Jun 7, 2012

On one blustery Sunday morning, Spc. Helen Jeschow is enfolded in a bright blue wave of burqas the minute she walks through the gate, as women enveloped head-to-toe in the traditional garb of the region rush to greet her.

Jun 5, 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.

Jun 5, 2012

At Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, formally transferred authority of eastern Paktika Province to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, June 5.

Jun 4, 2012

Afghan Uniformed Police and American Soldiers worked together, June 3, 2012, to conduct a traffic control point in Kandahar to check vehicles for contraband and talk with citizens to disrupt insurgent movement throughout the city.

Jun 1, 2012

The U.S. Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization claims its motto as its mission, "Training the World, One Soldier at a Time."

Jun 1, 2012

On Jan. 12, 2012, a call was passed over the radios to a medical evacuation crew to rescue a 3-year-old Afghan girl who had suffered from a gunshot wound and shrapnel to the back.

Jun 1, 2012

American Soldiers conducted a live-fire exercise, May 27, 2012, at Combat Outpost Terra Nova, Afghanistan, using the new 120mm Precision Guided Round.

Jun 1, 2012

Army flight crews conducted a critical resupply mission, May 19, 2012, to support ground forces throughout Regional Command-South in Afghanistan.

May 30, 2012

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police, paired with American Soldiers, proved their mettle, May 23, 2012, during a search operation though shops and compounds in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

May 29, 2012

Afghan National Army and 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Soldiers, teamed up earlier this month to locate and destroy several acres of opium poppy fields.

May 28, 2012

When the Afghan theater commander called on the Army to increase the number of Shadow platoons in theater during the height of the 2011 Operation Enduring Freedom summer campaign, the Army was ready to answer the call.

May 8, 2012

During a whirlwind trip to East Africa, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, commander, U.S. Army Africa, and a small group of advisers visited U.S. Army troops at Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa in Djibouti and attended meetings with African Union mission leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 24-27, 2012.

May 3, 2012

If there's one thing Soldiers of the 233rd Transportation Company know, they definitely know how to get heavy equipment from one point to another in austere environments.

Apr 24, 2012

Senior military medical officials from the U.S. and the United Kingdom visited medical units throughout Afghanistan to assess the advances and challenges being faced in the medical community while in a deployed environment.

Apr 23, 2012

In honor of Pat Tillman's legacy, more than 250 service members and civilians participated in the 7th Annual Pat Tillman Run, held for the first time at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, since Tillman's death in 2004.

Apr 18, 2012

The 451st Air Expeditionary Wing received 38 acres of strategic and tactical ramp space with the completion of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction project at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, April 10, 2012.

Apr 18, 2012

U.S. Army South and the Honduran military kicked off the Beyond the Horizon Honduras 2012 exercise April 16, 2012, in a ceremony at a remote forward operating base near Naco, Honduras.

Apr 5, 2012

Helmand and Kandahar province residents, businesses and industry have more consistent and reliable power now thanks to the team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' electric experts and their Afghan counterparts from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the state-run power utility.

Apr 5, 2012

Helmand and Kandahar province residents, businesses and industry now have more consistent and reliable power thanks to the team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' electric experts and their Afghan counterparts from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat.

Apr 2, 2012

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South turned over a small arms range and training facilities on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, to the Afghan National Army in a ceremony held March 31, 2012.

Apr 2, 2012

Missouri National Guardsmen from the 35th Engineer Brigade recently deployed to Coban, Guatemala, to coordinate a real-world mission that will develop Soldiers' skills.

Apr 2, 2012

U.S. Army South, in cooperation with the country of Chile, is in the final stage of constructing a $460,000 Military Operations on Urban Terrain site at Fort Aguayo, Chile, to support the Chilean Joint Center for Peace Operations and the U.S. Department of State's Global Peace Operations Initiative.

Apr 1, 2012

The first ammunition and explosives amnesty day at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, resulted in more than 120,050 ammunition and explosives items being turned in by units and individuals.

Mar 30, 2012

The Soldiers of Task Force Blackhawk saved the life of an 8-year-old Afghan boy who was injured by an insurgent improvised explosive device blast, March 14, 2012, in Kushamond district, Paktika province, Afghanistan.

Mar 30, 2012

The Army would like to see the route through Pakistan available again to get things out of Afghanistan when the time comes, said one Army senior leader.

Mar 29, 2012

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, out of Fort Sill, Okla., observed and provided subject matter expert guidance on the artillery training to soldiers of the Morrocan 15th Royal Artillery Group, March 4-10, 2012.

