Archive for the ‘Afghanistan’ Category
Sunday, January 27th, 2013
Local villagers and Mississippi National Guard members, Sgt. Josh Niolet, 29, from Raleigh, Miss., and Sgt. Paul Marshall, 43, from Terry, Miss., peer into a karez from above while other Miss. NG members of the Zabul Agricultural Development Team inspect the karez for damage in Terwoki, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2012. A karez is a system of underground channels that carry water from the aquifer at higher elevations to areas down slope. U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou
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Story by Sgt. Lori Bilyou
Subterranean aqueducts, or karez in Persian, have provided rural Afghan villages with water for centuries in a land perpetually challenged with poor resources. In many places throughout the war torn country, however, karez have fallen into disrepair. The Mississippi National Guard Agricultural Development Team is working in Zabul province, Afghanistan, to help villagers repair the problems caused by years of neglect.
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Tags: aqueducts, irrigation in Afghanistan, Karez system, Khost province Afghanistan, Mississippi National Guard, subterranean aqueducts, underground karez, Zabul province Afghanistan
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Lt. Col. Stephanie Purgerson poses for a photograph with young residents of a Kabul area village near Camp Phoenix. Purgerson is the camp commander and conducts foot patrols throughout the community to learn how Soldiers can better support Afghanistan.
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Story by Capt. Marvin Baker
To help Afghan women who live and work around Camp Phoenix, in Kabul, Task Force Centurion regularly hosts local women’s bazaars on the camp and plans to build or renovate area schools, especially those for young girls.
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Tags: afghan women, Afghan women's issues, Camp Phoenix, Task Force Centurion
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
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More than 450 Hudson Valley- based New York Army National Guard soldiers have deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas to Afghanistan where they will provide communications support to American and coalition forces in that country.
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Tags: 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, new york army national guard, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical
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Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Philadelphia native Cpl. Jason M. Hassinger (center right), receives the Silver Star from Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, the outgoing commanding general of 2nd Marine Division during the 2nd Marine Division change-of-command ceremony Aug. 23 aboard Camp Lejeune. Hassinger received the Silver Star for his actions during an ambushed patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, in which he led his section through intense fire to rescue a group of fellow Marines pinned down by the enemy. Hassinger was shot four times during the incident but continued to fight until the enemy retreated. The Silver Star is the third-highest award a U.S. service member can receive for valor in combat. Photo by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde / U.S. Marine Corps. Click for a larger image.
U.S. Marine Corps
By Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde, 2nd Marine Division
When a patrol of Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; Afghan National Army soldiers and Afghan National Civil Order Police patrolmen was ambushed by insurgents March 5, 2011, Cpl. Jason M. Hassinger quickly realized that many of his comrades were trapped, unable to maneuver or engage the attacking enemy. The Marines requested air support, but it was not immediately available, so Hassinger led his section through the gunfire to rescue his trapped brothers in arms.
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Tags: 2nd Marine Division, 8th Marine Regiment, ambushed by insurgents, silver star
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Friday, September 14th, 2012
Staff Sgt. Matthew E. Faircloth, the section leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device Aug. 23 during the 2nd Marine Division change of command ceremony. Faircloth, a Hedgesville, W.Va., native, earned the award for his actions in combat on February 16, 2011. Photo by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde / U.S. Marine Corps. Click for a larger image.
U.S. Marine Corps
By Lance Cpl. Phillip Clark, 2nd Marine Division
The first thing Staff Sgt. Matthew E. Faircloth did once he regained consciousness after being shot in the head in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2011 was look at his family picture in the back of his Kevlar helmet. Never mind the blood gushing from the back of his head, he just wanted to make sure the one thing that kept him strong through his deployment was protected – a picture of his wife and three children.
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Tags: 2nd Marine Division, 8th Marine Regiment, Bronze Star with a 'V' for valor, Helmand Province Afghanistan, Trek Nawa district Helmand province
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