Story by Staff Sgt. Ben Navratil | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 05.04.2012
It seems that the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, “Duke” Brigade, have a knack for attracting attention from the world of professional sports. During their deployment to Afghanistan last year, the Dukes threw out the first pitch at a NY Mets game “live” via satellite, met NBA legend Karl Malone in person, and video-chatted with boxing greats Floyd......
Story by Maj. Travis Dettmer | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 12.25.2011
In the midst of redeployment, Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, found time to celebrate Christmas Eve and Day by participating in worship services and enjoying a full spread at the Forward Operating Base Salerno dining facility....
Story by Maj. Travis Dettmer | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 10.21.2011
Calling it one of the greatest successes to date, Afghan and coalition forces completed a combined operation, Oct. 18, in the mountains of Musa Khel, along the border of Khowst and Paktya provinces in eastern Afghanistan....
Story by Spc. Tobey White | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | 10.20.2011
Top government and military officials from Paktya and Khowst Provinces met with leaders from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke in a “Super Shura” held on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Oct. 20. Leaders representing the government, Afghan army and police, and coalition forces in the two provinces gathered in one place to discuss the achievements recently......
Story by Spc. Tobey White | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 10.20.2011
Top government and military officials from Paktya and Khowst provinces met with leaders from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, in a “super shura” held on Forward Operating Base Salerno Oct. 20....
Story by Maj. Travis Dettmer | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 10.17.2011
Ongoing joint Afghan and coalition force operations conducted across Khowst and Paktya provinces this past week have significantly impacted insurgent capability as the winter period begins to set in....
Story by Maj. Travis Dettmer | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 09.02.2011
“I know what it takes, I’ve been there before,” world-renowned boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. told Soldiers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke at Forward Operating Base Salerno via Skype Sept. 2. He was responding to a question from one Soldier about his game plan to defeat Victor Ortiz, current World Boxing Council welterweight champion, in their......
Story by Maj. Travis Dettmer | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 02.15.2011
Not all personnel assigned to Task Force Duke are the kind whose mission is to close with and destroy the enemy. In fact, not all TF Duke personnel wear the multi-cam uniform. Some, as is the case with Rich Lasko, come to work in work clothes, their primary weapon being the knowledge of agriculture....
