Story by Tech. Sgt. Mark Bell | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 03.31.2014
Currently, less than 20 percent of Afghans in the force are functionally literate. This means that more than 80 percent cannot read written orders or write reports....
Story by OF-2 Alexandre Cadieux | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 02.06.2014
The Afghan National Army officers selected 37 officers from across the country for the first ever Combined Arms Training course at the Consolidated Fielding Centre (CFC) on Feb. 5, 2014. The course was organized by mentors from NTM-A, in partnership with the ANA Training and Education Command and brought together officers from the rank of major to colonel in order to improve their knowledge of......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Mark Bell | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 01.07.2014
Nine out of 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) recruits are unable to read, write or calculate basic arithmetic. Since 2009 the literacy and language division here, has provided a literacy program to better educate Afghan soldiers....
Story by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 01.02.2014
Task Force Guam's last group of soldiers reach United States soil; first group ready to proceed home.
Story by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 12.29.2013
The Guam Army National Guard's last cluster of soldiers in Afghanistan finally departed North Kaia, Kabul, Dec. 28 and arrived to a frigid cold in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, thus completing Guam's exodus of nearly 600 troops that recently ended their Operation Enduring Freedom campaign....
Story by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 12.26.2013
It's official: Task Force Guam, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, completes historic Operation Enduring Freedom mission; awaits final Afghanistan departure...
Story by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 12.25.2013
Task Force Guam let its feet do the talking in its last act of goodwill before departing Afghanistan. Members of 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard donated more than 120 pairs of boots to an Afghan security organization that serves a significant purpose in Kabul, according to Patrick McCafferty, a retired Canadian military warrant officer who mentors close to 250......
Story by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 12.23.2013
All across Afghanistan, Task Force Guam's remaining troops are completing the last stages of Operation Enduring Freedom and closing on officially ending their historic mission. As a whole, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard will case its colors after Christmas Day, thus concluding OEF and officially handing responsibilities to 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute......
