Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.18.2010
Navy individual augmentees generally aren't thought of as combat warriors. But Petty Officer Mark Schultz reports that collecting data on the stresses of any type of deployment to Afghanistan is an important step in ensuring sailors remain mentally healthy....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.18.2010
According to the Joint IED defeat organization, in 2010 more than 70% of US and Coalition troops killed in Afghanistan have been in improvised explosive device, or IED attacks. Petty Officer Cody Boyd tells us how one team is training to handle IED attacks. ...
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.17.2010
For centuries women in the Middle East region of the world were thought of as second-class citizen, inferior to their male counterparts. Marine Cpl. Dane Knapik-Christensen takes us to a region in Afghanistan where women were being celebrated for their strength and courage....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.17.2010
When you have never graduated from anything, and you are a grown man, the acceptance of a certificate take on a bigger meaning. Marine Corporal Dane Knapik-Christensen takes us to Camp Hero in Afghanistan where Afghan national army members graduated from a combat driving course....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.17.2010
With the changes being made in Afghanistan, the local leaders are quickly beginning to adapt to the military influences. Marine Corporal Dane Knapik-Christensen takes us to Navahar where elders of the neighboring villages meet to discuss pressing issues....
Courtesy Audio | 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 03.17.2010
Talks to a Bend Radio Group reporter about his VIP tour of palaces, training the unit that is replacing his, his job working dispatch, working nights which makes talking with family easier and thanks the Bend community for their support. Audio only....
Courtesy Audio | 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 03.17.2010
Talks to a KBND-AM in Bend, Ore., about the level of violence in Iraq, the recent Iraqi elections, working away from family friends while on deployment....
Courtesy Audio | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 03.17.2010
General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Mark Sedwill brief the Pentagon Press Corps about recent activities in Afghanistan....
