117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii)
Hometown: Pearl City, HI, US
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Featured Video
Capt. Christine Rosalin
Capt. Christine Rosalin sends a greeting to Guam from Kandahar Airfield for Holiday Season 2012
Courtesy Video | 117MPAD-HI | 12.23.2012
Recent Photos
(2332 votes; 3.46)
Sports on the FOBU.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, play a game of touch football Jan. 23, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou)
Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou | 117MPAD-HI | 01.23.2013
Zabul Agricultural Development TeamMississippi Army National Guard member Staff Sgt. Gerald Peck, 30, from Gulfport, Miss., directs the positioning of a vehicle belonging to the Zabul Agricultural...
Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou | 117MPAD-HI | 01.20.2013
The First and Last Assistance Team for the Qalat Reserve...Hawaii Army National Guard Maj. Kevin Carbrey, commander of Security Forces Assistance Team 21, gives a mission brief before leaving Forward Operating Base Lagman,...
Photo by Sgt. Lori Bilyou | 117MPAD-HI | 01.14.2013
Joint Border Coordination Center responsibility...U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert “Abe” Abrams (second from right), the Regional Command-South commander, U.S Army Col. John Burke (third from right), outgoing director...
Photo by 1st Lt. Veronica Aguila | 117MPAD-HI | 01.07.2013
Christmas dinner at FOB Spin BoldakFrom left, 1st Sgt. Tavares Garrett, Capt. Kristina Niemeyer, Capt. Henry Crofoot, 1st Lt. Leeann Johnson, 1st Lt. Michael Fisher and 1st Lt. Andrew Lance serve...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon | 117MPAD-HI | 12.25.2012
Gen. Allen, top ISAF commanders visit troops Christmas DayLt. Gen. James L. Terry, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command commander, shakes hands with a soldier at Forward Operating Base Sweeney in southern...
Photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis | 117MPAD-HI | 12.25.2012
Recent Video
(130 votes; 3.57)
Capt. Christine RosalinCapt. Christine Rosalin sends a greeting to Guam from Kandahar Airfield for Holiday Season 2012
Courtesy Video | 117MPAD-HI | 12.23.2012
Local Company and Zabul PRT Control Erosion at Highway 1Highway 1 is one of the most heavily used roads in Afghanistan and its upkeep is essential to smooth day-to-day operations of both ISAF and Afghan locals. When locals...
Video by Staff Sgt. Katie Gray | 117MPAD-HI | 12.21.2012
Maj. Valente PerryMaj. Valente Perry sends a greeting to Dupont, Washington from Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar, Afghanistan for Holiday Season 2012
Courtesy Video | 117MPAD-HI | 12.18.2012
Pfc. Armon BarnettPfc. Armon Barnett sends a greeting to Brooklyn, New York from Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar, Afghanistan for Holiday Season 2012
Courtesy Video | 117MPAD-HI | 12.18.2012
Pfc. Armon BarnettPfc. Armon Barnett sends a greeting to Austell, Georgia from Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar, Afghanistan for Holiday Season 2012
Courtesy Video | 117MPAD-HI | 12.18.2012
Pfc. James RobersonPfc. James Roberson sends a greeting to Mobile, Alabama from Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar, Afghanistan for Holiday Season 2012
Courtesy Video | 117MPAD-HI | 12.18.2012
Recent News Stories
(200 votes; 3.73)
The First and Last Assistance Team for the Qalat Reserve...“Hippos” is the name the 11 man Security Forces Assistance Team goes by when rolling off Forward Operating Base Lagman for a mission. Assigned as advisors for...
Story by Sgt. Lori Bilyou | 117MPAD-HI | 01.19.2013
Joint Border Coordination Center responsibility...Soldiers with the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team officially transferred responsibility for operations at the Joint Border Coordination Center to the 208th Army...
Story by 1st Lt. Veronica Aguila | 117MPAD-HI | 01.16.2013
Finding home and happiness in AfghanistanForward Operating Base Mescal has no Morale, Welfare and Recreation facility. It has no Post Exchange, no laundry drop off and no post office. Soldiers stationed...
Story by Sgt. Lori Bilyou | 117MPAD-HI | 01.13.2013
Ancient aqueducts receive cleaningSubterranean aqueducts, or karez in Persian, have provided rural Afghan villages with water for centuries in a land perpetually challenged with poor resources. In...
Story by Sgt. Lori Bilyou | 117MPAD-HI | 01.03.2013
Deployment doesn’t slow former NGB marathon champA year-long deployment in Afghanistan hasn’t slowed former National Guard Bureau marathon champion Capt. Varinka Barbini Ensminger at all. In fact, the 32-year old...
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka | 117MPAD-HI | 12.23.2012
50th patrol marks halfway for route-clearance companyA team of specially trained soldiers who risk their lives on a daily basis to clear improvised explosive devices along routes in Uruzgan province to ensure troops and...
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama | 117MPAD-HI | 12.22.2012
