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The Gateway to Kandahar
Sgt. Randy Elmore, team leader, Zombie Response Team, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, secures a reconstruction project along Highway 4 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, April 8. The construction is part of a commanderâ¤?s emergency response program-funded reconstruction project, which includes repairs to 7.8 kilometers of road from the Pakistan border into Afghanistan. Elmore is a Surprise, Ariz., native deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photo by Senior Airman Jessica Lockoski. A vital highway reconstruction project to repair stretches … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Afghanistan Fight Turns to Economy + Governance
It’s hard to find a good, old-fashioned combat fight in Afghanistan right now — even here, surrounded by the battle-hardened, well-armed infantry and artillery troops of the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team. That’s partly because it is still winter and most insurgent fighters are holed up waiting for warmer weather, but also because the fight has changed across this rural landscape. Here in Wardak province, just south of Kabul, the fight is not so … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, Tenth Mountain Division, War on Terror
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