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Anytime and anywhere: Task Force Poseidon Medics train for hoist missions
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 BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Aaron King, a flight medic, dangles more than 200 hundred feet in the air from an HH-60M Medevac Black Hawk-secured by only a thin metal wire and two carabineers.
The rotor blades stir up dirt in the air as Sgt. Patrick Lynch pulls him in.
Lynch, a native of Canton, Mich., has been a crew chief for more than four years, and was recently assigned to C Company, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Talon. Today, Lynch is training to become certified to operate the hoist during medical evacuation missions.
This is the third hoist training exercise for Lynch and the first time he’s trained with a live patient instead of a manikin. With his buddy’s life in his hands, he’s careful to make sure everything is perfect.
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Kandahar Air Wing rings in New Year with annual open house
 KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – About 350 school children and elders from Kandahar Province visited the Afghan Air Force Kandahar Air Wing Jan. 1 during its third annual open house, where they had the opportunity to become familiar with the aircraft they often see or hear overhead.
Dogs broaden students’ horizons
 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Cpl. Christopher Krupa, a military working dog handler, and his dog, Hrom, a Belgian Malinois, pass through the extensive gated passage to the training field. The students begin to look and point making comments under their breath as they stare at the dog in awe. Sgt. Shain Nickerson, a military working dog trainer, wearing bite protection armor, waits in the training field for Krupa and Hrom. The students are about to witness the raw power of the military working dogs.
TF White Eagle hosts Ghazni education, development conference
 GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Representatives from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan visited Task Force White Eagle for an education and development conference, Dec. 19.
Black Knights produce mission critical systems
 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The Search and Recovery section of Company B, 204th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division mass produces Culvert Intrusion Denial Systems, a defense against Improvised Explosive Devices, at Forward Operating Base Walton.
New USO facility opens at Atterbury
 EDINBURGH, Ind. – United Service Organizations, Inc. opened the doors to their brand new facility at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Edinburgh, Ind., Dec. 19. The opening ceremony was attended by over a dozen key members of USO Indiana as well as the Adjutant General of Indiana, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger.
Ironhorse finishes their chapter in Iraq
 CONTINGENCY OPERATING STATION KALSU, Iraq – On March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush addressed the nation to make an announcement that changed the life of every American.
Maternal, child health focus of Bamyan conference
 BAMYAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In an effort to reduce poverty in one of the most impoverished provinces in Afghanistan, a group of about 40 medical experts and government officials gathered at Kiwi Base, Dec. 17, for a conference on maternal and child health, a key indicator of development.
Operation Gratitude Hand-Delivers 750,000th Package to Wounded Warrior
 VAN NUYS, CA. - As more than 2,000 volunteers, corporate sponsors and other special guests looked on in surprise this past Saturday, founder Carolyn Blashek hand-delivered Operation Gratitude's milestone 750,000th Care Package to its special recipient, a decorated combat veteran and wounded warrior, Sgt. Eric Rodriguez.
Team JSTARS provides help Family-2-Family for the holidays
 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. Team JSTARS continued a 25-year tradition with another successful Family-2-Family holiday project this year. More than 80 families received toys and a box of food for the holidays.
Joint STARS keeps watch as nearly nine-year war ends
 SOUTHWEST ASIA - "That's incredible," 1st Lt. Carter Matherly, an air weapons officer from the 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron, said to himself as fellow aircrew members gathered around his screen to watch live video feed of the last U.S. combat forces convoy roll out of Iraq and the gates close behind it.
5-1st troopers, families welcome home wounded comrade
 FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Soldiers and family members of 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Squadron, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Cavalry, gathered at Fairbanks International Airport Dec. 14 to welcome home one of their own.
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BSB North Supporting the Mission
 Minnesota National Guardsmen from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Base Support Battalion North are saving US taxpayer dollars by reallocating supplies and materials acquired during the draw down of US forces in Iraq at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
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Aircraft Rescue Firefighting in Kandahar
 Afghan airfield firefighters are taking responsibility for their own training, with guidance from US Army firefighters of the 683rd Engineer Detachment and US Air Force mentors of NATO Air Training Command's 438th Air Expeditionary Wing. Sound bites from Pfc. Christopher Minix, Firefighting Trainer, 683rd Engineer Detachment and 1LT Mohammed Noor, Fire Chief, 77th Kandahar Air Wing F.D.
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2nd MLG (FWD) Marines usher in New Year with song
 Music video package of Marines with 2nd MLG (FWD) as they perform "Auld Lang Syne" in tribute to the New Year and a wrap-up of 2011. Package features seasonal greetings and B-Roll of 2nd MLG (FWD) personnel and locals interacting in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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KC-135 Stripe Honors Selfridge, SAC Heritage
 127th Air Refueling Group paints a distinctive marking on a KC-135 Stratotanker.
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VMM-162 Maintenance Production
 A package highlighting how U.S. Marines from various maintenance sections of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, play a vital role in keeping the MV-22 Osprey operational, Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2011. A soundbite includes Capt. Ray Scott, assistant operations officer, hometown Virginia Beach, VA.
