SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Army Sgt. Kyle Nusbaum was teaching combat lifesaving skills to a class of Iraqi Federal Police recruits when their classroom skills actually enabled them to save lives.

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Soldiers from the "Mayhem" Mortar Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3d Cavalry Regiment "Brave Rifles", instructed mortar training June 26-27 with noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted soldiers from three different brigades in the 8th Iraqi Army.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - After six-weeks of training and exercises, over 100 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from the 205th Corps received their graduation certificates, July 5, during the Eagle Strike Company graduation ceremony at Camp Hero.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - After six-weeks of training and exercises, over 100 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from the 205th Corps received their graduation certificates, July 5, during the Eagle Strike Company graduation ceremony at Camp Hero.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan contractors, civilians and coalition service members with the Train, Advise and Assist Command-South (TAAC-South) from across Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan came together in mid-June to celebrate a three-day holiday recognized as Eid al-Fitr. The holiday, known as Eid for short, is a celebration marking the end of Islam's holy month of fasting. This signifies the end of Ramadan, locally known as Ramazan, which is a time where Muslims practice fasting and extended prayer.

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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait -- The 401st Army Field Support Brigade completed the largest ever equipment issue from Army Prepositioned Stocks-5 here, July 9.

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FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- On July 9, the U.S. Army announced a new physical fitness test -- the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT. The test is designed to replace the APFT with a gender- and age-neutral assessment that will more closely align with the physical demands Soldiers will face in combat. Field tests for the ACFT will begin in October 2018, and by October 2020, all Regular Army, Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers will be required to take the test.

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WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department today provided to the Congress its semiannual report titled "Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan."

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Story by By 1st Lt. Matthew Walker 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gathered to celebrate the U.S. Army's 243rd birthday with a competition to determine the Ultimate Lethal Warrior team June 14, 2018.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - NATO-led Resolute Support and Afghan leaders throughout the Combined Joint Operation Area of Afghanistan participated in a transfer of authority ceremony, June 30, for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Lathrop, the Train, Advise and Assist Command-South outgoing commander, relinquished authority of the command to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, the incoming commander.

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