Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is not new to warfare, but it has become a principal concern for U.S and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense has reacted to the IED in multiple ways, including the creation of the Joint IED Defeat Organization, or JIEDDO, which counters the IED threat with the creation and funding of strategies, equipment and......
Audio by 1st Lt. David Spangler | 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.13.2010
Maj. Linda Bass, from Bessemer, Ala., a Human Resources Officer with the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, talks to the Captain's America show about her job in-theater, the types of food she eats on the FOB, her experiences going out into the local areas, and sends a greeting to her family....
Audio by Sgt. Robert Liddy | AFN Afghanistan | 07.13.2010
U.S. Army engineers use their skills to help the infantry control movement around Kandahar City, Afghanistan by constructing a new checkpoint. Army Sgt. Robert Liddy takes us to where a new checkpoint is being built. Includes soundbites from 1st Lt. Colm Kelly - Platoon leader of D Co., 1st, 508th, 82nd Airborne from Bedford, N.H....
Audio by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Nichols | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.13.2010
Package about how the 746th Expeditionary Aerospace Squadron's C-130 crew runs and how the mission carries on in the desert heat. Produced by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Nichols. Includes sound bites from Senior Master Sgt. Donald Tarrance, C-130 Loadmaster, and 1st Lt. Mark Bost, C-130 co-pilot. Also see "Airmen Take C-130S To Afghanistan" in the package section....
Courtesy Audio | U.S. Coast Guard District 5 | 07.12.2010
NEW BERN, N.C. - Two men talk on their marine VHF radios about making false distress calls to the Coast Guard. One of the men admits to previously making a false distress call to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is seeking the public's help to identify individuals responsible for recent false distress calls in North Carolina. (U.S. Coast Guard audio by Sector North Carolina)...
Audio by Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Butler | Regional Command Southwest | 07.12.2010
Maj. Gen. Richard Mills talks to an NPR reporter about current conditions and progress being made in Marjah, Afghanistan....
Audio by Senior Airman Christopher Pyles | AFN Afghanistan | 07.12.2010
Provincial Reconstruction Teams facilitate infrastructure and governmental development throughout Afghanistan. Senior Airman Chris Pyles takes us to the village of Jawdek where U.S. and Afghan leaders gather to obtain a common goal. Includes a soundbite from Lt. Col. Erik Goepner, commander, from West Hartford, Conn....
Audio by Senior Airman Barbara Patton | AFN Afghanistan | 07.12.2010
International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan says the Taliban has threatened the local Afghan nationals into growing opium to fuel Taliban causes and enable the insurgency. The Kentucky National Guard Agribusiness Development Team, or ADT, is helping local farmers grow crops that will help them earn a living. Senior Airman Barbara Patton takes us to Kapisa province where the ADT is......
