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Mayra Veronica and Bob Griese Visit Afghanistan
Bob Griese drops back to pass. He sees his target is wide open, and with a quick release he delivers the football to his receiver’s hands. Except this time Griese was not playing in Joe Robbie Stadium and he was not throwing to his favorite receiver, Paul Warfield. The NFL Hall of Fame quarterback was at Forward Operating Base Hanson, Helmand province, Afghanistan, throwing to Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlo Carbonell, a hospitalman with Headquarters … Read entire article »
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Female engagement team breaks for training
Marines with the Regional Command Southwest Female Engagement Team conducted reset training here Jan 11-12. The Marines are required to return to Camp Leatherneck every 45 days to conduct reset training to give them a break from their respective units and share lessons learned before returning to their assigned districts. “During this reset, we wanted to focus on some of the projects they have been doing,” said Master Sgt. Cherelle L. Peters-Williams, from Ithica, N.Y., and FET … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Major Nina D’Amato
Maj. Nina D’Amato, the education officer for Regional Command Southwest, uses her skills as an educator in the United States to help build the education system in Helmand province. As a middle school vice principal, D’Amato fits the job very well because she understands how school systems are structured and what is necessary for those systems to run properly. “I am very fortunate, as a Marine Reservist and a middle school principal, I think I bring a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez
Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez, dressed in more than 60 pounds of combat gear, sat and flipped through pages of Cosmopolitan magazine, stopping at the horoscopes section. “Scorpio,” she started to read aloud. “You have the travel itch on the third…this is a great time to score trips to tropical locales. Relax at the beach or lake in a nearby town.” Her four teammates burst out in laughter, all looking around at the Marjah farmland surrounded by desert. The desert … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Operation Moshtarak – Marjah – update for March 3
The first phase of a Marine offensive in a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan’s Helmand province is nearing completion, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said, March 2. As the military operations of the roughly 15,000 NATO and Afghan forces that have been engaged in Operation Moshtarak since Feb. 13 begin to wind down, the focus in the Marja section of central Helmand is shifting from clearing out the enemy to holding the gains the operation has … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Operation Moshtarak in Marjah – update for February 25
British Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Carter (GB), Commander of ISAF Regional Command [RC] South and Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson (US), MEB-A Commanding General talk to a military reporter about returning Marjah back to the Afghans free of taliban influence and intimidation and the efforts of the Marines and Afghan forces during Operation Moshtarak. Video by 1st Lt. Joe Reney The Afghan flag-raising ceremony in the Marjah District Center, Helmand province, Afghanistan, attended by the Helmand provincial … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Marjah and Operation Moshtarak update February 21
Follow the links for the complete story. Marines Near Marjah Hold First Meeting With Elders, Kill Taliban Attackers A patrol of Marines and Sailors of Combined Anti-Armor Team 1 and Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, held their first impromptu meeting with village elders in the “Five Points” area Feb. 14, and only moments later came under hostile fire from Taliban attackers. Five Points is a small farming community between the cities of Nawa and Marjah where … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Operation Moshtarak gains in Marjah – February 19
NATO and Afghan forces have made early progress in an ongoing offensive on a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, but have encountered some stiff resistance and may need another 25 to 30 days to secure the entire area, a top military official said. Overall the multinational force has reached the “end of the beginning” of the operation in central Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, said British Maj. Gen. Nick Patrick Carter, commander of NATO forces in International … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Army aviation supports Marines and Afghan Army in Marjah
When Operation Moshtarak kicked off here Feb. 13, Army helicopter crews from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade inserted nearly 300 Marines and Afghan security forces into Marja, Afghanistan, under cover of darkness. UH-60 Black Hawks, CH-47F Chinooks and AH-64 Apaches from Task Force Pegasus facilitated the air assault of Kilo Company, 3/6 Marines, in seizing their objective area. “Protected by Apache air weapons teams, the Marines and their partnered Afghan security forces quickly began moving to their … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Military, War on Terror
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