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The Family Advocacy Program staff pose for a picture at Fort Polk’s Army Community Service building Feb. 5. They are ready to support returning Patriot soldiers and their families. It is important for both sold More

Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, takes a moment to create a keepsake photo during their mission at Forward Operating Base Sha More

U.S. Army soldiers of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division arrive at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, July 13, 2013. These Soldiers hail from Fort Polk, La., ready to begin their nine-month deployment More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. James Deore (left) and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. James Collins (right) uncase their squadron’s colors during the Transfer of Authority ceremony on Forward Operating Base Wright, July 27, 20 More

U.S. Army Pfc. Elizabeth Adan receives the Army Chief of Staff Coin from U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, Aug. 6, 2013, on Forward Operating Base Gamberi. Adan serves as a supply specialist with Headquarters and More

U.S. Army Spc. Paul Spruce exchanges information with a helicopter pilot who landed at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Aug. 17, 2013. Spruce is a Hagerstown, Md. native who works flight operations on Gamberi fo More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Noe Salinas, senior enlisted adviser, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, speaks with the resident doctor at the Afghan clinic on Forward Operating Base Gamberi More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Singerhouse, senior enlisted advisor, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Boar, and Prairie Farm, Wis. native, addresses his Soldiers before the unit’s deploymen More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Harrison, commander, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Dagger, addresses his soldiers before the unit’s deployment patch ceremony on Forward Operating Base Fenty Aug. 1 More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. James Booker (right), senior enlisted adviser, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, speaks with Carrollton, Ga., native, U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Boldt More

U.S. Army Pfc. James Crouch assesses a simulated casualty in the dark while the sounds of a recorded firefight and Mozart flood the room during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Torkham, Aug. 21, 20 More

U.S. Army Sgt. Erik Wery, Section 4 Headquarters Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, rides in the back of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Alan Michaud, middle left, the senior enlisted adviser, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Warrior, welcomes Col. Mario Diaz, middle right, the commander, 4th Brigade, More

Fifth Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, Team Laghman soldiers line up at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Aug. 30, 2013, to receive the Army Achievement Medal for their efforts in Operation Clean Sweep More

U.S. Army Sgt. Garrick Powell, network manager, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, Team Laghman, from Birmingham, Ala., relates to his unit how important an accomplishment earning the rank of a nonco More

U.S. Army Sgt. Derrick Ingram takes up a fighting position alongside one of his Afghan counterparts during a base defense drill at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2013 More

U.S. Army Sgt. David LeMay and Spc. Justin Jewell provide security outside the Operations Coordination Center for Laghman Province while leaders with 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, Team Laghman, More

Graduates from Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam’s basic computer course wait to be called up to receive their certificate of completion during the course’s graduation ceremony, Sept. 1, 2013. (U.S. Army photo More

U.S. Army Pfc. Michelle Garcia (right), human resources specialist, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, from Belton, Texas, stands next to her battalio More

U.S. Army Sgt. Cole Stabler prepares to escort a security forces advise and assist team at Nangalam Base, Sept. 11, 2013. The Bronxville, N.Y., native serves as an assistant team leader with 3rd Squadron, 89th More

U.S. Soldiers with the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, stand at attention before lowering the American flag during a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, in More

U.S. Army Maj. Ned Bartlebaugh, chaplain with the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, delivers a sermon to his congregation during the Sunday worship service at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Laghman province More

Afghan Lt. Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi, deputy minister of security for Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior, addresses the attendees at the conclusion of an election security shura held at Forward Operating B More

Soldiers in 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, attend a course on positive thinking as part of the Wild Boar Will series of classes at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Sept. 22, 2013. During the course they sh More

Sayid Ali Akbar, Governor of Surkh Rod District, western Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, addresses U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alan Boyer Broken Arrow, Okla., commander, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, during a More

In addition to counseling and redeployment services, Child, Youth and School Services also offers youth sports leagues.

A 201st Afghan National Army Corps soldier negotiates a rough terrain course at Forward Operating Base Gamberi with an Up Armored Medium Tactical Vehicle and mine roller on the final day of a five-week training More

Three UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters carrying U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin III, Commander, U.S. Central Command, and his entourage, prepare to land at Forward Operating Base Gamberi Oct. 6, 2013. The purpose of Au More

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, listen to their squad leader as he demonstrates how to shoot an azmith with a compass during a Sergeant’s Time training session at Forward Operati More

U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Corry scours for simulated improvised explosive devises on a training lane at Forward Operating Base Tagab Oct. 15, 2013 during counter-IED training under the supervision of Staff Sgt. Ca More

U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Corry scours for simulated improvised explosive devices on a training lane at Forward Operating Base Tagab, Oct. 15, 2013, during counter-IED training under the supervision of Staff Sgt. More

U.S. Army Spc. Monquavis Edwards boots up the CS-13 system in a Point of Presence truck at Forward Operating Base Tagab Oct. 17, 2013. Edwards is a communications soldier with 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regime More

U.S. Army Spc. Dustin Ledford, squeezes the stuffed giraffe his pregnant wife sent him during a moment to himself at Forward Operating Base Tagab, Oct. 17, 2013. The giraffe plays an audio recording of his unb More

