Master Sgt. (Ret.) Leroy Petry, Medal of Honor recipient, speaks about his 23rd visit overseas with Wounded Warriors and Gold Star family members as part of Operation Proper Exit, and offers a holiday message to deployed service members during a visit to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 9, 2017. More than 120 injured service members have returned to Afghanistan and Iraq as part of Operation Proper Exit since Jun. 2009.
Petry guided three Wounded Warriors and three Gold Star family members during their battlefield circulation throughout Afghanistan that began on Dec. 6.
An Afghan Air Force MD-530F pilot waves to Afghan National Army (ANA) Commandos taking part in mobility training to become Afghanistan's newest Special Operations unit near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 30, 2018. The 6th Cobra Strike Kandak is the first of seven Cobra Strike Kandaks to complete the Cobra Strike Maneuver Course and provide a new level of mobility and firepower for the Commandos. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Austin Boucher)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan added 735 new Commandos to its fighting force during a graduation ceremony at the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) School of Excellence near Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2018. The newest class of Commandos will join other Afghan National Defense and Security Forces already deployed nationwide for upcoming parliamentary elections.
To earn the distinctive red beret of the Afghan Commando, Afghan National Army recruits undergo a 14-week Qualification Course that assesses and trains them for assignment in one of ten Special Operations Kandaks (Battalions). After initial physical tests, soldiers advance to individual skills training, followed by collective training at the team,...
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan added 735 new Commandos to its fighting force during a graduation ceremony at the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) School of Excellence near Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2018.
KABUL, Afghanistan- The 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Honorable Paul Ryan and the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, William Thornberry, visited the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command’s School of Excellence, near Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2018.
LOGAR, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s General Command of Police Special Units Commando Force (CF) 333 rededicated a female dormitory at a ceremony in Logar province, Oct. 9, 2018.
Lt. Gen. Bismillah Waziri, Commander of the Afghan National Army Special Operations Corps answered questions about ANASOC readiness and training during a live talk show with Radio Bayan, Jul. 16, 2018.
Afghan commandos, advised by U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers assigned to NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, captured a major Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) stronghold in eastern Afghanistan in June 2018, effectively depriving the terror group of its local capital in one of the largest joint operations ever conducted between U.S. and Afghan Special Operations Forces.
Transcript - June 24, 2018: Radio Bayan FM 88.5 FM in Kabul, Afghanistan (Translated from Dari)
Col Mohammad Dawood Sakhi, Afghan Air Force helicopter pilot and 777 Special Mission Wing Operations Officer answered questions from the public regarding SMW operations during a live radio talk show, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 24, 2018.
Maj. Gen. Sayed Mohammad Roshandel commander, General Command Police Special Unit (GCPSU) answered questions from the public regarding GCPSU operations during a live radio talk show, Kabul, Afghanistan, May 13, 2018.
Members of the Female Tactical Platoon, a small, elite unit of the Afghan Special Security Forces, undergo a physical assessment test called a Ktah Khas Physical Assessment Test (KPAT), near Kabul, Afghanistan, May 13. The Ktah Khas Physical Assessment Test is conducted twice a year in full protective gear.
