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U.S. Marine, New Jersey Native Leads Ground Surveillance Efforts in Helmand
LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN -– “I’d rather take lessons from the past than learn lessons the hard way,” said Sgt. John Verhage III, native of South Brunswick, New Jersey and a surveillance sensor operator with Task Force Southwest. “It’s better to use something like ground sensors now rather than something happening and wishing we would have employed measures like this beforehand.”
Verhage leads the ground sensor operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, which…
21st Century Warfare: Task Force Southwest
U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest 18.1 explain the newest style of strategic warfare used in current combat operations.
(video by Sean J. Berry/Released 2018)
U.S. Marines assist Afghan National Police in demilitarization of damaged vehicles
U.S. Marines and U.S. Army soldiers with Task Force Southwest assisted the 505th Zone Afghan National Police in the removal and replacement of approximately 400 damaged vehicles for demilitarization near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan.
(Video by Sean J. Berry/Release 2018)
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Marines Return To Sangin To advise Afghan National Army in Combat Operations
U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest execute an expeditionary advising mission to train, advise and assist the 2nd Brigade of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps at their headquarters on Camp Nolay, Afghanistan, April 24-May 6, 2018.
