Combat medic overcomes adversity, brings healing to Kandahar Province
The world, as it appears through the eyes of a soldier, is often black and white; a routine that must be followed, a battle that must be won, a task that must be completed which only a soldier is...
View ArticleKandahar City: TF ‘Packhorse’ inducts 23 sergeants into NCO Corps
Twenty-three sergeants from 4th Brigade Support Battalion, (Task Force ‘Packhorse’), 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were inducted into the noncommissioned officer corps during a...
View ArticleArmy engineers build troop morale in Kandahar City
Soldiers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction on a Morale, Welfare and Recreation pavilion May 13, at Forward Operating Base Walton in Kandahar City.
View ArticleTF ‘Packhorse’ supplies Kandahar Province, one combat outpost at a time
History has a way of memorializing the image of the American soldier as the brawny, sweat soaked grunt, securing his bayonet and loading his rifle before fearlessly charging into battle.
View ArticleANSF, ISAF partner to open new soccer field in Kandahar City
Afghan national security forces, in partnership with International Security Assistance Forces, celebrated the opening of a new soccer field 8 June, by holding a soccer match in sub district one of...
View ArticleVigilance
In the 2011 U.S. Army Photo of the Year, Pfc. Kevin March kneels atop a cliff overlooking the Arghandab River Valley to provide security for his squad as they climb up the cliff from the valley below...
View ArticleTaking it to the mat: 1st BCT soldiers knock out combatives training
Soldiers assigned to 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, charged into another week of mission readiness training with a weeklong hand-to-hand combatives course...
View ArticleBenavidez family honors son with 1,000-mile journey from Fort Carson
Dan and Michelle Benavidez plan to walk 1,000 miles starting from Manhart Field on Fort Carson and finishing at the Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall in Marseilles, Ill., where their son’s name is...
View Article‘Regulars’ complete realistic medical training to prove their skills [Image 4...
Spc. Trevor R. Shackleton, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, “Regulars,” 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, sits in a...
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Spc. James M. Derozario, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, “Regulars,” 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, holds a...
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Pfc. Michael A. Alexander, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, “Regulars,” 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, cuts the...
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Pfc. Michael A. Alexander, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, “Regulars,” 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, looks ahead...
View Article‘Raiders’ thank FRG volunteers with appreciation luncheon
First Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, recognized its “Raider” Brigade Family Readiness Group volunteers with an appreciation lunch and symposium at the 1st BCT Headquarters building April 4.
View Article‘Raiders’ thank FRG volunteers with appreciation luncheon
First Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, recognized its “Raider” Brigade family Readiness Group volunteers with an appreciation lunch and symposium at the 1st BCT Headquarters building, April 4.
View ArticleAdopt-a-School program supports local elementary school field day
As hundreds of elementary school students throughout the Front Range community prepare for summer vacation, one local school teamed with soldiers from Fort Carson to host one of their biggest events of...
View ArticleTF ‘Packhorse’ supplies Kandahar Province, one combat outpost at a time...
Spc. Alvin Flagler, patient administration specialist, assigned to Company C, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force "Packhorse," 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Spc. Colby...
View ArticleTF ‘Packhorse’ supplies Kandahar Province, one combat outpost at a time...
Staff Sgt. John Bradley, construction and engineering supervisor assigned to 322nd Engineer Company, 368th Engineer Battalion, currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,...
View ArticleTF ‘Packhorse’ supplies Kandahar Province, one combat outpost at a time...
Sgt. Joshua Geno, carpentry and masonry specialist assigned to 322nd Engineer Company, 368th Engineer Battalion, currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, uses a chisel and...
View ArticleANSF, ISAF partner to open new soccer field in Kandahar City [Image 1 of 2]
Soldiers from 202nd Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force "Raider," 4th Infantry Division, stop to assist a group of Afghan...
View ArticleANSF, ISAF partner to open new soccer field in Kandahar City [Image 2 of 2]
Afghan national army soldiers conduct a combat logistical patrol June 8, ahead of a ribbon cutting ceremony which signified the official opening of a new soccer field in subdistrict one of Kandahar...
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