Author Archives: Ben Vankat

Q&A with Spc. Kyle Johnson of Boone, Iowa

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Ben Vankat
An occasional series of chats with one of our troops.

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Spc. Kyle Johnson

 

Hometown: Boone, Iowa / Age: 23 / 186th Military Police Company, attached to the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team

 

Q: You said …

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Afghanistan roundup, No. 4: Stories and photo showcases

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Ben Vankat

Stories and photographs from our team that you may have missed in the past week. As always, this is content you’ll only find in the World-Herald.

PHOTO GALLERIES

Medics – Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team (April 4)

Controlled …

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Afghanistan roundup No. 3: Stories and photo showcases

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Ben Vankat

Stories and photographs from our team that you might have missed in the past couple weeks. As always, this is content you’ll only find in the World-Herald.

PHOTO SHOWCASES

Cleanup in Zormat (March 24)

On patrol (March 17)

Weaspons discovery …

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Afghanistan roundup, No. 2: Stories and photo showcases

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Ben Vankat

Stories and photographs from our team that you might have missed in the past week:

ARTICLES

Marathon Man: Gretna Guard member plans to run Lincoln Marathon … in Kabul (March 14)
Some determined runners among the 1-134th Cavalry Squadron of …

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Afghanistan roundup: Stories and photo showcases

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ben Vankat

We’ll publish an occasional roundup of stories and photos from our team in Afghanistan so readers can catch up on anything they’ve missed.

Photo galleries:

Humanitarian aid mission (March 2)

Kabul City Police Center (March 3)

Alpha Troop assistance (March …

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