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U.S. Army Sgt. Alex Peyton, an agricultural specialist with the Nebraska National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team, the agricultural section for the Paktiya Provincial Reconstruction Team, poses for a picture in the ADT's conference room at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Sept. 1, 2012.

Why We Serve: U.S. Army Sgt. Alex Peyton Mentors Afghan Farmers

Posted on October 9, 2012 by glenn.selby

U.S. Army Sgt. Alex Peyton, an agricultural specialist from Gothenburg, Neb.
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Building The Way

Posted on July 17, 2012 by jtozer

The Sharana road project is small in size, large in scope. Army Engineers are building roads to help expedite trips to hospitals and other important locations in Sharana, Afghanistan. “The roads connect families, they connect tribes, they connect economic epicenters,” …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 172 IBCT, 9th Engineer Battalion, Adam Chalmers, Anwar, Arghanistan, Army, Army Engineers, building, David Farrar, Defense, Eastern Afghanistan, Engineers, Gail McCabe, high definition, military, paving the way, road, roads, soldiers, video | Leave a comment

Building Upon What You Love

Posted on June 10, 2012 by jtozer

There are many reasons one chooses to enlist in the military. For Spc. Romanthis Dillard the decision to join the Army Reserves was influenced in part by advice he got from his father, Romano Dillard. “My dad encouraged me to …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 721st Engineer Company, Afghanistan, Army Reserves, construction equipment, De Maiwand, Engineers, Engneers, Grand Prairie Texas, Kandahar Province, Louisiana, Minden, Spc. Romanthis Dillard | Leave a comment

Family Focus Friday: Expanding His Family’s Military Lineage

Posted on June 8, 2012 by jtozer

When Spc. Evrett Williams enlisted in the Army Reserves, he joined a long line of family members before him served their country in uniform, including two grandfathers in World War I and World War II and a brother in Iraq. …
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Wednesday Warfighter: ‘If We Can’t Find A Way, We’ll Make A Way’

Posted on April 25, 2012 by jtozer

Story by 2nd Lt. Scott Murdock On the ground at Regional Command Southwest “When I was here last, we had a 12-year-old boy turn his father in for making [improvised explosive devices],” said Capt. Aaron Fisher. “We asked him why he’d …
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