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'Restrepo' soldier returns to Afghanistan

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Less than six months ago, U.S. Army Pfc. William A. Swaray's drill sergeant at Fort Benning, Ga., gathered soon-to-be infantrymen in a small room.The drill sergeant wanted the young soldiers to watch the movie "Restrepo.""He said, 'OK, this is what you guys have gotten in to,

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Mild brain trauma may raise long-term Alzheimer's risk

WASHINGTON - Improvised explosive devices and multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are boosting the incidence of mild traumatic brain injury, a condition that some early studies indicate may increase a soldier's future risk for Alzheimer's disease, a researcher said yesterday. Dr. Elaine Peskind spoke at the 3rd Annual Trauma Spectrum

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McChord airman performs at AMC competition

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Senior Airman Rachel Kleist, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., participated in the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Kleist was the base-level winner at Joint Base L-M and was among 11 competitors who sang to earn the title

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McChord airmen support 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Tech. Sgt. Tim Raymon is a loadmaster for a C-17 Globemaster III deployed with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. Raymon is deployed from the 313th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. As a member of

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2-1 Cav. closes up shop in Iraq

BAGHDAD - When 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, arrived at Joint Security Station Tarmiyah in January 2010, there were still empty shell casings scattered on the rooftops and in the guard towers; a misleading sign as to what they would encounter over the next year.As the third and final 4th

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4th Stryker's MI officer leads the way

BAGHDAD - Nearly four years ago, a horseback-riding instructor walked into a Temecula, Calif., recruiter's office looking to prove a point: she wasn't too girly for the Army.Now at the end of her first deployment, 1st Lt. Kimberly Brown's work isn't about proving anything to anyone; it's about improving the

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4th Strykers deliver new limbs

BAGHDAD - Soldiers of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, U.S. Division-Center, delivered boxes of prosthetic limbs July 19 to the Adamiyah Hospital, a rehabilitative hospital in the Baghdad area."We wanted to put these limbs to good use," said Capt. Gabriela Niess, the non-lethal planner for 4th SBCT,

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Get your motors running

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -- The instructors of the motorcycle safety courses here have increased the number of weekly courses available in preparation of the fair summer weather and large number of Soldiers returning from deployments.Department of Defense and Army regulations require all DOD personnel to successfully complete an approved

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504th MPs in Afghanistan

CAMP NATHAN SMITH, Afghanistan - The 504th Military Police Battalion, deployed out of Fort Lewis, Washington, assumed command of the mentoring and partnership mission from the 97th MP Battalion in Kandahar City, July 6 at Camp Nathan Smith.During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. John Vance, Commander of Task Force Kandahar, expressed

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8-1 Cav hands over saber to 4-2 Cav

ZABUL, Afghanistan - The Sabers of 4th Squadron of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment became the first Squadron in the Regiment to assume responsibility of an area of operation in southern Afghanistan. During a transfer of authority ceremony held, June 28, the Sabers replaced 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment as

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