Wednesday Warfighter

advanced military shooting

A force protection team comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines practices advanced shooting techniques on a range in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Corporal Rocio Sanchez, electronic key management system clerk, Retrograde and Redeployment in support of Reset and Reconstitution Operational Group, Regional Command (Southwest), serves in Helmand province, Afghanistan, three years after touring with USO as a singer. Sanchez left her singing career behind to attend Marine Corps recruit training shortly after the tour ended.

“I traded in my high heels for combat boots and my microphone for an M-16 (service rifle).”
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air drop

C-130s from the 772nd EAS in Afghanistan are helping to save lives by keeping convoys off the roads.
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U.S. Army Spc. Amanda Wilson, 24, enlisted in the Army in 2010 as a signal support specialist and is serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in eastern Afghanistan. A native of Orchard Park, N.Y., she currently serves outside her job as a member of the 173rd’s Female Engagement Team, talking to local women in Afghan villages. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Sword

A simple turn of events led Army Spc. Amanda Wilson to a life-long calling she never knew she had: as a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team’s Female Engagement Team.
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MoH

President Barack Obama announced Jan. 11, 2013, that former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha will receive the Medal of Honor, Feb. 11, for his actions in Afghanistan.
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