U.S. CENTCOM News 13th - 19th Jan 09

Heavy Lifting
U.S. Marines hook a shipping container with more than 20,000 pounds of supplies to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Forward Operating Base Delaram, Afghanistan , Jan. 2, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Helicopter Support Team Marine. The supplies will be used to construct a forward operating base or combat outpost. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso

US CENTCOM Press Releases

Helicopter makes hard landing in Konar Province Posted: 19 Jan 2009 09:03 AM CST KABUL, Afghanistan – One service member was killed today when a Coalition CH-47 helicopter, supporting an ISAF mission, conducted a hard landing in eastern Afghanistan. The helicopter contained seven personnel.

Explosion in Kabul Posted: 19 Jan 2009 08:58 AM CST KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 17, 2009) - An explosion occurred earlier this morning near Camp Eggers.

Afghan civilian injured in accident Posted: 19 Jan 2009 08:55 AM CST KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan child was injured in Nangarhar Province today in a traffic accident involving a coalition vehicle. The coalition vehicle grazed the child as he was attempting to cross the highway.

Helicopter accident near Kabul Posted: 19 Jan 2009 08:53 AM CST KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter went down earlier this morning near Kabul. The helicopter was en route to a medical evacuation mission.

U.S. Forces Afghanistan expresses sympathy to Afghanistan Posted: 19 Jan 2009 08:51 AM CST KABUL, Afghanistan –U.S. Forces Afghanistan express our condolences to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense and the people of Afghanistan, for the death of Major Gen. Famahmad Sayar and those who died in today's tragic aircraft accident in western Afghanistan. New CENTCOM unit makes it tough to be a pirate Posted: 19 Jan 2009 03:52 AM CST WASHINGTON - A new patrol in the U.S. Central Command is working to make it unprofitable to be a pirate. Troops ready to prevent election violence Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST WASHINGTON – U.S. and Iraqi forces in Iraq's Diyala province are preparing for rising violence amid upcoming provincial elections.