On one of my last days in Khost in 2007, I remember the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers guarding Forward Operating Base Salerno's main gate were shocked that we'd go into the city without guns
Fort Bragg East: Rebuilding Afghanistan
In March 2008, The Pulitzer Center partnered with Helium to launch its first round of the Global Issues/Citizen Voices Contest. Find the winning essays here.
Kevin Maurer, for the Pulitzer Center
Khost, Afghanistan
The slideshow can be viewed at: http://photos.fayobserver.com/mycapture/folder.asp
Like baseball players, Maj. Michele Curtis-Jackson, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade physician's assistant, says all medics fly with luck charms... she carries seven.
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Kevin Maurer has covered the military as an embedded journalist for The Fayetteville Observer for four years.
In 2003, he followed 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers in Iraq during the...
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Andrew Craft has been a staff photographer for The Fayetteville Observer for over two years. In 2007, he made his first trip to Iraq covering the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers in...