Today members from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, Italian led Transition Support Unit South (TSU South), Regional Command West (RC West) and local Afghan Provincial leaders met officially transferring ownership of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah, Afghanistan over to the Afghan Government.
Soldiers, sailors, civilians and coalition partners participated in the annual U.S. Army 10-Miler conducted at Forward Operating Base Farah, western Afghanistan, today.
Today members of Nemesis Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment replaced Assault Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment as primary security force element at Forward Operating Base Farah.
Today members from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah met with local leaders completing a three-month Farah Judicial Compound Refurbishment Project.
The $90 thousand project was initiated by former PRT members following a terrorist attack Apr. 3, 2013.
Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah’s base medical team does more than treat the standard fare of sick call sniffles and pulled muscles at the gym while deployed in theater to western Afghanistan.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray turned over authority of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah to U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jeremy Fogt during a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah, June 22. The ceremony was presided over by Commander, Regional Command West, Italian Brigadier General Ignazio Gamba and was attended by U.S. Consul General Jillian Burns and local provincial leadership.
Southern Strike, an important joint operation which involved the Italian soldiers from Regional Command West in support of their colleagues of the Afghan National Army, has just ended.
It ended yesterday at Rui González de Clavijo base the symposium entitled "Law enforcement" for the benefit of the Afghan police’s key officers: the provincial commander general Sharaf-o-Din Sharaf, the district commanders, the office/department heads and some staff officers.