U.S. Army Spc. Troy Allred, of Fort Worth, Texas, prepares a disabled Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle for movement to go on mission at Forward Operating Base Tagab, Oct. 17, 2013. Allred serves as a lig More

U.S. Army Spc. Colton Barnes, of Belgrade, Mont., takes a moment at Forward Operating Base Tagab, Oct. 18, 2013, to clean his weapon in between missions. Barnes serves as a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion, More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eston Simmons prepares to face the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Sergeant Audie Murphy Club selection board at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Oct. 25, 2013, hoping to More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Singerhouse, senior enlised adviser, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, prepares a birthday surprise for 2nd Battalion’s chaplain, Capt. Doug Yoder’s 50th birthday inside More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alan Boyer, commander, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, greets the chief of the National Directorate of Security for the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province prior to a shura discuss More

Afghan Uniformed Police 2nd Lt. Omar Khan demonstrates proper techniques for bandaging upper body wounds to stop excessive bleeding to officers in the Afghan Local Police during his combat lifesaver class at th More

Afghan Local Police Officers for Laghman province, Afghanistan, receive a brief describing the counter-improvised explosive device training they are about to take at the provincial police headquarters in Mehtar More

Afghan Local Police march to cadence beginning their training day at the provincial police headquarters in Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, Nov. 6, 2013. The Afghan Uniformed Police are training ALP from across La More

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Adrian Williams served 21 years before retiring Dec. 31, 2009. The Springfield, Va., native spent his first three years as an enlisted Military Police officer. He went on to get commissio More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 201st Corps Engineer Kandak’s Horizontal Company, bulldozes earth around the future site of Forward Operating Base Gamberi’s cool-down yard, Nov. 11, 2013. The cool-down More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend (left), commander, 10th Mountain Division, pins the the Bronze Star Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and the NATO Medal on the chest of Maj. Jason Rosenstrauch, form More

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Jett (right), an intel analyst with 4th Briagde Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, from Auburn, Ill., stands at attention to meet Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend (left), com More

U.S. Army Sgt. Alexander Weston (middle), team leader, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, from Middletown, Conn., and his soldiers secure the rear element of a dismounted patrol en route to an Af More

A Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle makes its way through Torkham, Afghanistan, with the rest of its convoy to the Afghan Border Police station located on More

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Bogoyevac, Forward Operating Base Torkham aid station’s noncommisioned officer in charge, from Moorpark, Calif., supervises Afghan Security Guards working with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10t More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrea Williams prepares a continuity book from her desk at Forward Operating Base Gamberi Nov. 22, 2013. As well as serving as the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task More

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford (mid-right), commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, speaks with Maj. Steve Wright (far left) and Maj. Gary Pickens (far right), the More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Campbell unwraps his plastic utensils to begin enjoying his Thanksgiving meal Nov. 28, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Torkham. For Thanksgiving, Campbell says he is thankful for ability More

Husband and wife, U.S. Army Sgts. 1st Class Andrea and Marquis Williams, deployed together with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, meet at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Nov. 28, 2013, to share More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz (left), commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, and Capt. Kevin Boldt (right), commander, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th More

U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Harris of Clarksville, Tenn., says to help protect 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and its troops during their deployment, soldiers and family members should practice good More

Left to right, U.S. Army Pfc. Elizabeth Adan from Orange County, Calif., Sgt. Eliza Balisacan of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines, and Sgt. Adriana Fox of Davis, Calif., share a moment together while enjoying a More

U.S. Army soldiers with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, absorb lessons on wellness and resiliency while attending Operation Army Ready: Ready and Resilient seminar at Bagram More

U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Taylor goes over some troop numbers with his counterpart in 3rd Brigade, 201st Afghan National Army Corps, at Forward Operating Base Naghlu Hi, Dec. 9, 2013, during one of the team’s many More

A Caribou aircraft carrying food and water for U.S. soldiers flies above Forward Operating Base Naghlu Hi Dec. 10, 2013, moments before releasing its cargo over the base’s helicopter landing zone. These Low Cos More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz (left), commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, praises the work ethic and character of his outgoing operations sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Brian More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott Kirkpatrick (left), commander, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, awards the members of 1st Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Bn., Army C More

Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment pause for a moment to take a picture with the United Service Organization’s Christmas Convoy at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Dec. 19, 2013. The USO delive More

Alan Reyes, the senior vice president of operations for USO, greets soldiers at Forward Operating Base Wright and thanks them for their service before passing out boxes full of holiday packages as gifts to the More

Members of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club stand for a photo with soldiers about to be granted membership into the prestigious club before the induction ceremony at Bagram Air Field Dec. 23, 2013. (U.S. Army Pho More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz (left), commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, meets with leaders of 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, a new attachment to 4th Bde, More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, presents coins to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot Soldiers at Forward Operat More

