Story by Spc. Luther Boothe Jr. | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 09.27.2010
Combat medics from Company I, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division held a basic eagle first responder course with Afghan National Army soldiers at Combat Outpost Munoz Sept. 27....
Story by Spc. Luther Boothe Jr. | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 09.27.2010
“The 60 mm mortar is the single-most responsive indirect fire asset a commander like myself has on the battlefield,” said U.S. Army Capt. Ed A. Churchill, commander of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and native of Augusta, Maine. “I can instantly fire a mortar to suppress an enemy, close off access to [entrance] routes,......
Story by Spc. Luther Boothe Jr. | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 09.19.2010
Soldiers from Task Force Currahee, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, use division assets to decrease the combat logistic patrols and deliver supplies to far-reaching outposts quickly and more efficiently....