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an eagle flew through the Afghan skies .

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Recent Major General James C .

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McConville , commanding general of the

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101st Airborne Division , came to R . C .

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South for a battlefield circulation of

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Task Force Thunder , a reinforced

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aviation brigade operating across

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southern Afghanistan . General

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McConville traveled to Kandahar

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airfield , multinational based Taryn

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Cod and Fob Wolverine to award Purple

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Heart , air medals , combat action

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badges and other awards to deserving

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soldiers around the command PFC

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at Tarin KOWT . He inducted to aviators

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into the Order of ST Michael , an

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organization that recognizes excellence

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in army aviators . He also re enlisted

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and promoted a number of screaming

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eagles . I think it was a great thing

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that he came out and see us for the

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holidays . Make sure we're all doing

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well and safe return home and when he

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touched on the important factors , this

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is our last few days here in country is

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the most critical time . I think a lot

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of young soldiers don't understand that .

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Task force Thunder will redeploy just

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after the new year and will be replaced

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by the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade out

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of Hawaii Specialist Scott Matheson ,

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Kandahar Airfield , Afghanistan