Items Tagged with "troops"
Article | Health Chief Details Plan to Protect Troops in West Africa
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October 24, 2014
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2014 - U.S. troops will be protected while doing their critical work in West Africa -- helping the U.S. Agency for International Development stop the deadly Ebola outbreak there -- and after they come home, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said in a recent interview.
Photo | Troops helping West Africa
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October 24, 2014
A group of 30 U.S. military personnel, including Marines, airmen, and soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 19, 2014. The service members were bound for Monrovia, Liberia, to construct medical treatment units and train health care workers as part of Operation United Assistance, DoD's support to the USAID-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer
Photo | Combined Resolve III
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October 24, 2014
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare equipment during Exercise Combined Resolve III at Grafenwoehr, Germany, Oct. 6. The equipment is part of the European Activity Set), a battalion-sized set of equipment pre-positioned on the Grafenwoehr Training Area to outfit and support U.S. Army forces rotating to Europe for training and contingency missions. The 1st Cav currently serves as the Army's Regionally Aligned Force in support of the U.S. European Command. Combined Resolve III is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational exercise at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr Training Areas focused on maintaining and enhancing interoperability during unified land operations in a decisive action training environment. (Photo by Gertrud Zach)
Blog Post | Difficult Choices: The decision to execute Operation Market Garden
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September 12, 2014
Blog post by USEUCOM Historian about Operation Market Garden
Blog Post | Everyone's a blogger?
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April 5, 2010
I'm looking for guidance from all you social media gurus, or not, out there. Do you practice the theory, in your business, command, etc., that everyone should blog?
Blog Post | Camaraderie keeps troops warm during winter exercise
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March 2, 2010
While taking photos of Norwegian Army engineers during a pause in their maneuvers as part of the Cold Response 2010 exercise, I had a chance to exchange dialogue about things that only we troops discuss when we ‘close ranks’ among ourselves – away from our officer counterparts.
Blog Post | A Rude Awakening in Kabul, Afghanistan
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February 26, 2010
This is Day 6 for the EUCOM social media team training in Kabul, Afghanistan and it's one that I'll remember for a long time to come.
Blog Post | Should the U.S. Military Communicate in the Social Media Realm?
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February 12, 2010
As important as social media has become in the world, it is playing an ever-increasing role in the U.S. military. I’d like to highlight a great example from the International Security Assistance Force.
