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KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Navy Lt. Mark Fetterman, Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team engineer from Plymouth, Mass., stands on a hilly outcropping in Bak district during a foot (click for more)
ANA enforces weapon registration law
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army soldiers from 1st Coy, 3rd Kandak play with village children during a patrol through Sar Mast Kheyl, Zormat District Jan. 16. (click for more)
Afghan forces, ISAF help improve security in Bak
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – An MRAP remains idle as construction efforts surround Combat Outpost Bak and the nearby district center. ISAF, ANP and ANA members work together daily (click for more)
Task Force Leader Soldiers patrol Zambar
KHOWST PROVINCE – U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Oszczakiewicz, an infantryman with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, from Trenton, N.J., scans for insurgents as 2nd Plt. receives (click for more)
US, Polish forces build relationships in Ghazni
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Polish Battle Group A and Texas Army National Guard Ghazni ADT-IV conduct a village assessment of Pir Shabaz, a small village near Ghazni City, (click for more)
New recruits join Afghan army
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Operations Sgt. Maj. Akhtar Muhammad takes questions from new recruits during Basic Warrior Training at Forward Operating Base Thunder Jan. 22. (click for more)
ANA, Red Bulls find IED
NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Spc. Michael Scarsbrook, an infantryman with Task Force Ironman, from Iowa Falls, Iowa, looks down on a spot in Tupac Jan. 21, (click for more)
ANSF, TF Thunder aim to increase GIRoA influence in Pul-e Alam
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Tyrik L. Holmes, assigned to 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Thunder, (click for more)
Sayed Karam market walk, step in right direction
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class David Davis, from Moore, Okla., the platoon sergeant of the 2-45th ADT’s security force, leads the rear security element (click for more)
Iowa Soldiers discuss ‘average’ days in Afghanistan
NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Pfc. Corey Vanotegham, an infantry radio telephone operator from Victor, Iowa, with TF Ironman, smiles as he stands beside a Holstein cow (click for more)
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Despite blistering cold, snow, ice and a 4 a.m. kickoff, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard stationed at Forward Operating Base Lightning gathered to support their beloved Steelers Feb. 7.
“I’ve been a Steelers fan all my life,” said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tom Porritt of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fans stayed connected to loved ones on game day despite the distance between them.
Porritt and his girlfriend chatted over the internet as the game progressed, others called and texted their family members.
Sadly, Guard members’ hopes were shattered as their team went on to lose to the Green Bay Packers, 31-25. Despite the setback, hardcore fans remained supportive.
“Good season, Steelers. Good season,” said U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Brandon Barkley of Birmingham, Ala.
The Super Bowl has become a modern American tradition. In many parts of the U.S. it is as much a holiday as Independence Day or Veterans Day.
As service members serve far from home, it is often the snap of a ball or the roar of a crowd that connects them to the things that really matter: home, country and the love of a game.
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NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, conducted a search with Afghan National Security Forces in Loya Torma Village in Sherzad District Feb. 5. |
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| ANSF, TF Bastogne begin operations in Shawan Ghar Valley |
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NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces partnered with the Soldiers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Bastogne, 101st Airborne Division, to begin operations in the Shawan Ghar Valley of the Lal Por District Feb. 3.
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| Weapons cache found, destroyed in Laghman |
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LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A weapons cache consisting of more than 100 anti-personnel mines was found by coalition forces on patrol near the village of Jugi, Mehtar Lam District, Laghman Province Jan. 27. An explosive ordnance disposal team was deployed to the scene and destroyed the cache in place. |
| ANSF, TF Bastogne counters insurgency in Kunar |
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KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Coalition troops and their Afghan National Security Forces partners joined together to conduct operations in the Khas Kunar District of Kunar Province Jan. 21-22. |
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