Afghan National Army Col. Gul Rahman Roshangar, commander, Regional Logistics Support Command with 201st ANA Corps, speaks to his counterpart in the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Dec. 31, 201 More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz (left), commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, praises the work ethic and character of plans officer Capt. David Wilson (right), Jan. 3, 2014, More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Sazalsky (far right), of Pittsburgh, Pa., with the 333rd Engineer Company (Horizontal), and 1st Lt. Benedict Zilka (middle right), a native of Little Falls, Minn., with 284th Engine More

A 4th Brigade, 201st Afghan National Army Corps soldier prepares a 60mm mortar round for firing just outside Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Jan. 8, 2014, during the culminating exercise of a month-long class t More

U.S. Army Gen. (R) David McKiernan, adviser to the Army Chief of Staff, receives a brief from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot’s leadership, Jan. 12, 2014 at Forward Operating More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, stands shoulder to shoulder with Medal of Honor recipient Walter Marm Jr. as they take a moment to paus More

All these years later, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech still resonates with Americans from all walks of life. U.S. Army Master Sgt. Ronnie Rooks, food service noncommisioned officer More

U.S. Army Maj. William Tyndall, engineer advisor with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, supervises two soldiers from the 201st Afghan National Army Corps as they put to use th More

Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Mohammad Zaman Waziri (right), commanding general, 201st ANA Corps, enters the Shura Center at Forward Operating Base Gamberi Jan. 22, 2014, to begin discussions about incorporati More

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Wilson (left) examines his latest three-round shot group while zeroing his weapon in preparation for the marksmanship challenge of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division’s noncom More

U.S. Army advisers with Security Force Advise and Assist Team Blue, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, enter the Afghan National Police headquarters in Jalalabad, Feb. 3, 2014, More

Soldiers with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, make their way to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter waiting at Forward Operating Base Gamberi Feb. 5, 2014, to begin their journey More

Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Abdul Nasir Ziyai (right), and Afghan National Police Brig. Gen. Mir Jalaludin Jamshed (left), the director and deputy director, respectively, for the Operation Coordination Cente More

A 201st Afghan National Army Corps soldier observes and documents features of a simulated round of unexploded ordnance from a distance while training with American explosive ordnance disposal soldiers, Feb. 6, More

The 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment soldiers make their way into the Nangarhar provincial governor’s compound in Jalalabad Feb. 9, 2014, to attend a security meeting where battalion leadership will work w More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, awards Bronze Stars to the leadership of 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment Feb. 11, 2014, at Forward More

The 201st Afghan National Army Corps engineers set up their surveying equipment at the Coalition motor pool at Forward Operating Base Gamberi Feb. 16, 2014, to begin measuring for construction of a new maintena More

U.S. Army leaders with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, and 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Strike, the unit replacing Patriot in Regional Comman More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Singerhouse (left), senior enlisted leader, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, congratulates 1st Sgt. More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz (left), commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, extends his gratitude to the command teams of 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, and 3rd Batt More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, meets with the governor of Afghanistan’s Kapisa Province on Feb. 23, 2014, to discuss the state of the More

U.S. Army soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, receive their end of deployment awards from their brigade command team, Col. Ma More

The leadership for Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, accepts their end of deployment awards from the brigade commander, Col. Mario Diaz (left), Feb. 24, More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz, Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Patriot, presents end of tour awards to the soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment on Feb. 25, 2014, More

A formation representing the last of the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment soldiers still at Forward Operating Base Wright prepares to case their colors and officially transfer authority of the base over to t More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Noe Salinas (right), senior enlisted leader, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, signs his pledge to help fight against sexual harassment and assault March 31, 2014, out More

U.S. Army Col. Mario Diaz, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, gives encouraging words to the leaders in his brigade during their first social gathering since the unit’s recent return fr More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mathew Condry, pitcher for the Officer Team, lobs a softball during the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division leader’s softball game, April 2, 2014, at Fort Polk’s Soldier Sports Co More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kody Jones of Phoenix, Ariz., chucks a dodge ball toward his opponents April 28, 2014, during Warrior Week’s dodge ball tournament. Warrior Week was a sporting extravaganza pitting the diff More

U.S. Army Sgt. Bryson Lalonde prepares his paintball gun to fire, while kneeling behind cover during the post-wide Warrior Week competition's paintball tournament, April 28, 2014. Bryson of Opelousas, La., serv More

Warrior Battalion Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment stand in formation on Mountain Field, May 9, 2014, preparing to receive their new commander, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Leslie, during the unit’ More

U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Adams II begins weaving through the slalom set up at the Motorcycle Mentor Workshop at Fort Polk May 9, 2014, for Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Adams is a West Union, W.V. native who More

Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment ready themselves on Mountain Field for the squadron's change of command ceremony, May 16, 2014. The 3rd Sqdn. is a part of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mou More

U.S. Army Pfc. Karen Heu relates her Hmong heritage, May 29, 2014, during Fort Polk’s observance of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, detailing the story of her parents’ escape to America from the ‘Killing More

Yolanda Hayes, New Parent Support lead home lead visitor, gives a infant massage class to new mother at Fort Polk’s Army Community Service building Feb. 5. The Family Advocacy Program offers an array of program More