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Images | A First for Camp Hero: Open Communication, Near Solo Surgery

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:36:13 -0500

A first for the doctors at the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital, an Afghan doctor performs a complex orthopedic surgery with only a little guidance from U.S. doctors at Camp Hero's medical center Nov. 17. During the last two years, the hospital has transformed from a barely operable hospital in a school, to a full blown facility, serving service members and their family members from the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police. While the hospital is still under construction, officials plan to continue their development and level of service, to provide better care for Afghan service members. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=225789

News Story | A first for Camp Hero: Open communication, near solo surgery

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:17 -0500

Regional hospital representatives met at Camp Hero's Kandahar Regional Military Hospital Nov. 17 to discuss how to better open the lines of communication between the local medical facilities and efficiently transfer and provide care for local patients. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41851

Video | Sgt. 1st Class Coble, Part 2

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:22 -0500

Talks to a Fox reporter in New York, about the separation from her son, things that keep her going, additional troops to Afghanistan, what she misses and handling motherhood while deployed. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=video/video_show.php&id=73268

Images | Soldiers Patrol Maywand District

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:05:43 -0500

A Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, distributes candy to the outstretched hands of village children during a key leader engagement, Oct. 23, in the Maywand District. The Soldiers, with the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash., are establishing their presence in the Kandahar province by meeting with the local populace in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Luke Rollins) | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=224691

Video | Sgt. 1st Class Coble, Part 1

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:30:51 -0500

Talks to a Fox reporter in New York, about her job at the media support center, dangers they face, an incoming rocket attack on her base, adjusting to life in Afghanistan and being away from her son. Part 1 of 2. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=video/video_show.php&id=73267

News Story | Task Force Legion arrives in Maywand District

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:22:15 -0500

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, have spent the first months of their deployment introducing themselves to the people of the Kandahar region and its terrain. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41722

News Story | Mechanics Keep Task Force Legion Rolling

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:42:47 -0500

This year marks the first time the sands of southern Afghanistan have seen the tire treads of Army Strykers. The 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division's campaign in the Kandahar province depends upon the vehicles freely roaming the desert, disrupting counterinsurgency patterns and enemy supply chains.
| http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41719

Images | Psychologist of the Year

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:40:30 -0500

Cmdr. David E. Jones, fromNaval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va., and recipient of the 2008-2009 Navy Senior Psychologist of the Year award, sits at his desk in his office here. (Photo by: Pfc. Casey A. Collier) | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=223426

News Story | U.S. Naval Officer awarded the Navy Senior Psychologist of the Year

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:07:50 -0500

A U.S. Naval officer deployed to a sea of sand was recognized as the Navy Senior Psychologist of the Year.
Cmdr. David E. Jones couldn't accept the award in person because he was deployed here to Kandahar Airfield. Instead, the Navy did the next best thing.
| http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41587

Video | Mechanic Story

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:23:43 -0500

Package about military mechanics servicing vehicles to keep them combat ready. Produced by Sgt. Randall Pike. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=video/video_show.php&id=72721