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U.S., Afghan Army Engineers: Leading the way, hand in hand

FARYAB PROVINCE, Afghanistan (August 16, 2012) — Six Engineer Training Teams under Task Force Hurricane are responsible for preparing Afghan National Army Route engineer units in Regional Command North for independent operations.
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TCM airmen, Kyrgyz Republic colleagues meet for medical exchange

BESH KUNGEI, Kyrgyzstan (August 17, 2012) — Personnel from the 376th Expeditionary Medical Group at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, participated in a medical information exchange with their Krygyz Republic military counterparts at the Besh Kungei Trauma Center, Aug, 13.
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Afghan forces lead mission to secure Afghanistan's Highway 1

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Aug. 14, 2012) — Every day, thousands of cars, buses and highly-decorated trucks travel Afghanistan's Highway 1, the ring road that connects the country's largest and most populated cities. The 300-mile stretch of road between Kabul and Kandahar is the main focus of the area's Afghan National Security Forces and Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force 173rd.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (August 15, 2012) — For the past seven months, Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 have been resupplying forces on the front lines, as well as tactically inserting them into dangerous areas as coalition forces have been taking the fight to the enemy.
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K-9 teams help IED fight in Afghanistan

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan (August 13, 2012) — Soldiers on today's modern battlefield have tools that everyone knows of. People often think of rifles, hand grenades and up-armored vehicles -- but what about dogs? Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, known as the "Dragons," are changing the game when it comes to finding roadside bombs in their area of operations.

Daycare center for Afghan Border Police

MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan (August 13, 2012) — Female engagement team soldiers from 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team along with soldiers from Germany and Afghan Border Police celebrated the opening of a daycare facility at the 5th Zone, near Mazar-e-Sharif, July 10.
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