Photo by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 10.01.2013
As of mid-September, hundreds of tents that housed U.S. and coalition forces, including the Guam Army National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, foreground, no longer exists at Forward Operating Base Kunduz, Afghanistan. The base is one of several that will be closed by the end of 2013 as U.S. and coalition forces withdraw from the country. (U.S. Army National......
Photo by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 10.01.2013
A platoon from the Guam Army National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, stands outside its temporary home late August at Forward Operating Base Kunduz, Afghanistan. This security forces team has since moved to Camp Spann, reuniting with their Alpha brothers, as FOB Kunduz began shutting down as part of the United States and coalition forces' withdrawal from......
Photo by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 10.01.2013
First Lt. Christopher N. Candaso, right, platoon leader for Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, informs 1st Lt. Peter J.B. Guerrero, Alpha commander, on Candaso's new office adjacent to the unit's tactical operations center. Candaso's platoon was stationed at Forward Operating Base Kunduz for the first four months of this Operation Enduring Freedom......
Photo by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 10.01.2013
Sgt. 1st Class Celso M. Leonen, platoon sergeant for Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, guides a tactical vehicle into a combat operating post in Khilagay, Afghanistan. Leonen leads a platoon of Guam Guardsmen into this area, which is a minimum of four hours by convoy from Alpha's main compound at Camp Spann. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt.......
Photo by 94th Airlift Wing | 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 06.16.2012
First Sgt. Kevin Hagelgans, senior non-commissioned officer, holds one side of the U.S. flag as Staff Sgt. Dustin Hoobler, intelligence NCO, and Spc. Joshua Bourne, health care specialist, stand together on the tarmac of Forward Operating Base Kunduz, Kunduz, Afghanistan, June 16, 2012, following their airborne re-enlistment. Capt. John Keelean, company commander, secures the other side of the......
Photo by Maj. Anthony Chenault | 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 06.16.2012
First Sgt. Kevin Hagelgans, senior non-commissioned officer, secures one side of the U.S. flag as Staff Sgt. Dustin Hoobler, intelligence NCO, and Spc. Joshua Bourne, health care specialist, take the oath of enlistment aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter above Forward Operating Base Kunduz, Kunduz, Afghanistan, June 16, 2012. Hoobler and Bourne re-enlisted for six years. All three soldiers......
Photo by Maj. Anthony Chenault | 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 05.29.2012
Members of Kellie Pickler's USO Tour band stand in front of a Black Hawk helicopter from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade assigned to Forward Operating Base Kunduz, Kunduz, Afghanistan, May 29, 2012. The members of the band are, from left to right, Josh Henson, guitar, Gregg Lohman, drums, and Michael Hughes, keyboard and guitar. Pickler visited soldiers of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat......
Photo by Maj. Anthony Chenault | 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 05.28.2012
Sgt. Jonathan Dettmer, medic assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, sings along with Kellie Pickler, country music singer, during an acoustic performance held on Forward Operating Base Kunduz, May 28, 2012. Pickler visited soldiers of the 37th IBCT during a two-day Memorial Day tour of Afghanistan, May 28-29, 2012....
