Regional Command Southwest - April 10 Roundup

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April 10, 2011Weekly report

The following content depicts a weeks worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. JohnToolan and covering Helmand and Nimruz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps CombatCorrespondents, Combat Camera and personnel with UK media operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward ourstories to family, friends and loved ones supporting those who are deployed.

Featured StoryAfghan border patrolman

exemplifies leadership

Sgt. Wali Jan shows how Afghans have what it

takes to take responsibility for their nation's

security. Wali Jan is currently enrolled in the

NCO course at the Joint Security Academy

Southwest ... (WatchVideo)

Video by Lance Cpl. Bryan Nygaard

RAF police officer tackles drug

production in Helmand

Thanks, in part, to the efforts of an RAF police officer

there has been a six-fold increase in the disruption to

narcotics production in Helmand province in the last

year (Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand
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Army vets help to develop Helmands

rural economy

A veterinary outreach program in Nad 'Ali conducted

by the Royal Army Veterinary Corps helps farmers

and livestock owners in remote corners of Helmandprovince ... (Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

Helmand provincial governorattends AUP graduation

Helmand provincial governor, Gulab Mangal,

attended an Afghan Uniformed Police graduation

ceremony at the Joint Security Academy

Southwest (Read Story)(Listen to interview)

Story by Cpl. Adam Leyendecker, RC (SW)

Chaplains bring religious program

to far reaches of Afghanistan

For service members who do not have regularaccess to religious services, Regional Command

Southwest chaplains launched Holy Helos

(Read Story)(Watch Video)

Story by Lance Cpl. Katherine Salano, RC (SW)

Video by Lance Cpl. Daniel Wulz, RC (SW)
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ANA, Marines teach Afghan

soldiers infantry classes

Afghanistan National Army instructors and

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd MarineRegiment, began follow-on infantry training for

ANA soldiers (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Phillip Clark, RCT-1

Marine bases burst with bottledwater

Despite the arid climate, the Marines here

have little fear of depleting their water

supply (Read Story)

Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence, RCT-1

Marines build bridges by

destroying one

U.S. Marines conducting counterinsurgency

operations earned the trust and confidence oflocal villagers first by building a bridge ... then

by destroying it (Read Story)

Story by Gunnery Sgt. Bryce Piper, RCT-8
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Sky no limit for Marine crew chief

Cpl. Erin C. Pesti is afraid of heights, but she

said that doesnt keep her down (Read

Story)

Story by Cpl. Rashaun James, 2nd

MAW

Marines train ANA on radio

operations

Soldiers with the 5th Kandak of the Afghan

National Army can now communicate properly

using radios and teach their fellow soldiers (Read

Story)(Watch Video)

Story and video by Sgt. Rachael Moore, 2nd

MLG

ANA on the road to independence

Soldiers with the 5th Kandak of the Afghan National

Army and Marines and sailors with the Embedded

Partnering Team resupply the 2nd Kandak of the ANA

(Read Story)

Story by Sgt. Rachael Moore, 2nd

MLG
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For additional stories involving Regional Command Southwest,

see the links below:

Regional Command Southwest

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Marine Division

RCT-1

RCT-82

ndMarine Aircraft Wing

2nd

Marine Logistics Group

Task Force HelmandFaceBook

Catch all the stories about RC(SW) here:
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