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    Task Force Duke celebrates Christmas in Afghanistan

    Task Force Duke celebrates Christmas in Afghanistan

    Photo By Master Sgt. Ben Navratil | A Soldier with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke selects...... read more read more

    KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    12.25.2011

    Courtesy Story

    Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan

    KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – 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.

    Much of the BCT has already returned or is on the way back home to Fort Knox, Ky., after officially taking over the security mission in Afghanistan in January, 2011. This marks the end of the BCT’s second combat tour in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and third since the global war on terrorism began in 2001.

    Task Force Duke is handing over coalition forces’ security responsibilities for Khowst and Paktya provinces in eastern Afghanistan to the 4th Airborne BCT, 25th Inf. Div., Task Force Spartan, based at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

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    Date Taken: 12.25.2011
    Date Posted: 12.26.2011 21:08
    Story ID: 81775
    Location: KHOWST PROVINCE, AF

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