Improvised explosive device-making material was confiscated Jan. 28 with the assistance of surveillance equipment in Ghormach District, Faryab province.

The insurgents, who possessed the materials, had been watched from above by the Persistent Threat Detection System Aerostat, a balloon equipped with cameras that is manned 24 hours a day at International Security Assistance Force’s Forward Operating Base Ghormach.

While Taliban killings of the Afghan general population have decreased over the past year, more government officials have been targeted, a senior U.S. commander said Feb. 2.

Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, discussed insurgent response to Afghanistan's increasing security during an interview that aired on NPR's "All Things Considered."

The U.S. Navy delivered two 35-meter patrol boats to the Iraqi navy's Umm Qasr naval facility Jan. 26.

The vessels are the second and third such craft to be delivered to the Iraqi Navy as part of planned 15-ship foreign military sales case managed by the Support Ships, Boats and Craft Program Office in the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships. Procurement of these ships represents a continued cooperation commitment between the United States and Iraqi governments.

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Three C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying 120 bundles dropped the largest resupply of fuel ever to a remote military outpost in Afghanistan.

Throughout the span of two days, Jan. 29 through 30, Soldiers hustled to collect the pallets, store them and then prepare for the next C-17 pass.

The soldier walks with his squad in a single-file line; his eyes scanning the road ahead, weapon at the ready. In the distance, a young Afghan girl peeks out from behind a mud-wall.

The soldier calls his squad to a halt, kneels down on one knee and reaches into his cargo pocket with a grin. He pulls out a handful of candy and holds it out to the little girl, who lets out a giggle as she emerges from behind the wall with five other children and runs to collect the treat.

As they reach the halfway point in their deployment, Marines with Motor Transport Companies A and B, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), continue to deliver supplies to units in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
The motor transport Marines take part in combat logistics patrols almost daily in order to deliver essential supplies, gear and personnel to various forward operating bases within their area of operations.

PLEASE PASS THE WORD THAT DEPT OF THE ARMY (RE ARLINGTON BURIAL FOR GEN VANG PAO) IS TALKING WITH CHARLIE WATERS, ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY IN FRESNO AND WILL BE GIVING HIM A RESPONSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THEY HAVE ASKED TO STOP ALL THE CALLS...SO THEY CAN WORK ON MANY OTHER CASES OF DEAD VETERANS AS WELL.

PLEASE THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN MAKING CALLS TO THE ARMY TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE BURIAL.

WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED...BUT PLEASE STOP CALLING RE THE BURIAL IN ARLINGTON.

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