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DVIDS on May 13th, 2011
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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DVIDS on December 9th, 2010
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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DVIDS on October 27th, 2010
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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DVIDS on September 30th, 2010
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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DVIDS on August 4th, 2010
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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DVIDS on August 2nd, 2010
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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DVIDS on July 21st, 2010
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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DVIDS on July 20th, 2010
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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DVIDS on July 14th, 2010
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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DVIDS on July 12th, 2010
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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