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ARCENT K-9 Conducts EOD Training
March 10, 2021 — They trained in roadway, compound, and building searches to work on their identification and detection, skills essential for proficiency in the field. While the military working dogs were searching for ordnance on the ground, the handlers had to keep their eyes peeled on the surrounding area. “This is a way for us to integrate what we need to look for as handlers,” U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Petty Officer Michael Vanbergriff, a kennel supervisor with ASG-KU DES K-9, said. “When your dog is working a roadway, you don’t need to be paying attention to the dog. What the handler needs to be doing is searching the surroundings for other areas of interest.”... MORE

U.S Army Spc. Ignacio Torres, a military working dog handler with Area Support Group-Kuwait Directorate of Emergency Services Canine, carries his military working dog during a canine explosive ordnance detection course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Mar. 4, 2021. Military working dog handlers are paired with a single military working dog, allowing each handler to get to know the ins and outs of their dog to ensure maximum efficiency in the field. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Maximilian Huth, ARCENT Public Affairs)

The Army’s Funded Legal Education Program provides new opportunity for 1st TSC commissioned officer
March 8, 2021 — With clear skies and the sun shining, a commissioned officer from DeWitt, Michigan, stood tall as his infantry branch insignia was removed and replaced with his new Judge Advocate General insignia. A moment that signified the beginning of a new career path made possible through the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program... MORE

Male soldier in dress uniform raises right hand across from male soldier in dress uniform holding notebook.

ASG Kuwait K-9s Conduct EOD Training
March 3, 2021 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Service members with Area Support Group-Kuwait Directorate of Emergency Services Canine (ASG-KU DES K-9) partnered with National Guard Soldiers from 745th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Grayling, Mich., to conduct canine explosive ordinance detection training at Buehring, Kuwait, on March 3-4, 2021... MORE

Ambassador praises Army Reserve medical Soldiers
February 24, 2021 — The United States ambassador to Kuwait honored three Army Reserve Soldiers Thursday at a ceremony at the U.S. embassy here for rendering first aid to a pedestrian struck on a highway... MORE

Despite emotional toll, 28th ECAB Soldiers honor the fallen
February 24, 2021 — Following a fatal accident in January, chaplains and religious affairs specialists with the 28th ECAB responded immediately to provide support to Soldiers who were grieving the loss of their friend... MORE

U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade's mortuary affairs team train on search and recovery. Search and recovery is a tactical task that includes the search and recovery, tentative identification, care and evacuation of human remains within the unit's area of responsibility.

Desert Storm veterans recall pre-deployment training at Fort McCoy, wartime service with 890th TC
February 23, 2021 — Thirty years after the completion of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, former Army Sgts. Mark Christensen and Phillip Cornelius remember their service with the Army Reserve’s 890th Transportation Company quite vividly. And through all the time since they served together in the deserts of Southwest Asia in 1990 and 1991, both men have remained the best of friends. Some would even say they are like brothers... MORE

Civilian, military medical personnel deployed to Kuwait get second COVID-19 vaccinations
February 22, 2021 — Military and civilian medical professionals deployed here received their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, all part of the initial vaccinations in the Middle East theater... MORE

Lt. Col. Harold Yu, the deputy surgeon for Area Support Group-Kuwait and the officer-in-charge of the U.S. Army Health Clinic Kuwait, looks away as he receives his second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose Feb. 15, 2021 at the Camp Arifjan, Kuwait hospital. Yu said: “This vaccination is no different from any other shot I ever got. Really, I didn’t even feel it.”

Deployed 28th ECAB Soldiers run marathon for a good cause
February 19, 2021 — About 120 Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade participated in a marathon and half-marathon in memory of a decorated Army aviator... MORE

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Gregory Chuhran, senior enlisted leader of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, runs during the Task Force Anvil Marathon. About 120 Soldiers raced in memory of Michael J. Novosel, Sr., a native of Etna, Pennsylvania, who served for over 40 years as an Army aviator and received the Medal of Honor for rescuing 29 Soldiers during the Vietnam War.

ASG Kuwait Canine Behavior Care and Safety Seminar
February 18, 2021 — An Army veterinarian led a groundbreaking canine behavior lecture and demonstration at Kuwait’s Public Authority Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources headquarters for an audience that included the director, as well as other government officials, community leaders, and students... MORE

Cpt. Emrick Whitfield, veterinary clinic officer in charge, Area Support Group Kuwait, and Sgt. Iisa Stephens, veterinary clinic noncommissioned officer in charge, ASG Kuwait, demonstrate proper calm and restraint techniques for canines during a canine behavior and safety seminar at the Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources in Rabia, Kuwait, Feb. 2, 2021. The use of proper restraining techniques protects both the person and animal, while also calming the dog.

310th ESC Soldiers use biometrics to vet truck drivers sustaining Syrian ops
February 18, 2021 — Military intelligence Soldiers assigned to the Syrian Logistics Cell here leverage biometric technology to screen drivers for a long haul to outposts in the area of operations... MORE

A truck driver undergoes an iris scan at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2021 conducted by Chief Warrant Officer Lente, the officer in charge of the Syrian Logistics Cell military intelligence team or S-2. All drivers partake in the iris scan in addition to a fingerprint scan and a review of their record.

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