Courtesy Story | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs | 07.18.2013
As Afghan forces increasingly take on more and more responsibilities, one large and sometimes overlooked priority is the medical care of Afghan fighting forces. They had the luxury of relying on an extremely robust and well trained medical capability provided by US and other coalition forces. From medical evacuation to training and supplies, International Security Assistance Force was the......
Story by Sgt. Anita Stratton | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.04.2013
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,” said more than 150 service members and civilians gathered together in a large tent at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan July 4....
Story by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 06.06.2012
Afghan National Army field artillery lit the night sky for the first time ever in eastern Paktika province last week, as a newly emplaced howitzer battery became tactically operational....
Story by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 06.05.2012
From the steaming jungles of the Iron Triangle in Vietnam to the remote mountain outposts of eastern Afghanistan, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 28th Infantry Regiment have not served side-by-side in more than four decades....
Story by Pfc. Zackary Root | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 10.31.2011
Traveling in Afghanistan is not an easy task. The roads are narrow with steep drop-offs, riverbeds are strewn with rocks and raining can cause mudslides where portions of the mountainside literally disappear. When supplies and vehicles need to get somewhere, the soldiers from the 172nd Support Battalion will drive almost anywhere to accomplish the mission....
Story by Spc. Ken Scar | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.03.2011
Ten years ago, U.S. Army Pfc. Erik Park was 12 years old growing up in San Mateo, Calif. When his father told him one September morning that the World Trade Center had gone down, he only had one response: “What’s the World Trade Center?”...
