Audio by Sgt. Kristi Potts | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.21.2011
540th Quartermaster Company soldiers run a mobile laundry unit at Kirkush Military Training Base, Iraq.
Audio by 1st Sgt. Sean Whelan | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.21.2011
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Harmer, platoon sergeant, 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment trains Iraqi soldiers at the Kirkush Military Training Base in northern Iraq. The training is part of a 25-day cycle that trains leaders at the squad and platoon levels to receive orders and execute missions. Once the training cycle is complete Iraqi units will have the skills to......
Audio by 1st Sgt. Sean Whelan | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.21.2011
Capt. Wade Greenlee originally from Illinois, Commander of A Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment describes how a fire fight in late 2010 lead to U.S. And Iraqi Army leadership developing a new training model at Kirkush Military Training Base in northern Iraq....
Audio by 1st Sgt. Sean Whelan | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.21.2011
Maj. Mark Weaver, a native of Fort Hood, Texas part of the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, outlines the 25 day training cycle at the Kirkush Military Training Base in northern Iraq. Iraqi battalions rotate into KMTB, establish their own tent city and provide their own life support. The training begins with individual skills like rifle marksmanship and progresses toward......
Audio by 1st Lt. Maryjane Porter | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.21.2011
Sgt. 1st Class Keith Thompson, from New Orleans, La., talks to a KWAI (Hawaiian Bulletin Board) reporter in Honolulu, Hawaii, about his military service history, his current duties in Iraq with 840th Transportation Battalion and his experiences being in a leadership role....
Audio by Staff Sgt. Junius Stone | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 01.21.2011
Those who protect and serve Kabul, Afghanistan, will have more assets to assist in the mission. Local contractors and the Army Corps of Engineers construct new Afghan National Police stations. Army Staff Sgt. Junius Stone digs up the details....
Audio by Spc. Roland Hale | 19th Public Affairs Detachment, 1st Infantry Division | 01.21.2011
Capt. Brent Pafford from Raton, N.M., talks to a Raton Range reporter from Raton, N.M., about his receiving the Purple Heart medal and what he did to deserve it....
Audio by Sgt. Audrey Santana | 2d Cavalry Regiment | 01.21.2011
Staff Sgt. Shawn Purdy from Bluefield, W. Va. talks to a Bluefield Daily Telegraph reporter from Bluefield, W. Va. about his duties and responsibilities while he is deployed in Afghanistan....