Courtesy Audio | 130th Engineer Brigade | 03.18.2010
Staff Sgt. Yungkau talks to a Daily Mining Gazette reporter about her responsibilities in Iraq, challenges she faces in Iraq, types of qualities she tries to promote in service members and goals she sets for herself as a leader....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.18.2010
The provincial reconstruction team at Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan has supplied thousands of villagers with electricity during their time in country. Marine Cpl. Dane Knapik-Christensen takes us to the change of command ceremony for the unit where new Soldiers are taking their place....
Courtesy Audio | AFN Afghanistan | 03.18.2010
Marines can always count on their Navy corpsmen when they go into a fight. Lance Cpl. A.J. Lugo introduces a young hospitalman who is being recognized for his actions in Afghanistan....
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....
