I served five tours in Afghanistan, a total of over four years in country, where I came close...But many soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who served in Afghanistan and Iraq have not been so fortunate. More than 50,800 service...
...career, Edwards served five deployments in Operation Desert Storm, two to Afghanistan and two to Iraq. He returned from his last tour of 13 months in Afghanistan in October 2010 and retired in November 2011. "I was going to do 30 years...
...place during a soccer tournament at Jekyll Island, Ga.Monday, his mother Ferlesher Jackson, a contractor working in Afghanistan came home; he was planning to walk across the stage with his Greenbrier classmates on Saturday, and Thursday he signed...
...today, and it's special," said Allison.Rector wasn't about to miss his daughter's signing. "Next week I go to Afghanistan, so I'm going to miss graduation," he said. "I had to jump through hoops to get here today, but it's well worth...
Many residents of eastern Afghanistan will weather the winter a little...Army Maj. David Gaitonde, in Afghanistan. "When I found out that I was...Gaitonde wrote in an e-mail from Afghanistan. "I challenged the youth to reach...
...Way left for a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan, he never thought he'd return with...from a veterinarian and had to pay the Afghanistan minister of agriculture to have the...the cold, rocky mountainous region of Afghanistan. "We walked out (of the Charlotte...
During his deployment to Afghanistan, David Gaitonde's duty was to...part of their mission efforts for Afghanistan. When youth director Patty Gilbert...Patty found a way to bring Afghanistan to us," said Laura Moeller...
...sponsor two children," said Patty Gilbert, a middle school youth pastor. Through Solace for Children, two children from Afghanistan have traveled to American to receive medical treatment. One of them came to the United States for one condition, and doctors...
...a.m., when they both fell. One man bumped his head and the other got a bloody nose. One of the men was leaving for Afghanistan the next day. Columbia County Fire Rescue activity report for Feb. 10-16:Medical calls, 23; activated fire alarms...
...bond outside the sanctuary. Richardson has opened her home to Hart's two children during Hart's recent deployment to Afghanistan. It was at Sharon Baptist in May when Richardson overheard Hart's dilemma: The Martinez mom needed a safe, stable environment...
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