Story by Julia Bobick | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville | 11.17.2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Huntsville Center is managing the $21.5 million contract for the environmental footprint reduction at more than 60 U.S. military camps and bases being closed throughout Afghanistan as a result of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country....
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......
Story by Sgt. Edward Siguenza | 1-294th Infantry Regiment | 12.17.2013
Operation Enduring Freedom is quickly coming to a close for the Guam Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment. Task Force Guam's first wave of troops departed Afghanistan and will soon return to United States soil to commence a redeployment process....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Drumsta | 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment | 04.21.2012
Flexibility has been the watchword for three Army National Guard units moving in and out of Kuwait recently, especially for those soldiers who took part in the end of the war in Iraq....
Story by Sgt. Bob Timney | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.29.2012
As Afghan National Security Forces take control on military and local police actions, the Army is training Security Force Assistance Teams to be advisors to the ANSF. Within 70 days of being alerted to these training objectives, the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk did what normally took six months and pulled together the largest training rotation in JRTC history....
Story by Sgt. Bob Timney | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.29.2012
In its largest training rotation ever, the Joint Readiness Training Center trained dozens of newly created Security Force Assistance Teams. These highly specialized teams will be deployed as the next step in the diminishing role—and eventual withdrawal—of coalition forces from Afghanistan. These teams allow Afghan National Security Forces to take the lead in security while U.S. security......
Story by Sgt. Samantha Simmons | 366th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.22.2010
A group of Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division Site Closure Assistance Team, U.S. Division—Center, provided technical aid to officers at Joint Security Stations Four Corners and Salie, March 9, in preparation for their handing everything over to the Iraqi security forces....
