CAMP BARBER, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Lance Cpl. Jesli P. Bowling (right) and Sgt. Louise M. Nowak work together building a wall frame during the construction of the new morale, welfare and recreation center at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, March 17, 2009.For the past five months, Marines and sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan residing at Camp Barber have shared an internet and phone center with alliance forces. They now have their own facility to communicate with friends and loved ones while forward deployed here.
SPMAGTF-A’s mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
Bowling is a combat engineer, and Nowak is a squad leader assigned to engineering platoon, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the logistics combat element of SPMAGTF-A.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)
CAMP BARBER, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Sgt. Louise M. Nowak (right) and Lance Cpl. Jesli P. Bowling move sheets of plywood for the construction of the new morale, welfare and recreation center at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, March 17, 2009.
For the past five months, Marines and sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan residing at Camp Barber have shared an internet and phone center with alliance forces. They now have their own facility to communicate with friends and loved ones while forward deployed here.
SPMAGTF-A’s mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
Bowling is a combat engineer, and Nowak is a squad leader assigned to engineering platoon, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the logistics combat element of SPMAGTF-A.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)
CAMP BARBER, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Brand new telephones sit in their booths inside the new morale, welfare and recreation center while still under construction at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, March 17, 2009.
For the past five months, Marines and sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan residing at Camp Barber have shared an internet and phone center with alliance forces. They now have their own facility to communicate with friends and loved ones while forward deployed here.
SPMAGTF-A’s mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)
CAMP BARBER, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines fill the computer booths inside the new morale, welfare and recreation center at Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, March 17, 2009.
For the past five months, Marines and sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan residing at Camp Barber have shared an internet and phone center with alliance forces. They now have their own facility to communicate with friends and loved ones while forward deployed here.
“I love receiving pictures from home, e-mail, jokes and family news,” said Staff Sgt. Scott A. Cochran. “It also gives me the opportunity to see my daughter grow up even though I’m not there.”
Cochran believes the center will help bring families together in their time of separation and give Marines a taste of home whether it’s through e-mail or a short conversation on the phone.
SPMAGTF-A’s mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan National Police.
Cochran is the deputy disbursing officer assigned to Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the logistics combat element of SPMAGTF-A.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Ronald W. Stauffer)
