Audio by Staff Sgt. Alisha Rose | AFN Afghanistan | 04.22.2010
Post traumatic stress disorder or combat stress is nothing new for Soldiers on the battlefield. Physicians referred to PTSD as "shell shock" during World War I. Today medical advisers are aggressively researching ways to help service members deal with stressors of battle and Air Force Staff Sgt. Ali Rose takes us to Bagram Airfield where a Sailor is teaching new techniques to combat stress....
Courtesy Audio | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 04.21.2010
PORTLAND, Maine - An adult male sends a possible hoax Mayday call on VHF-FM radio channel 16 in the vicinity of Penobscot Bay, Maine, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. The Coast Guard Sector Northern New England command center received a Mayday call on VHF-FM radio channel 16 at 1:18 p.m., of an adult male stating, "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. Help me, I'm on dry land." U.S. Coast Guard audio....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Korea | 04.21.2010
Entertainers visit, entertain troops in Korea; Service members plan for the warmer spring weather with various family events....
Audio by Spc. Marlon Styles | AFN Afghanistan | 04.21.2010
Service members report to different areas of Afghanistan to help with securing and rebuilding the nation in response to the President’s mandate to increase force in the country. The demand for more supplies could go up with the arrival of new troops. Spc. Marlon Styles explains how one Sailor manages the new demand on supplies....
Audio by Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson | AFN Afghanistan | 04.21.2010
The strategy for economic development in Iraq focused on rebuilding that country’s oil industry. In Afghanistan however, agriculture is the main economic activity and farming depends on a different resource: water. Air Force Staff Sergeant Michael Jackson explains how a team of American service members and civilians is helping the Afghan people manage this resource....
Audio by John Ohab | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 04.21.2010
This edition features a discussion with Dave Moretti of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I., the principal investigator for the Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Ranges program sponsored by the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division. Moretti will discuss ongoing Navy-funded studies into the effects of sonar on marine mammals based on research gathered from......
Courtesy Audio | 1-2 SBCT, 7th Infantry Division | 04.21.2010
Talks to a Ridgway Record reporter in Ridgway, Pa, about working with the Fire Battalion, training with the Iraqi army, how he came to join the Army, what he enjoys most about the Army,working with the Iraqi children and building schools and the education system. Audio only....
Courtesy Audio | 103rd Public Affairs Detachment | 04.21.2010
Talks to a Hometown Weekly reporter in Medfield, Mass., about working with forensics, being a contractor with the military, analyzing samples for DNA, working on 10-30 cases a week, the tools she uses and her home life. Audio only....
