Audio by Staff Sgt. Jayson Price | AFN Afghanistan | 04.10.2013
Throughout Afghanistan, U.S. service members and DoD civilians with specialized language skills and cultural training work to provide a bridge between coalition forces and Afghan leadership. They're called Afghan Hands. Army Capt. Molly Schaefer takes us along on a training mission where she and other hands work with local government and police to arrange a field trip to a restaurant in Kabul....
Audio by Staff Sgt. Jayson Price | AFN Afghanistan | 03.11.2013
Afghan hands are experts who speak the local languages, know local culture, and provide connections among the Afghan government, its people and coalition forces. A key to the success of their mission is language. Though their training at the Defense Language Institute begins months before deploying, Marine Staff Sgt. Jayson Price introduces us to a few Afghan Hands as the receive refresher......
Audio by Staff Sgt. Jayson Price | AFN Afghanistan | 03.04.2013
A shortened version of the full news story showing how Afghan Hands, with the help of instructors who have special operations forces backgrounds, train to defend themselves in the event they are involved in close-quarters fire fights. Afghan Hands are made up of U.S. service members and DoD civilians with specialized language and cultural training who work to provide a bridge between coalition......
Audio by Staff Sgt. Jayson Price | AFN Afghanistan | 02.25.2013
Radio story: After months of special language and tactical training, U.S. military members and civilians serving as Afghan Hands receive valuable “lessons learned” from their predecessors. The story represents all services and DoD civilians....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 05.24.2011
This edition features a story on how coalition forces are helping Afghan leadership consolidate their efforts. Afghanistan is comprised of multiple districts and even more sub-districts. Having such a large quantity of governors and security concerns combined with an ongoing war against terrorism, coordinating man power and moving massive amounts of assets to where they are needed is easier......
