Courtesy Story | 1st Brigade, 11th Airborne Division | 04.05.2012
The 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment “Bobcats” have partnered with, trained and mentored the 6th Kandak (Battalion), 1st Brigade, 205th Atal “Hero” Corps of the Afghan National Army in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province for the past year. The ANA have assumed increasing responsibility for the security of the people of the district and in facilitating the connection between......
Story by Maj. David Mattox | 1st Brigade, 11th Airborne Division | 04.03.2012
The third day of a major security operation across Southern Kandahar Province increases the security in Panjwa’i, Daman and Dand Districts with the combined efforts of the 1st Brigade, 205th Atal “Hero” Corps; Afghan Uniformed Police; National Defense Services; and Afghan National Civil Order Police....
Story by Maj. David Mattox | 1st Brigade, 11th Airborne Division | 04.02.2012
Afghan Army and Police forces conducted the second day of security operations across Southern Kandahar Province with emphasis near the village of Kenjakak....
Story by Maj. David Mattox | 1st Brigade, 11th Airborne Division | 04.01.2012
Afghan security forces conducted tactical operations across Southern Kandahar province with emphasis in Panjwa’i, intent on disrupting insurgent build-up in the area and to validate Afghan security forces’ ability to conduct complex ISAF-independent operations....
Story by Sgt. Nazly Confesor | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.01.2012
For any deployed soldier in the outskirts of southern Afghanistan, the basic needs of food, water and proper hygiene are vital ingredients to keeping them motivated and on the move....
Story by Sgt. Nazly Confesor | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.01.2012
Deep in the horn of the Panjwa’i district lies a small combat outpost where a 21-year-old Chicago native oversees and protects his fellow soldiers with a .50-caliber, squad automatic weapon and a set of binoculars from an entry control point....
Story by Staff Sgt. Nazly Confesor | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.29.2011
As improvised explosive devices remain the weapon of choice for insurgents, U.S. forces and the Afghan National Army continue to fight against the threat of IEDs, caches and home-made explosive compounds....
