The bulk fuel team spent the day downloading over 10,000 gallons of fuel. That’s over 250 barrels or about enough to fill an above-ground pool. This may seem like a tall order but it was just business as usual to this well-oiled team from Combat Logistics Battalion-2, Combat Logistics Regiment-15.

“These guys are some of the best fuel Marines we have,” said Col. Stephen D. Sklenka, commanding officer, CLR-15. “They really run this operation well.”

As each day passes, the Afghan National Army is adding to its capabilities. This progress is significant in building a security force that can provide stability for its people and future.

The development is becoming increasingly evident at Camp Parsa, Afghanistan. The modern training facility of the ANA is an example of the ever-growing force they're becoming.

The Afghan National Army recently conducted a mission to resupply the Afghan Uniform Police at Chapah Darah by conducting a convoy operation from Nangalam Base, Dec. 26.

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Afghan and coalition forces detained four insurgents, located one weapons caches and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 3.

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Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces detained two insurgents at their home after observing them emplacing an IED in Khowst District.

The AUP discovered a weapons cache in the insurgent's home that contained small arms, ammunition, and IED making materials. The detained suspects were transferred to a base for questioning, and the IED was safely cleared.

During the course of the last several months, two Medevac companies in Task Force Hammerhead, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, and Company C, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, have participated in a trial program developed by the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, or CAB, that enables flight medics to administer blood products to wounded Soldiers during the Soldiers' en-route flight care and movement to a medical facility.

Subterranean aqueducts, or karez in Persian, have provided rural Afghan villages with water for centuries in a land perpetually challenged with poor resources. In many places throughout the war torn country, however, karez have fallen into disrepair. The Mississippi National Guard Agricultural Development Team is working in Zabul province, Afghanistan, to help villagers repair the problems caused by years of neglect.

When there is an in-flight emergency, every second counts.

It was early on a summer morning in Afghanistan as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark Foschetti and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike McGann headed back toward Bagram Airfield. Assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Phoenix, they'd completed their mission. Neither could have anticipated their morning was about to change in a way they'd never forget.

During a security operation, Mubariz Jaan, a Taliban leader, was killed by an Afghan and coalition security force in Andar district, Ghazni province, Wednesday.

Mubariz Jaan was responsible for gathering intelligence and directing attacks against local Afghan civilians and government officials. Prior to his death, Mubariz Jaan was coordinating attacks against Afghan Local Police in the province.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

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