Story by Cpl. Victoria Duran | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.23.2018
Dutch Marines move house-to-house through a mock city with a U.S. Marine dog team at their side during a training scenario at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 23, 2018....
Story by Sgt. Kyle Wagoner | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 04.04.2013
Commandos of the 2nd Special Operations Kandak conducted a large scale clearing operation in which they killed one Taliban insurgent, recovered multiple weapons caches, and liberated 16 villagers from a Taliban prison in Tagab district, Kapisa province, April 3....
Story by Capt. Kevin Sandell | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 11.18.2011
In an operation that lasted just 40 minutes, Afghan and coalition security forces captured a Taliban financier and improvised explosive device facilitator in eastern Zharay district Nov. 17. The Afghan army and national police planned, rehearsed and led the operation....
Story by Capt. Kevin Sandell | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 10.26.2011
Afghan National Security Forces partnered with coalition forces, conducted a two-day air assault operation, Oct. 26-27, to disrupt insurgent networks in the area, while discovering four caches consisting of improvised explosive device components, ammunition, and weapons....
Story by Capt. Kevin Sandell | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 09.30.2011
A four-day operation conducted jointly with Afghan security forces and soldiers with Combined Task Force Spartan, in Kandalay in eastern Zharay district, resulted in killing multiple insurgents, detaining four persons of interest, and three large weapons and explosive caches discovered....
Story by Capt. Kevin Sandell | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 09.27.2011
Across the Combined Task Force Spartan area of operations, the Zharay and Maiwand districts of Kandahar province, Spartan soldiers discovered and destroyed five caches with the help of their Afghan security forces partners, Sept. 27....
Story by Capt. Kevin Sandell | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 09.26.2011
Afghan Uniform Police officers stationed near Nalgham in central Zharay district, detained three insurgents, Sept. 26, suspected of emplacing several improvised explosive devices, including one that killed five U.S. soldiers in August....
Courtesy Story | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 05.14.2011
With tips from local villagers, U.S. and Afghan forces in Zormat District, Afghanistan, eliminated many weapons caches May 5-9. ...