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Christmas in Kabul
 Service members deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan share holiday cheer through Christmas carols, yummy holiday food, and even a visit from Santa.
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Operation Hope Hero
 ANA assembling before operation Hope Hero. Footage of Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) patrolling, entering homes. and interacting with villagers. There is footage of confiscated weapons (AK-47), IED timers, and incomplete HME-IEDs that were discovered. Footage of Kiowa helicopter flying over-heads providing Air Support.
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Marines TV: Urban Assault at Camp Hanson
 This edition features a story on members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Assault Team conducting urban assault training at Camp Hanson in Okinawa, Japan.
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All Hands Update: Headlines
 PO1 James Stilipec brings us the headlines from around the fleet.
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HYCA Graduates 78 Cadets
 Video story of cadets graduating the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy during a commencement ceremony in Knightstown, Ind. Video includes sound bites from Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, Indiana National Guard adjutant general, and Cadet Sebastian Lackey.
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Boy Scouts Donate Popcorn and Pretzels to INNG Troops
 The Indiana National Guard received a donation of approximately 30 pallets of popcorn and pretzels from Crossroads of America Council Scouts Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The donated popcorn and pretzels will be delivered to members of the Indiana National Guard and the USO.
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Last troops head into Kuwait through Khabari Crossing
 Convoys of servicemembers and equipment leaving Iraq pass through Khabari Crossing in Kuwait.
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U.S. to continue training Iraqi military
 The general in charge of training Iragi airmen says the U.S. will continue training efforts after American troops leave Iraq.
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"End of Mission"
 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta & Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN Martin Dempsey delivers remarks at Casing & Base Closing Ceremnoy for the U.S. Military mission in Iraq.
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Coalition Forces, insurgents face off in Ghazni
 GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces disrupted a nest of Taliban fighters settled in Disi village during Operation Grunwald, conducted Dec. 7-9 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
Selfless Service
 EDINBURGH, Ind. — While serving in the military, one can assume that the performance of one‟s duties and occupational specialty will be in the context while “in uniform,” whether on a military installation or deployed. Sgt. Gerald Dick, of Louisville, KY., assigned to Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, with the Medical Detachment, has found that to be not necessarily the case.
Video Killed the Radio Star - Virginia National Guardsman Finds New Use for Old Radio Technology in Afghanistan
 ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The song “video killed the radio star” was the first video played on MTV in 1981 and launched a music revolution. Soldiers of the Virginia Army National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are deploying technology in a revolutionary way in Afghanistan using a short wave radio transmitter that can reach almost every radio in Zabul province.
Organization Celebrates Shipment of 750,000 Care Packages to Deployed Troops, Wounded Warriors & Military Children
 VAN NUYS, CA, - Operation Gratitude, the non-profit, volunteer-based organization that sends care packages to troops deployed in harm's way, to their children left behind and to Wounded Warriors recuperating in transition units, will have cause for celebration as the 750,000th package rolls off the assembly line on Saturday, December 17, 2011.
Fitting Monument
 EDINBURGH, Ind. — They sit mute on concrete slabs. Once, they had voices of their own; the thunderous roar of cannons, the shriek of missiles or the rumble of diesel engines. Soldiers once staked their lives and a nation, its freedom and defense of allies on them. Some proved themselves in conflict; others in the chess game of the Cold War. Like Soldiers, they retire when their services are longer needed, or rendered obsolete.
CAB Soldiers toughen their skills in FTX
 FORT RILEY, Kansas - Soldiers from A Company, 601st Aviation Support Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, endured the falling temperatures and winds of Kansas to conduct a field training exercise (FTX) at the mock airfield on Fort Riley Dec. 6 - 9.
Singapore Armed Forces host US expeditionary unit
 CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore - Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit began a cooperative exercise with elements of the Singapore Armed Forces here Dec. 12, focusing on bilateral air-to-air training with the Singapore air force, small unit subject matter expert exchanges, and training in an urban environment.
Battaglia Joins Thousands for 'Wreaths Across America'
 ARLINGTON, VA, - Placing 100,000 holiday wreaths at the graves where veterans "lie in rest and peace on the hallowed grounds" of Arlington National Cemetery is a tribute to their sacrifices for the nation, the Defense Department's top enlisted service member, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, said here yesterday.
112th Signal Detachment welcomes new commander during ceremony
 HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. – Soldiers assigned to the 112th Signal Detachment hailed the arrival of their new commander Army Capt. Jason A. Zumek during a change-of-command ceremony at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Dec 9.
Twas just before Christmas in the European sky
 RAF MILDENHALL, England – 'Twas just before Christmas in the European sky; a KC-135 Stratotanker pumped fuel, so others could fly.
Healing our nation’s heroes: Longtime employee helps beneficiaries navigate TRICARE for Life
 ALBANY, Ga. - The TRICARE for Life health benefit option can be quite cumbersome to navigate without assistance, especially when there are 11 different plans to choose from.
