Phoenix Rising

Holiday Themes

March 14, 2011


I want to make sure I am providing things for Family members that are fun and useful.  I just posted my third holiday theme on the Phoenix Rising website.  Do you like the pages dedicated to the holidays?  Are they useful?  Do you use them?  Be sure to write and give your opinion.  Let me know at:

amanda.j.brown@afghan.swa.army.mil

"Hoppy" Holidays to everyone out there!
 

Preparing the East Side

March 10, 2011

Photo by Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Jayson Lee, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade/TF Falcon, puts dry wall mud up on a ceiling in one of the offices in TF Phoenix’s new building on the east side.  Lee is a native of Seoul, Korea.


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Flickr Photos

March 9, 2011

Photo by Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

Make sure you check out the Task Force Phoenix Flickr site!  View it at the link below!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tf_phoenixrising/5494238470/
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C Co MEDEVAC Soldier becomes a US Citizen

February 23, 2011


Have you seen the recent article about Sgt. Andreas Buttner, Company C, Task Force Phoenix, Task Force Falcon, posted on CJTF-101?  He is a German-American Soldier who just recently completed his naturalization ceremony and is now officially an American.  Be sure to check it out if you have not already!

http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4166-tf-phoenix-crew-chief-earns-us-citizenship.html

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From Republic of Korea Army to the US Army - Article

February 22, 2011


Have you seen the recent article about Spc. Jayson Lee, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Phoenix, Task Force Falcon, posted on The Mountaineer Online?  He is a Korean-American Soldier who once served in the Republic of Korea Army and is now serving the United States Army in search of the American Dream.  Be sure to check it out if you have not already!

http://www.drum.army.mil/mountaineer/Article.aspx?ID=5081


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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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