Phoenix Rising

Armament team sticks together

December 23, 2010

Photo by U.S. Army Spec. Amanda Brown

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Pfc. Carl Ciprian, Pfc. Bryon Martinek, and Spec. Lloyd Timmons pose for a photo Dec. 22.  These three Soldiers work as a team in the armament shop in D Company, Task Force Phoenix. 
 

Soldiers find entertainment

December 23, 2010

Photo by U.S. Army Spec. Amanda Brown

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spec. Lloyd Timmons holds Pfc. Bryon Martinek for an amusing photo on Dec. 22.  Both Soldiers are in Armament Platoon, D Company, Task Force Phoenix.  Timmons is a native of Arlington, Texas and Martinek is a native of Albany, N.Y.
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New Reenlistment!!

December 23, 2010

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. 

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E Co article published in the Mountaineer

December 22, 2010
Have you seen the recent article in the Mountaineer about one of our Task Force Phoenix Soldiers?  Be sure to check it out!

http://www.drum.army.mil/mountaineer/Article.aspx?ID=4997

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Getting into the holiday spirit

December 21, 2010

Photo by U.S. Army Ryan Ingham

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Task Force Phoenix’s S-1 shop gets into the holiday spirit by donning festive headgear and posing with an inflatable penguin outside the tactical operations center Dec. 18.  Back:  Capt. Crystal Moore, Spc. Monika Kotelniki, Spc. Nadine Gonzalez, Staff Sgt. Daniel Gerhardt  Front: Spc. Amanda Brown, Spc. Amalia Zuluaga
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About Me


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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