Air mobility history: Attacks on Pearl Harbor led to growth in military airlift
 SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - Seventy years ago, at 7:55 a.m., 183 Japanese attack aircraft began an attack on military facilities in Hawaii on a day that President Franklin Roosevelt later called a "day that will live in infamy."
305th AMW Airmen return home from NATO support mission
 JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Airmen with the 305th Air Mobility Wing returned home from Europe, where they supported the final KC-10 Extender flight--and the last flight to redeploy home from their European air refueling staging base--in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's operation in Libya making the close of Operation Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector.
Organization Celebrates Shipment of 750,000 Care Packages to Troops
 VAN NUYS, CA, - Operation Gratitude, the non-profit, volunteer-based organization that sends care packages to troops deployed in harm's way, to their children left behind and to Wounded Warriors recuperating in transition units, will have cause for celebration as the 750,000th package rolls off the assembly line on Saturday, December 17, 2011.
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Spartan brigade assumes authority of Paktya and Khowst provinces
 KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, based out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, officially assumed responsibility and operations of Forward Operating Base Salerno, and the Khowst and Paktya Provinces from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., in a transfer of authority ceremony Dec. 31.
Blue Geronimo transfer authority to Blue Spaders
 KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Alaska-based paratroopers formally took responsibility of security and training operations in the province in a transfer of authority ceremony here Dec. 27.
ISAF officially hands over Parwan to ANSF
 Parwan Province, Afghanistan – International Security Assistance Force commander Gen. John R. Allen and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan C. Crocker participated in a ceremony here in the provincial capitol of Charikar today, to officially transfer security responsibilities of Parwan Province to Afghan National Security Forces.
JCOP Pusht Rod transfers to ANA
 FARAH, Afghanistan – Signs of progress are evident as Afghan National Army soldiers are taking charge. Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, transferred Joint Combat Outpost Pusht Rod to their Afghan National Army counterparts, Nov. 20.
Division West conducts change of command ceremony
 FORT HOOD, Texas - First Army Division West welcomed its fifth commanding general while retiring its fourth in a change of command and retirement ceremony at Cameron Field Oct. 14.
Italian Brigade "Sassari" Units Complete the Transfer of Authority in all Task Forces
 FARAH, Afghanistan - This morning, the Transfer of Authority ceremony between the Italian 187th Parachute Regiment "Folgore", commanded by Colonel Gianmarco Badialetti (Italian Army), and the Italian 152nd Infantry Regiment "Sassari", commanded by the new Commander of Task Force South Colonel Gianluca Carai (Italian Army) was held in Farah.
82nd Airborne Division takes command of Regional Command South
 KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Maj. Gen. James L. Terry, outgoing commander of Regional Command South, cased the 10th Mountain Division (LI) colors and officially handed over command to Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins Jr., 82nd Airborne Division and new RC(S) commander, during a transition of authority ceremony Saturday on Kandahar Airfield.
U.S. Commander Presides Over Romanian Transfer of Authority Ceremonies
 ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan, - Col. Blake C. Ortner, Virginia Army National Guard 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Combined Team Zabul commander, presided over change of command ceremonies for Romanian troops at three forward operating bases in Zabul province, Afghanistan Sept. 14.
Uncasing ceremony welcomes 'Rampant' Battalion into 'Dagger' Brigade at Fort Bliss
 FORT BLISS, Texas - The 5th Armored Brigade welcomed it's tenth battalion - the 3rd Battalion, 364th Engineer Regiment, "Rampant" - during an uncasing ceremony at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums Aug. 24.
All good things come to an end
 MANILA TRAINING CENTER, Iraq - Soldiers from the 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, transferred base operations and training responsibilities at the Manila Training Center near Chamchamal, Iraq, to the Kurdish Regional Guard, Aug. 4.
Photos : TF Blackhawk assumes mission in Paktika
 PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Allen, a Lancaster, Calif., native, conducts a dismounted patrol of the Sharana District Center bazaar with his platoon's Afghan uniformed police partners, Aug. 6. Allen, a squad leader with Company B, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, part of Task Force Blackhawk based out of Grafenwoehr, Germany, is working to build strong ties with their AUP counterparts after assuming control of Paktika province, Afghanistan, earlier this month.
TF Red Bulls transfer authority to TF Thunderbird
 LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, transferred authority of several provinces to the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 45 Infantry Division, Task Force Thunderbird, in the Transfer of Authority ceremony July 19, at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in eastern Afghanistan.
TF Sword assumes responsibility of the North Engineer Region of Afghanistan
 PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The 18th Engineer Brigade, Task Force Sword, out of Heidelberg, Germany, assumed responsibility of Afghanistan's North Engineer Region, consisting of Regional Command-East, -Capital, and -North, in a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Sharana, June 29.
TF Ironman leaders reflect on Afghanistan tour before transferring authority to TF Ponca
 LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - As Task Force Ironman prepares to redeploy, its leaders reflected on their tour at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, Afghanistan.
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