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Scott Kesterson: September 2006 Archives
In the mountains of eastern Afghanistan sits a small village like so many villages in this country. Tucked away in the valley, Nangalam is the main commerce point in the region supporting a population of over 90,000 local inhabitants. The village defies western perceptions of a population hub of this size, ...
It's never easy losing a soldier. When you know the person, it's all that more difficult. Oregon lost it's first soldier on this deployment this past weekend, Sgt. Lindsey from Troutdale. I was in Nangalam in the northeastern part of Afghanistan when I received the news. It was an unusual mome... SYNOPSIS: September 11, 2006 marks 5 years since the invasion of Afghanistan. Lt. Doxey, a Washington National Guard Embedded Trainer offers some perspectives on the day and the current situation in Afghanistan during a visit to the local village of Nangalam. The village is in the northeastern part of Afghanistan, in the region that Osam Bin Laden was rumored to have been at the time of the US invasion. For video: >> Continue reading: Video: 9-11 Five Years Later SYNOPSIS: National Guard soldiers in conjunction with Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a village medical operation (VMO) in a village outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan. For video: Click here Other videos: Click here for video page ...SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Dunlavey of the US Navy Reserve offers care as part of the village medical operation (VMO) to an Afghan boy injured as a result of fighting in the Panjawi area of Afghanistan. For video: Click here Other videos: Click here for video page ...Kandahar - There is more to this mission than war fighting. The modern Army is as much about the elements of combat is it is about building relations within the communities that it operates in and around. Here in Afghanistan, that focus is accentuated by the needs to support the United States efforts to build the Afghan National Army into a free standing military that is respected not only by opposing forces, but by the communities where it's ...
I have now moved from Herat and Shindad in the west of Afghanistan to the capital of Kabul and now to Jalalabad in the east. My travels have out paced my ability to transmit the stories, and now, once again, I'll be out of touch for a short while. I'll be heading into some of the most remote... |
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