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  • Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team Inspects Ongoing Projects

    Nangarhar provincial reconstruction team service members, based at Forward Operating Base Finley-Shields, conducted an inspection of ongoing construction projects in the city of Jalalabad, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, recently. "Our mission is to make sure they're using good materials, check

  • Remembering 9/11 Commentary

    "Where were you on 9/11?" I am sure many of us can answer this question without hesitation. It was September 11, 2001, the day America was attacked. Some of us lost friends and family, some of us witnessed it with our own eyes, and many others like me sat in shock, staring at the television news

  • JET Airmen demonstrate their importance to Afghanistan, joint operations

    Joint Expeditionary Tasked Airmen have two commanders, the Army one responsible for their day-to-day missions and the Air Force one responsible for their administrative and operational control; but they both sing the praises of their Airmen.According to Army Lt. Col. Matt Smith the Task Force

  • Operation Care's effort to help

    Many service members deployed in Afghanistan and many of the Afghan people are at extremely remote places throughout the country that do not have basic accommodations.Operation Care is an organization on Bagram Air-Field that receives donations of hygiene items, clothing, toys and comfort items for

  • Panjshir PRT MP's conduct final training session at Dashtak Prison

    The Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team's military police unit recently concluded its last scheduled training session with the guards at the Dashtak prison in Anaba district of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. The training was conducted on three separate occasions, and included handcuffing,

  • Humanitarian Aid Packing Party

    The staff of the Joint Task Force MED at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital came together for a joint mission of a different kind. Instead of packing wounds, they packed brown paper bags filled with clothes, toys and shoes for the Afghan people of the Parwan Province. Twenty volunteers gathered in the