Story by Sgt. Christopher Harper | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 09.21.2012
The Afghan National Army is now more than 190,000 strong. It is made up of six corps and a capitol division stretching into every province across the country, each with as many as 15,000 men and women....
Story by Sgt. Christopher Harper | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 09.09.2012
International Security Assistance Force senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel provided an operational update to International Senior Enlisted Symposium attendees at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Sept. 5-13....
Story by Sgt. Christopher Harper | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 07.17.2012
The Afghan National Army (ANA) has been at war since its reformation in 2002 by President Hamid Karzai. It has grown from a few hundred men to a force nearing 200,000 men and women sworn to protect and defend the people and government of Afghanistan. The ANA has had to adopt new vantage points and break centuries old traditions to develop its force....
Story by Sgt. Christopher Harper | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 07.03.2012
Paying special attention to the details, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the most senior of non-commissioned officers in the U.S. armed forces, spent the week touring the major commands here getting a firsthand look at the progress of the transition and delivering the Chairman’s message to soldiers, sailors,......
Story by Sgt. Christopher Harper | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 04.05.2012
The 14th Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler, the senior enlisted leader in the U.S. Army - responsible for the state of the enlisted corps and reporting its condition to the Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno - visited troops throughout Afghanistan April 2-5....