Hero Stories for January 2010

Lance Cpl. Jeremy M. Kane, 22, of Towson, Maryland, died January 23, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Kane was assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, California. </d

United States Forces - Iraq is beginning a new initiative to standardize the American Forces Network's broadcasting capabilities on all enduring bases in theat

The first major indicator of the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq occurred in Ramadi Jan. 23 when II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) transferred authority of Iraq's largest province to 1st Armored Divisi

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Sgt. Matthew West said he didn't know what to think when a rock came flying at him while guarding his Black Hawk helicopter at a landing zone on Camp Kiwi in central Afghanistan's Bamyan provin

Sgt. Matthew West said he didn't know what to think when a rock came flying at him while guarding his Black Hawk helicopter at a landing zone on Camp Kiwi in central Afghanistan's Bamyan provin

Staff Sgt. Thaddeus S. Montgomery II, 29, of West Yellowstone, Montana, died January 20, 2010, at Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Montgomery was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Pfc. Gifford E. Hurt, 19, of Yonkers, New York, died January 20, 2010, in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related accident. Pfc. Hurt was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 214th Fires Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. </d

Capt. Paul Pena, 27, of San Marcos, Texas, died January 19, 2010, in Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Capt. Pena was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

Tech. Sgt. Adam K. Ginett, 29, of Knightdale, North Carolina, died January 19, 2010, near Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. Tech Sgt. Ginett was assigned to the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy. </d