Courtesy Audio | Emerging Media Directorate | 04.14.2010
U.S. Army Col. Christian Ockenhouse, director of the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, will discuss WRAIR's malaria efforts, which encompass vaccine research, drug development, and diagnostics. The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is the premier biomedical research facility for the Department of Defense, focusing on the health and......
Audio by Spc. Marlon Styles | AFN Afghanistan | 04.14.2010
In response to the President's decision to increase forces in Afghanistan, the U.S. Military is building up its presence in the north. The Naval Construction Battalion is building up Camp Deh Dadi an installment that will be home to the Army, the Navy, and the Marines....
Audio by Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson | AFN Afghanistan | 04.14.2010
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the lack of improved roads in eastern Afghanistan has forced many farmers there to export their crops to neighboring Pakistan, instead of other parts of their own country. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson explains how American service members and civilians in Paktika province are trying to link Afghanistan's provinces....
Audio by Cpl. Denmark Knapik-Christensen | AFN Afghanistan | 04.14.2010
The Provincial Reconstruction Team at Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan, ensures the safety and well being of the Afghan community. A recent mission consisted of the Soldiers checking main roads for erosion and other damage. A gentlemen with the PRT's Civil Affairs section, Zach Taylor, explains what the intent of the inspection was....
Audio by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Derr | 332d Air Expeditionary Wing | 04.13.2010
The Winter Olympic U.S.A. team won a record number of medals this year at the Vancouver games. TSgt Joseph Derr got to meet four of the winners when they came to Iraq to visit the troops....
Courtesy Audio | 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 04.13.2010
Talks to a reporter at the The Scanner in Seattle, Wash. about coming home from Iraq, his reasons for joining the military, his interest in the Japanese culture and his duties while deployed....
Courtesy Audio | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 04.13.2010
Talks to a Radio Lia reporter in Seattle, Wash., about relocating regularly during his youth as part of a military family, and executing the mission of route clearance during his current deployment....
Audio by 1st Lt. William Grove | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 04.13.2010
Talks to a Captain’s America reporter in Tampa Bay, Fla., about his mission as the executive officer of his company, working with the Horizontal Construction company at Joint Base Balad, his unit’s mission of heavy earth-moving, working with Iraqis, some of the challenges and advances of the mission there, and his daily routine....