Next to a small village in Afghanistan's fertile Jalrez Valley, a platoon of U.S. soldiers busy themselves fortifying a fighting position, stringing concertina wire, aiming mortars, and filling lots and lots of sand bag
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Being one of the only three military police officers tasked with mentoring Afghan national police in an area larger than the state of Delaware means being creative. For the three Grafenwoehr, Germany, based Soldiers from the 527th MP Company, the idea of establishing the first SWAT-like team made up of Afghan police in Regional Command-East, was too appealing to pass up.
Sgt. Devin C. Poche, 25, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, died March 31, 2009, at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, near Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Sgt. Poche was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. </d
Lance Cpl. Nelson M. Lantigua, 20, of Miami, Florida, died March 31, 2009, as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. Lance Cpl. Lantigua was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10 Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d
BAGHDAD- Traffic is common in a city of seven million people. With the lingering threat of roadside bombs at any turn, Paratroopers work daily with their Iraqi counterparts to ensure the people of Baghdad are safe on the highway.
WASHINGTON - The pending deployment of thousands of U.S. military trainers to Afghanistan to instruct Afghan soldiers and police is a key component of President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, the U.S. military's top uniformed officer said here toda
cpl moore was kia in baghdad on 16 march 2009 cpl moore was awarded a bronze star and purple heart, he was an mp from ft. bliss texas with the 978th mp co and 93rd mp battalion. thomas busa
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - The 100th Brigade Support Battalion here was repositioned to southern Afghanistan on March 28, where they will provide sustainment and distribution support to Coalition forces
Lt. (j.g.) Francis L. Toner IV, 26, of Narragansett, Rhode Island, died March 27, 2009, when an Afghan National Army soldier opened fire on personnel assigned to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan at Camp Shaheen, Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan. </d
