Story by Staff Sgt. Samantha Hircock | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.08.2023 |
Sgt. Tuan Nortman, an allied trade specialist, and Sgt. Nadia Guerdet, an automated logistics specialist, with the 3655 Classification and Inspection Company, Iowa Army National Guard, deployed together to Qatar and were involved in refugee operations during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021....
Story by Nicholas Pilch | 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs | 08.17.2022 |
One year ago, the U.S. Air Force performed the largest non-combatant evacuation operational in U.S. history, Operation Allies Refuge, which saw to the successful evacuation of 124,334 individuals from Afghanistan....
Story by 1st Lt. Brandon Shapiro | Grand Forks Air Force Base Public Affairs | 12.02.2021 |
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- It was the day before the United States planned withdrawal from Afghanistan, and at nearly 60,000 feet, an RQ-4 Global Hawk methodically circled the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Piloted by members of the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, the high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)......
Story by Rachel Herrod | 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs (AFRC) | 11.10.2021 |
“Working 20+ hour days and flying with minimal crew rest is exhausting; however, we knew we only had one week to get as much out of country as we possibly could,” said Signer. “So knowing people could get left behind was all the motivation we needed.” This is what Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Jodi Signer, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster in the 313th Airlift Squadron here, said......
Story by Cpl. Levi Voss | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.10.2021 |
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. (September 10, 2021) —Marines, Sailors, veterans and the Honorary Gold Star families gathered at Marine Air Station Yuma Open Air Museum to unveil and dedicate a retired AV-8B Harrier from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in recognition of the late Lt. Col. Christopher Raible and Sgt.......
Story by Capt. Matthew Visser | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 08.26.2021 |
As hundreds of Afghan families went through the passenger terminal at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division presented bags to alleviate some of the burdens of making this journey for young families during this difficult time, Aug 26, 2021....
Story by Lonnie Collier | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport | 03.30.2021 |
A mechanical engineer assigned to NUWC Division Keyport recently returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan under the Mobile Technology and Repair Complex program. Jacob Yates volunteered for the program, which promotes on-the-job training in the field....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 12.21.2020 |
On a classically hot and dusty day in April 2010 during the height of the surge against the Taliban in Southern Afghanistan, a shiny new brick building was christened the Kandahar Airfield (KAF) NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit (MMU). From 2010 onward, twenty-one Navy rotations, more casually known as “Rotos,” have stood the watch, turning over every six months in April and October.......
