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February Soldier/NCO of the Month Winners

Posted by AJ Brown on Friday, February 18, 2011, In : Soldier Feature 

Photo by US Army Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Richard Goldsberry, a UH-60 Blackhawk mechanic, and Sgt. Carlos Ferrer, an AH-64 Apache armament noncommissioned officer, both from Company D, Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviaiton Brigade/TF Falcon, won the Soldier/NCO of the Month board FEB. 18. Goldsberry is a native of Lancaster, Ohio. Ferrer is a native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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SPC Posey - Soldier Feature

Posted by AJ Brown on Friday, January 28, 2011, In : Soldier Feature 

Photo by Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

Spec. Sabrina Posey is a Soldier who is always full of life.  No matter the day or the task you will find Posey cracking jokes and laughing.  Having this colorful personality around when some days are cloudier than others makes many Soldiers' days easier.  Without a doubt, Posey is a morale booster.

Posey is in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Phoenix.  She is an airtraffic controller; however, she works in the S-2 shop dealing with the intelligenc...
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SPC Brown - Soldier Feature

Posted by AJ Brown on Thursday, December 30, 2010, In : Soldier Feature 

Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Diane Smith

As requested by some of my readers I will be incorporating small Soldier features into the Updates page.  Since a few questions were addressed directly to me, I will start the Soldier feature with myself and do other Soldiers in the future.

This January marks my sixth year in the Army.  My first duty station was in Camp Humphreys, Korea.  I have deployed twice to Iraq, and am currently supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. 

My official m...
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Spec. AJ Brown 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....

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