Posted by AJ Brown on Thursday, December 23, 2010,
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Photo by U.S. Army Spec. Amanda Brown
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spec. Franklin Hatton, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Phoenix, stands next to the battalion's holiday penguin after reenlisting for three years. He reclassed into the automated logistical specialist field. Hatton, a native of Chesapeake, Va., reeenlisted during shift change on Dec. 19 and is currently serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Posted by AJ Brown on Thursday, December 16, 2010,
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Reenlistment
Photo by U.S. Army Spec. Amanda Brown
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Staff Sgt. Dana Kaledo, Task Force Phoenix operations noncomissioned officer, was reenlisted Dec. 9 by Capt. Andrew Russ. Kaledo is a native of Saginaw, Mich.
Posted by AJ Brown on Wednesday, December 1, 2010,
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Reenlistment
(Photo by U.S. Army U.S. Army Spc. Nadine Gonzalez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, TF Phoenix)
Photo by U.S. Army U.S. Army Spc. Nadine Gonzalez
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Sgt. Autumn Hughes, a native of Keyser, W.Va., is reenlisted by U.S. Army Capt. Philip Haemmerlein, Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander, Task Force Phoenix, in front of a UH-60 Blackhawk Nov. 23 at Bagram Airfield. Sgt. Hughes is the TF Phoenix S-6 noncomissioned officer in charge.
Telling the TF Phoenix story has been very rewarding. While it is out of my Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) it is not out of my realm of knowledge. I am an English Literature major who has been writing and submitting pieces for publication for as long as I can remember. I took part in the school newspaper first as a photographer, then to a reporter/photographer, and finally to an editor in less than a year.
This job is a fantastic learning experience and has allowed me to get my writing into the post newspaper - which has been a dream come true in many aspects. My first publication happened on the day of my birthday this year. It was the best present ever! Photography is also one of my great passions as well. Ever since I could hold a camera I was taking photographs. I started with a Mickey Mouse 110 film format camera (don't laugh!) and ran around everywhere capturing life on film. It was liberating at the age of 5 to 6 to have such power at my fingertips!!! Over the years I upgraded, finally getting my first Single Lens Reflex (SLR - i.e. maual) camera when I was in sixth grade. Then, I started playing with a Minolta rangefinder 35mm camera. As the years went on, I continued upgrading until I got into the latest and greatest digital Canon SLR with all the bells and whistles I could have ever dreamed for in a camera. Put a camera in my hand and it feels like it has always been a part of me....
Telling the TF Phoenix story has been very rewarding. While it is out of my Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) it is not out of my realm of knowledge. I am an English Literature major who has been writing and submitting pieces for publication for as long as I can remember. I took part in the school newspaper first as a photographer, then to a reporter/photographer, and finally to an editor in less than a year.
This job is a fantastic learning experience and has allowed me to get my writing into the post newspaper - which has been a dream come true in many aspects. My first publication happened on the day of my birthday this year. It was the best present ever! Photography is also one of my great passions as well. Ever since I could hold a camera I was taking photographs. I started with a Mickey Mouse 110 film format camera (don't laugh!) and ran around everywhere capturing life on film. It was liberating at the age of 5 to 6 to have such power at my fingertips!!! Over the years I upgraded, finally getting my first Single Lens Reflex (SLR - i.e. maual) camera when I was in sixth grade. Then, I started playing with a Minolta rangefinder 35mm camera. As the years went on, I continued upgrading until I got into the latest and greatest digital Canon SLR with all the bells and whistles I could have ever dreamed for in a camera. Put a camera in my hand and it feels like it has always been a part of me....