Courtesy Story | 1st Armored Division | 07.16.2020
By David Burge A British general officer is wrapping up a history-making tenure with one of the U.S. Army’s most well-respected organizations. Brig. Leigh R. Tingey has served for nearly two years as the deputy commanding general for maneuver for the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss in West Texas....
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | Michigan National Guard | 06.16.2020
Afghan Army Lt. Col. Hamid Saifi is not new to battlefield injuries. In fact, he is currently recovering from his second IED-related injury, but was also involved in a mortar strike and friendly-fire incident. However, he vows that it will take much more to keep him off the battlefield....
Story by Cheryl Moore | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Afghanistan District | 04.18.2019
A partnership with U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan (USACE), Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A), and Assist Consultants Incorporated (ACI) have allowed yet another construction project to be turned over in the District’s number one priority of Delivering the Program....
Story by Senior Airman Parker Dubois | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.08.2019
With Airmen and civilians scattered across 20 different locations in Afghanistan doing jobs such as training Afghans to fly helicopters, keeping their outposts secured with inspections or installing upgraded water pumps for local villages, the 955th Air Expeditionary Squadron plays a role in each of their endeavors....
Story by Cheryl Moore | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Afghanistan District | 12.18.2018
Mr. John E. Drake II, distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious service as the Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Project Management Directorate (PPMD) during his volunteer deployment to the Afghanistan District in support of Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL from July 31, 2017 through his redeployment to CONUS mid- December....
Story by Staff Sgt. Neysa Canfield | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 09.23.2018
KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – As a rifleman in the U.S. Marine Corps, Travis Fitzpatrick said he felt a sense of comfort when he and his fellow Marines went out in harm’s way because he trusted the skills of their medical team to help them if anything went wrong. Now a nurse anesthetist and a U.S. Navy Lt. Cdr. with NATO Role III Multinational Medical Unit, Fitzpatrick is able to......
Story by Cheryl Moore | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Afghanistan District | 09.06.2018
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan-A Memphis District native recently redeployed from Afghanistan received one of the highest honors delivered by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)....
Story by 1st Lt. Kathleen Kochert | Resolute Support Headquarters | 03.23.2018
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan—The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces completed Operation Maiwand 11 and immediately commenced Operation Maiwand 12, keeping constant pressure on the enemy in Helmand Province, Afghanistan....
