Story by Chief Petty Officer L.A. Shively | Regional Command Southwest | 03.25.2012
Just as the ancient Silk Road connected markets in the Far East to the West encouraging a wealth of trade through Afghanistan, present-day Route Red and 611 open the north and south passages, promising Afghans a new era of commerce. II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief of Staff, (C7) Engineers Col. Kurt A. Kempster sees the roads and bridges he and his team built, or......
Story by Chief Petty Officer L.A. Shively | Regional Command Southwest | 03.20.2012
From a roadside bomb exploding under a bus full of Afghans to a firefight between insurgents and coalition forces, Col. Lawrence Killmeier knew about them all. As chief of staff for II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), he reviewed reports on casualties in Nimroz and Helmand provinces among his other duties....
