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SHARP: New Changes to Program
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Safety: Gearing up for Safety
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Legal: Removing Unfavorable Action
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Chaplain: Homecoming
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Reenlistments & Promotions
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MNBG-E CMDR
col. david j woods
MNBG-E CSM
Command sgt. maj.
Sheryl Lyon
Executive Editor
Maj. Wencke Tate
submitted photos
Editor
Capt. Randy Ready
Guardian East welcomes commentaries, articles and photos from readers. Submissions should be sent to the
editor at [email protected] by the 21st of each month and include details such as the who, what, when,
where and why of the photos. Please include the person’s name, rank and contingent of who took the photos
for photo credit. MNBG-E reserves the right to edit any submissions.
COVER PHOTO: U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob McHenry, a forward
observer with 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment and a native of Oakgrove, La., looks through binoculars to see where a
round hit while U.S. Army Private 1st Class William Melichar,
a cavalry scout with Joint Regional Detachment-East and an
Odesa, Texas native, plots the next point during the call for fire
simulator at Camp Bondsteel Dec. 17. (U.S. Army photo by
Sgt. Samantha Parks, 4th Public Affairs Detachment)
BACK COVER PHOTO: U.S. Army Capt. Robert Schaffling,
a staff officer with the Multinational Battle Group-East and
Philadelphia native, pursues a member of the Kosovo Security
Force as he shoots for a goal in an exhibition soccer match
with MNBG-E soldiers in Ferizaj Dec. 20. (U.S. Army photo by
Sgt. Joshua Stoffregen, 4th Public Affairs Detachment)
Layout Editor
sgt. Samantha Parks
Contributing
Journalists
staff sgt. cody
harding
Sgt. Joshua
Stoffregen
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is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents
of Guardian East are not necessarily the official views of the U.S. government,
the Department of the Army, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade or MNBG-E.
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