Soldiers from the 2nd Commando Kandak safely destroyed an improvised explosive device in Gardez city, Feb. 18. Read More
Technology enables deployed soldier to watch first daughter’s birth
Courtesy Story | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | Date: 02.02.2012When he received word that his wife was in labor, one deployed soldier knew 7,000 miles couldn’t keep him from her side. Read More
Local villager turns in large rocket cache
Story by Staff Sgt. Fritz Butac | Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan | Date: 02.02.2012A local villager contacted Afghan authorities and their coalition Special Operations Forces counterparts and turned in 50 rocket-propelled grenades and 50 RPG boosters in Dand Patan district, Feb. 2. Read More