Freedom Watch Update

This edition features stories on the Kunar provincial government and reconstruction team working together to build four new schools and postal employees working overtime to distribute the high volume of holiday mail they are receiving. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories about U.S. Soldiers vaccinating farm animals, and visiting a local orphanage, Hosted by Spc. Jennifer Dolsen. Afghanistan

This edition features stories on the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron being reactivated as an intelligence and surveillance unit deployed to Afghanistan and a Soldier in Afghanistan creating a holiday-themed environment with large scale decorations, including ice sculptures, for service members stationed in Afghanistan. Hosted by Senior Airman Joshua Adkins.

This edition features stories on Georgia Air National Guardsmen serving as Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) supporting the 48th Infantry Brigade by helping coordinate air support for battlefield operations in Afghanistan and Airmen of the 455th Civil Engineer Squadron beginning construction on a tent city that will accommodate the influx of troops arriving at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories on engineers from the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team finishing the last quality assurance checks on a new road in Asadabad and Soldiers interacting with Afghanistan locals and getting finger prints and photos of the local Afghans to help seperate them from insurgent suspects. Hosted by Senior Airman Joshua Adkins

This edition features a story about a wedding, held over the internet, between a service member deployed to Bagram Air field and his bride and about Soldiers assisting Afghan soldiers in searching for weapons at road side check points. Hosted by Senior Airman Joshua Adkins.. Afghanistan

This edition features stories about a conference designed to help government officials work together and reduce corruption, and U.S. doctors helping a local national man. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez. Afghanistan

This edition features stories about a Transfer of Responsibility ceremony and the screening process the military uses to choose contractors. Hosted by Senior Airman Joshua Adkins. Afghanistan

This edition features stories about the capture of a Taliban commander in the Asadabad District of Kunar Province, and a visit to the Egyptian Hospital on Bagram Air Base. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Joy Meek. Afghanistan.

This edition features stories on Afghan National Policemen in Sar Howzah, Afghanistan learning skills required to save fellow soldiers’ lives and Soldiers from the 554th Military Police Company helping Afghan forces train to take control of their own security. Hosted by Spc. Jennifer Dolsen.

This edition features a story on Adm. Gary Roughead visiting service members in Afghanistan and Soldiers taking a combat lifesaver course. Hosted by Spc. Jennifer Dolsen

This edition features stories about coalition forces discovering drugs and weapons, and U.S. service members receiving training on the new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle (MATV). Hosted by Senior Airman Joshua Adkins.

This edition features stories on a gathering of Mullahs (Afghan religious leaders) from the Karabal District in eastern Afghanistan and Soldiers from the 554th Military Police Squadron visiting with town elders in Jalalabad, Afghanistan to discuss the well-being of the town. Hosted by Spc. Jennifer Dolsen.

This edition features stories on members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building a new water treatment system on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan and Soldiers organizing and supervising a cash-for-work project in which Afghan villagers get paid to work on a project that directly benefits their community. Hosted by Air Force Staff Sgt. Joy Meek. Afghanistan.

This edition features stories on the Kunar provincial governor and the commander of Task Force Warrior visiting three provinces in western part of Kunar province, Afghanistan in an effort to connect the provincial government with district governments and a reconnaissance mission in the Khost province of Afghanistan in which U.S. Soldiers will work alongside Afghan security forces ensuring they will be able to conduct future missions without coalition assistance. Hosted by Senior Airman Jay Hernandez.

This edition features stories on Service members and civils at Bagram Airfield take time out to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his holiday. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories about a radio station that provides entertainment and information for its listeners, and U.S. military engineers surveying a site for a new operations and coordination center for the Afghan National Police and Army. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose. Afghanistan

This edition features stories on Afghan and Coalition forces finding over 600 Kilograms of Amomium Nitrate when searching a building, and the pro-active approach that technicians are taking at Bagram Airfield on the H1N1 virus. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories on coalition forces searching a compound and capturing a Taliban insurgent and a Soldier training Afghanistan border patrol police. Hosted by Senior Airman Joshua Adkins. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Joy Meek.

This edition features stories on Afghan and U.S. forces delivering humanitarian aid to three villages in Paktya Province and a military working dog specially trained for tracking explosive ordinance and insurgents in Afghanistan. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Ali Rose