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Maneuver Warfare with an Afghan MAGTF
Volume 102, Issue 4
Author:
BGen Roger B. Turner, Jr
Captain Hill Hamrick
Col Matthew Reid, left, and SgtMaj Darrell Carver, center, unfurl the Marine Corps Colors during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, 29 April 2017. Col Reid and SgtMaj Carver were the deputy commander and sergeant major, respectively, of TFSW.
Sgt Lucas Hopkins
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As the early morning sun rose over Nawa District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, a small, eclectic mix of Afghan National Defense Security Forces (ANDSF) leaders casually finished their breakfast. A few kilometers away at an Afghan outpost, a team of Marine advisors grew increasingly anxious, as they…