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Archive: March, 2017

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 387th Postal Platoon, unload bags of mail in Taji, Iraq, on Feb. 15, 2017. Soldiers working in the mail room can process roughly 30 to 450 bags of mail weekly. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar E. Leon)

March 22, 2017

The mailroom delivers smiles

TAJI, IRAQ — While Soldiers no longer have to wait weeks to get a message from loved ones back home in the form of a mailed letter thanks to email and social media, technology still cannot replace the joy Soldiers get when they receive a care package from someone back home.

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Mar. 17, 2017) - Water plumes greet and honor the final flight of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joshua Wade Martin as he taxis his C-26 Metroliner to the ramp. Martin is a 28-year Arkansas Army National Guard veteran who will redeploy soon and retire from military service this summer. The water salute is an aviation tradition to celebrate a momentous occasion in aviation history. Photo by Bob Harrison, U.S. Forces Afghanistan Public Affairs.

March 22, 2017

28 Years…and One Final Flight

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN — U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joshua Wade Martin flew his final flight here, Mar. 17, as a member of the Distinguished Visitor Operations Detachment (DV Ops) of Task Force Thor/206th Military Intelligence Battalion.

Col. Jack Davis, commandant of the Medical Education and Training Campus, presents a brief to participants in the U.S. Central Command Theater Medical Conference held at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio. Davis, a family nurse practitioner in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp, spoke about the tri-Service, enlisted medical training campus for Army, Navy, and Air Force students and answered questions. Medical professionals representing more than 10 countries within the US Central Command area of operation, Europe, and the U.S. attended the conference to aid in the continued development of capabilities that will serve to improve regional interoperability and cooperation. (Medical Education and Training Campus Public Affairs photo by Lisa Braun/Released)

March 21, 2017

USCENTCOM Central Asian Partners Collaborate on Medical Issues

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Representatives from several countries within the U.S. Central Command area of operation attended a CENTCOM theater medical conference March 6-8, 2017 at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC).

Four A-29 Super Tucanos arrive at Kabul Air Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, March 20, 2017, before the beginning of the 2017 fighting season. The aircraft will bolster the Afghan Air Force's inventory from eight to 12 A-29s in country. Airmen from Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air, as part of Resolute Support Mission, work shoulder-to-shoulder with their Afghan counterparts fostering a working relationship and fortifying confidence in the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Castelan)

March 21, 2017

Additional A-29s arrive at Kabul in time for fighting season

KABUL, Afghanistan — Four A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft arrived for duty at Kabul Air Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, March 20, 2017, where they will be used by the Afghan Air Force for close-air attack, air interdiction, escort and armed reconnaissance.

U.S. Air Force 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters and Royal Australian Air Force firefighters store equipment on a firetruck after completing a Coalition training exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 16, 2017. USAF and RAAF firefighters have completed weekly exercises for nearly three months while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The training scenarios have developed critical firefighting fundamentals required during deployed day-to-day operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

March 17, 2017

Coalition fire departments develop “brotherhood” while supporting OIR

SOUTHWEST ASIA — U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force fire fighters, from different installations in the same area of responsibility, have successfully created an exchange training program while in support of Operation Inherent Resolve here.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 8, 2017) Sailors fight a simulated fire during an aviation fire drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devin M. Langer)

March 16, 2017

Makin Island Earns Battle E Award

ARABIAN GULF — The deployed amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) received the 2016 Battle Effectiveness (Battle “E”) Award, March 14, marking the second time the ship has received the honor.

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Flannigan, NCO in charge of the apheresis element with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, wraps a pressure cuff around the arm of Senior Airman Jordan Marshall, an aerospace medical technician with the 379th EMDG, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 7, 2017. Marshall volunteered to donate blood platelets which are essential to Airmen in combat zones without access to immediate medical treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cynthia A. Innocenti)

March 15, 2017

Apheresis Airmen: Fangs of the AOR

AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR — After more than two years of planning and execution, the apheresis element of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group at Al Udeid AB became fully operational March 6.

Iraqi federal police members, supported by Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, guard Abu Saif, Iraq, as the battle to liberate West Mosul rages in the background, March 6, 2017. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)

March 15, 2017

OIR Spokesman: Iraqi Forces Remain Resolute in Counter-ISIS Fight

WASHINGTON — Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Inherent Resolve spokesman, said the Iraqis are holding firm in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, despite the enemy firing indiscriminately into civilian areas and using civilians as human shields.

A B-52H Stratofortress banks to the right, in airspace above North Dakota, Jan. 31, 2017. During the mission, the crew ran simulated close air support scenarios, helping them better communicate and work together as a team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)

March 15, 2017

5th Bomb Wing Members Deploy in support of Operation Inherent Resolve

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND, UNITED STATES — More than 400 Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing recently deployed to the Middle East, in support of U.S. Central Command’s Operation Inherent Resolve. The 23rd Bomb Squadron sent a number of B-52H Stratofortresses to take over day-to-day operations, which will be the first time in 12 years aircraft from the base have deployed in support of combat operations.

U.S. Nave Lt. Cmdr. Erin M. Baxter-Haynes, a Judge Advocate from Naval Special Warfare Command, assigned as the Legal Special Projects Officer for a special operations command under Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, conducts a special Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) and rules of engagement (ROE) training for the first graduating company of a unique, multi-tribe Iraqi force, the A'ali Al Furat Brigade, at a training ground in Western Iraq, Jan 4, 2017. The A'ali Al Furat Brigade, which has nearly 200 fighters from more than 20 tribes - the first multi-tribe unit formed in Iraq, is the first recorded tribal unit to receive LOAC and ROE training specifically from a U.S. military Judge Advocate General through coordination with Coalition partners. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

March 14, 2017

Humanitarian law in the fight against ISIS

BAGHDAD — As Iraqi security forces continue the fight to secure West Mosul, Iraq’s tribes, families, and other local residents are filling the security gap by banding together to protect their homes from ISIS.