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Category Archives: Afghanistan team
Emotional support groups: July 18-24
The Nebraska National Guard offers emotional support groups. They are open to military members and their families from all branches.
Group meetings this week:
Tuesday, July 19, 7 p.m., Fremont Armory, 910 North Lincoln Avenue, Fremont, Neb. Information: Master Sgt. …
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Emotional support groups: Week of July 11-17
The Nebraska National Guard offers emotional support groups. They are open to military members and their families from all branches.
Group meeting this week:
Tuesday, June 21, 7 p.m., Kearney Armed Forces Reserve Center, 5710 Airport Road, Kearney, Neb. Information: …
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Emotional support groups: June 27-July 3
The Nebraska National Guard offers emotional support groups. They are open to military members and their families from all branches.
Group meeting this week:
Thursday, June 30, 7 p.m., South Omaha Readiness Center, 6929 Mercy Road, Omaha, Neb. Information: Master …
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Emotional support groups: June 20-26
The Nebraska National Guard offers emotional support groups. They are open to military members and their families from all branches.
Group meeting this week:
Tuesday, June 21, 7 p.m., Hastings Readiness Center, Greenlief Training Site, Building 800, 6700 East J …
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Speaker to discuss U.S. missile defense
June’s meeting of the Military Officers Association of America’s (MOAA) Heartland Chapter will feature U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Dreiling. Stationed at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Capt. Dreiling will be speaking about the Spaced Based Infrared System, the Legacy Defense …
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Emotional support groups: June 6-12
The Nebraska National Guard offers emotional support groups. They are open to military members and their families from all branches.
Group meeting this week:
Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m., Central Plains Red Cross Building, 404 East Third Street, Grand Island, …
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An amazing journey
KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Afghanistan — Going home.
It’s been an amazing two months, but it’s time to get back.
Time to see friends and family again. Time to resume our normal lives.
We’ve met many wonderful people on this trip …
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Tourists in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — We’re in the final stretch of the trip now — just a few days left before we head home.
Today we spent some time doing the civilian tourist thing around Kabul. That included a trip to the …
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Back to where we started
CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan — So we’re back to where our trip began.
We’ve traded Camp Leatherneck for Camp Phoenix, where most of the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 1-134th Cavalry Squadron is based.
We’ll be wrapping up a few things here …
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Pigskin fever lives
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Even on deployment here, college football passions run high.
First Lt. Shea McCarty, 25, from Bettendorf, Iowa, is in charge of the vault at the disbursing office at Camp Leatherneck. That’s where the Marines go to …
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