Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.27.2010
Pvt. Jamal Funchess of Elloree, S.C., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, was promoted to Private First Class, July 27, by 1st Sgt. Jeffrey Pace at a ceremony at Camp Phoenix. Funchess is currently serving a one year tour in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This is his second promotion in Afghanistan this year....
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.15.2010
First Lt. Paul Fata (Left) of Bishopville, S.C., 1-325th Airborne, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pins the 82nd Airborne pin on Rambo (Right) during a ceremony at Camp Phoenix, July 15. Rambo is the nickname for Jamal Udin, a native of Afghanistan, who has defended American soldiers at the front gate of Camp Phoenix for more than eight years. Rambo is a fixture at Camp......
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.14.2010
Pfc. Sidney Ruth (right) of Varnville, S.C., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, was promoted to specialist, July 14, by Capt. Chris Plummer (left), during a ceremony at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan....
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.14.2010
Pfc. Michael Salka (right) of Camden, S.C., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, was promoted to specialist, July 14, by Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel McKenzie (left), during a ceremony at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan....
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.14.2010
Pfc. Robert Kelly (right) of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, was promoted to specialist, July 14, by Sgt. 1st Class Randy Crocker (left), during a ceremony at Camp Phoenix, Kabul Afghanistan....
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.12.2010
Spc. Shawn R. Seager (left), of Belleville, Pa., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, received an advancement to corporal, July 12, by Capt. Chris Plummer (right). Seager serves as the Sergeant of the Guard for the Base Defense Operations Center at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. He a member of the 1-110th Infantry Battalion, Pennsylvania Army National Guard......
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.09.2010
Sgt. Robert Fowler (Front) of Charleston, S.C. and Staff Sgt. Woody Elliott (Rear) of Georgetown, S.C., both of the 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, try their hand at growing a small garden of tomatos behind their conex office at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. Fowler and Elliott are on a one year deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....
Photo by Capt. Chris Neeley | 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion | 07.07.2010
Spc. Jamall Gordon (right), of Charleston, S.C., 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, receives the Commander's Coin of Excellence, July 7, from Lt. Col Jonathan Graff (left), commander, 1-310th Infantry Battalion, during a ceremony at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan....