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U.S. Special Forces are extracted from a mountain pinnacle in Zabul province, Afghanistan, by a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade after executing an air assault mission to disrupt insurgent communication. (U.S. [...]
Father and Son Spend Christmas Together in Iraq
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Christmas is often, times for families to gather together and create some happy memories. This can be especially hard when your son is in a war zone. It can be even more difficult when your son and your husband are in that War Zone [...]
Marines Make the Most With the Least During Christmas in Now Zad
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Staff Sgt. Luis Agostini
Date: 12.26.2009
Posted: 12.26.2009 03:37
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Video by Sgt. Tony Knouf
Units Involved:
• 725th Brigade Support Battalion (AK, US)
Interviewees:
• Lt. Col. Eric Martin (Colorado Springs, CO, US), 725th Brigade Support Battalion
• Sgt. John Weymouth (West Newfield, ME, US), 725th Brigade Support Battalion
Marines at ‘ManBearPig’ Patrol in Nawa’s Wild West
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Sgt. Brian Tuthill
Date: 12.24.2009
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NAWA, Afghanistan – Within minutes of leaving the protective barriers of Observation Post Khers for a security patrol Dec. 21, a squad of Marines and Afghan [...]
Department of Defense
WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense today announced the deployment of approximately 16,000 additional forces to Afghanistan, the initial elements of the 30,000 troops authorized by President Obama on Nov. 30. An infantry battalion task force, with approximately 1,500 Marines, from Camp Lejeune, N.C., will deploy later this month. Regimental Combat Team-2, headquartered [...]
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Soldiers with Bravo Company 82nd Division Special Troops Battalion provide security before loading a CH-47 Chinook during an air assault mission Dec. 18, 2009, Parwan, Afghanistan.
Cpt. Booker Wilson, Company commander of Bravo Company 82nd Division Special Troops Battalion talks with Abdul Hasim, the action officer of Sheyk Ali District, during a [...]
Photos by Lance Cpl. Dwight Henderson
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Lance Cpl. Matt A. Dunn, a team leader with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, walks through a canal during a patrol through the fields and town of Loy Darwayshan in Garmsir, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. The Marines patrolled with local [...]
Officials Announce First Afghanistan Surge Units
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2009 – About 16,000 Marines and soldiers have been notified they will deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama’s new strategy.
Obama announced his decision to deploy 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan in the first half of 2010 on Dec. 1. [...]
U.S. Army Platoon firefight at Qatar Kala, Kunar province in Afghanistan with anti-Afghan forces. Scenes include the platoon firing towards the mountains where the fire was coming from and a helicopter arriving and then taking off. Produced by Sgt. Justin Puetz.
Night mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan. Scenes include night vision footage of operations in the [...]
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