Story by Cpl. Zaid Dannsa | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 11.21.2012
The Marines of Company E, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, returned home to their friends and families Nov. 15 after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan, marking the end of an era for the 4th Marine Division and the Marine Corps Reserve....
Story by Regional Command Southwest Team | Regional Command Southwest | 03.04.2012
Roadside bombs pose a serious threat to the Afghan people as well as to the Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces. Every disposed IED means saved lives....
Story by Chief Petty Officer L.A. Shively | Regional Command Southwest | 12.28.2011
While families celebrated Christmas Day exchanging gifts and sharing the holiday spirit back home, eight U.S. Army soldiers from the 14th Engineer Battalion stood in line as Marine Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) and Regional Command Southwest, pinned Purple Heart medals on their chests....
Story by Cpl. Timothy Solano | Regional Command Southwest | 11.18.2011
It’s another training day at Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, where Afghan soldiers are learning specific occupational specialties and general military skills just as they do every day. However, one course offers a unique learning advantage because the instructor is an Afghan National Army soldier and speaks his students’ language, Pashto....
Story by Spc. Richard Daniels Jr. | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 02.28.2011
Engineers attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Bastogne, in cooperation with the Afghan government and Afghan National Security Forces began the process of rebuilding damaged roads in the Khogyani and Sherzad Districts of Nangarhar province in early February....
Courtesy Story | United States Division-Center | 10.28.2010
It’s not called “Explosive” Company for nothing.
Story by Pfc. Devin Wood | 412th Theater Engineer Command | 08.23.2010
Rolling out on mounted patrols, engaging enemy insurgents, and interrogating roadside bombs from a semi-trailer in Daytona Beach?...
Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 05.11.2010
The director of the organization tasked with overcoming the challenge posed by improvised explosive devices spoke about the future of counter-IED efforts to kick off the 2010 Joint Warfighting Conference here, May 11....
