Story by Carrie Campbell | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 09.09.2021
The students graduating high school this year have no memory of a world that does not includes such words as al Qaeda, Taliban, jihad, ISIS, the war on terrorism, or the numbers 9/11 and what they represent: Sept. 11, 2001, a day that changed the world....
Story by Airman 1st Class Mercedes Bizzotto | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.26.2019
Brave pilot keeps crew safe during hostile flight
Story by Senior Airman Parker Dubois | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.06.2019
Although he may not be disarming the improvised explosive devices outside the wire, Tech. Sgt. Timothy Ostberg, 955th Air Expeditionary Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, plays a unique role in disarming the enemy....
Story by Senior Airman Parker Dubois | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 12.26.2018
Earlier this month, a bomb was used to take out a high-stakes member of the Islamic State in Afghanistan—a big win for troops, especially those who moved the explosives through each step, eventually making it onto the F-16 Fighting Falcon that dropped it on target....
Story by Lt. Col. Gregg Moore | 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command | 02.16.2016
Thousands of Afghan men and women risked their lives and the lives of their families by supporting coalition forces in the fight against the Taliban since 2001. Many of these people were interpreters who developed close bonds with the Soldiers with whom they fought side-by-side during combat operations. Those Soldiers now work to bring many of their Afghan comrades to the United States to......
Courtesy Story | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 12.16.2014
ISAF joins President Obama, President Ashraf Ghani, Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and the international community in condemning today’s attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan....
Courtesy Story | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 11.27.2014
ISAF strongly condemns today’s suicide attack on a convoy transporting British diplomatic personnel in Kabul, which killed a British national civilian security team member, an Afghan national working for the Embassy, four Afghan civilians, and wounded a second British member of the security team and several other Afghan civilians....
Story by Cpl. Wes Lucko | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.11.2014
Thirteen years have passed since the tragic events unfolded Sept. 11, 2001. All who can remember that infamous day also remember how they felt at that moment. Whether they were in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., at work or school, or simply at home… emotions all over the world ran high. Over a decade later, service members around the world, as well as an entire nation, still pause......
