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added 12 Jan 08- First Detachment Profiles and photos. Link is in the 1951 data block. Updated 19 Jan 08
added 18 Jan 08- Sheldon (Spyder) Watkins Photos
add 19 Jan 08- Bob Marks Photos

	MSG Battalion / Company B Detachments Within Afghanistan USEMB Kabul

CIA Factbook: Afghanistan
Library of Congress: Afghanistan
Military.com: Afghanistan
Info Please: Afghanistan
Britanica: Afghanistan
NationMaster: Afghanistan
World Atlas: Afghanistan
Lonely Planet: Afghanistan
DOS Post Report: Kabul
DOS Consular Information: Afghanistan
DOS Travel Warning: Afghanistan
Altapedia Online: Afghanistan
Country Watch: Afghanistan
Study Abroad: Country Info
A Lovely World: Country Info
US Dept of Agriculture FAS: Country Info
Nations Online: Country Info
Dept of State: Country & Region Information
US Embassies: World-wide
Embassy World: Information
Embassy World: US Embassies
Embassy World: Foreign Embassies
Aneki World Almanac: Country Info
INFO: Afghanistan On-line
INFO: Academic
INFO: Afghanistan
INFO: Weather - Afghanistan
INFO: Time - Afghanistan
INFO: Afghanistan - Languages
INFO: Persian / English Translation

News:

Newstrove
Abyz News Links - links to newspapers and news sources.
Afgha.com - provides news, analysis of events, maps, pictures, and more.
Afghan Daily - provides the latest news on national and international events.
Afghan Info Center - news, entertainment, cities, flags, maps, history, and more.
Afghan News Australia - outlines Afghan news sources within Australia and internationally.
Afghan News Channel
Afghan Online Press
Afghanistan News - offers news with summaries and links to breaking news stories from hundreds of major online news sources.
Afghanistan News.net - providean aggregation of local and world news articles.
AfghanNews.net - regularly updated links to news stories.
BBC World Service: Pashto - offers news for Afghanistan and the Pashto language.
Lemar-Aftaab - focuses on Afghan culture, arts, music, literature, and the plight of Afghans through the world.
Out There News: Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) - offers English-language translations from the Peshawar-based news agency which is close to the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.
Payam-e-Mujahid - online weekly news in the Pushtu and Dari languages.
Reports from fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan - news and reports by Rawa.org.
Special Report: Afghanistan - ongoing coverage that features interviews, background material, analysis, and more. From PBS' Online NewsHour

2003

2002

Ambassador:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Cpl James A. Arnold

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

Sgt Carl Viderman, Sgt Tom Baker

1987

Sgt Michael Stanley, Sgt Carl Viderman, Sgt Tom Baker

1986

NCOIC: GySgt Clarence L. Hudgens, Sgt Timothy Lockwood,Sgt Michael Stanley

1985

NCOIC: GySgt Clarence L. Hudgens, Sgt Timothy Lockwood

1984

Sgt Ray O'Brien, Cpl Shelton McKey,Cpl Harry Kilpatrick,

1983

Cpl Harry Kilpatrick, Cpl William P. Holliday,

1982

Sgt Sheldon (Spyder) Watkins

1981

Sgt Sheldon (Spyder) Watkins

1980

1979

Ambassador (former USMC / ww2) Adolph Dubs kidnapped & Murdered
- Woodrow Wilson International Report
- Arlington Cemetary Biography (Bruce Byers report on incident)
- Fact Index

1978

Sgt Rick LaGoe, Sgt Thomas O'Neal, Sgt Patrick Westart

1977

Sgt Rick LaGoe, Sgt Thomas O'Neal, Sgt Patrick Westart

1976

1975

Sgt James Bud Jackson,

1974

Sgt James Bud Jackson,

1973

Sgt Robert Craig Gould, Sgt Dale S. Hanson, Sgt Mike McCallus, Sgt James Bud Jackson,

1972

Sgt Robert Craig Gould, Sgt Dale S. Hanson, Sgt Mike McCallus,

1971

Sgt Robert Craig Gould

1970

NCOIC: MGySgt Ken Maffoli,

1969

NCOIC: MGySgt Ken Maffoli,
Watchstanders: Sgt John Foster,

1968

1967

Cpl Bob Marks, Cpl Richard DeRosa, Cpl Dave Wojta, Cpl Walter Thomson

1966

MSgt Ken Bown, Cpl Juan Rocha, Cpl J.W. Starr Jr., Cpl Michael B. Day, Cpl Bob Marks, Cpl Richard DeRosa, Cpl Dave Wojta, Cpl Walter Thompson

1965

MSgt Ken Bown, Cpl Juan Rocha, Cpl J.W. Starr Jr., Cpl Michael B. Day

1964

1963

1962

Cpl Ray L. Kunkle

1961

1960

1959

1958

1957

1956

1955

1954

1953

Ambassador:

NCOIC: MSgt John Murt, TSgt William G. McNeal,
Watchstanders: Sgt James E. Sommerhauser, Cpl George E. Hauffman,
Cpl Adam J. Kasperski, Cpl Harry G. Lock

1952

NCOIC: MSgt John Murt, TSgt William G. McNeal, Sgt James E. Sommerhauser, Cpl George E. Hauffman,
Cpl Adam J. Kasperski, Cpl Harry G. Lock

1951

NCOIC: MSgt John J. Murt TSgt William G. McNeal Sgt James E. Sommerhauser Cpl George E. Hoffman Cpl Adam J. Kasperski Cpl Harry G. Lock

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1950

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