Mar 28, 2012

The actions of one Rhode Island National Guard Soldier epitomized the Army Value of selfless service, "doing one's duty loyally without thought of recognition or gain," as he heroically saved an Afghan child without regard for his own life.

Mar 25, 2012

While working together during U.S. Army Africa-hosted Medical Accord Central 12 exercise March 5-16, 2012, U.S. and Gabonese military physicians were allowed the unique opportunity to learn and grow together, and through this process realized just how much they have in common.

Mar 25, 2012

MEDREACH 11, a U.S. Army Africa-sponsored exercise, took place at the Kumuzu Barracks in Malawi, May 2011. The exercise focused on increasing the combined readiness of medical forces to respond to humanitarian emergencies.

Mar 22, 2012

Soldiers assigned to the 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (LI), participated in a Best Warrior Competition held March 10, 2012, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Mar 21, 2012

United States Army South and the Colombian army began army-to-army staff talks in Bogata, Columbia, March 21, 2012, to promote bilateral professional relationships and coordinate engagement activities.

Mar 18, 2012

Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Teams personnel from U.S. Army Africa and Tennessee National Guard traveled to Uganda Feb. 20-24, 2012, to conduct Phase I training for 27 members of the Uganda People's Defense Force.

Mar 15, 2012

Local women in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, celebrated International Women's Day, March 8, 2012, with a shura at the Zharay District Center.

Mar 15, 2012

At the motor pool at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, soldiers with the Afghan National Army got some important training in forklift maintenance from their coalition counterparts.

Mar 12, 2012

U.S. and Gabonese forces along with regional partners are training together during Medical Accord Central 12, March 5-16, 2012.

Mar 12, 2012

President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and International Security Assistance Force leaders all condemned a shooting incident in Southern Afghanistan, and pledged to work with Afghan authorities in fully investigating the incident.

Mar 10, 2012

Operation Sledgehammer was the largest operation ever held in southern Afghanistan with nearly were 1,700 Soldiers actively involved, Feb. 22-27, 2012.

Mar 10, 2012

The only U.S. military rabbi currently serving in Afghanistan travels regularly from his base at Kandahar Air Field to other military camps and uses the Internet to reach his congregation.

Mar 8, 2012

Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Task Force Spartan), 10th Mountain Division, have been taking the lead in operations, both on the ground and in the air, in southern Afghanistan for more than 11 months.

Mar 7, 2012

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade's Task Force Atlas began a flight called the "Red Ball Express," where a small commuter plane is used to ferry supplies and passengers throughout Regional Command-East, Afghanistan.

Mar 7, 2012

A joint airdrop operation between Task Force Spartan, the U.S. Air Force, the Afghan Border Patrol and local militia Arbici helped resupply paratroopers of Task Force Blue Geronimo.

Mar 6, 2012

The Taliban's adoption of murder tactics is a sign of their weakness, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at Fort Campbell, Ky., Friday.

Mar 5, 2012

A 1st Lt. Joshua J. Lien was leading the 200th Engineer Company during bridge building operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, when he found out his wife had given birth to his son, Tucker Casey Lien.

Mar 1, 2012

U.S. Army Europe has deployed a task force of two Black Hawk helicopters and a support crew to Montenegro to provide much-needed humanitarian assistance in areas heavily hit by recent snowfall.

Feb 28, 2012

Soldiers from Task Force Spearhead, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, teamed up with coalition special operations forces to conduct a search and rescue mission near the village of Cabalaq, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012.

Feb 27, 2012

Afghan National Security Forces took the lead for the first time Feb. 21, 2012, in an air assault operation in Kandahar Province.

Feb 24, 2012

Two Army UH-60A Black Hawks helped last week in a snow-inundated area of Montenegro to provide much-needed supplies and medical support after relentless blizzard-like conditions shut the area down.

Feb 21, 2012

Signs of progress for the Afghan National Security Forces was made in the icy city of Gardez this week when an improvised explosive device was discovered by Afghan Uniformed Police and destroyed by an Afghan National Army explosive ordnance disposal unit on a muddy street near the wood market.

Feb 14, 2012

Members of the 772nd Civil Support Team, 7th Civil Support Command, concluded their two-week Medical Readiness and Training Exercise in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 12, 2012.

Feb 14, 2012

As part of the Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team, three U.S. Army instructors traveled to Salima, Malawi, to help 22 personnel from the Malawi Defence Force hone their skills in convoy operations, Jan. 16-20, 2012.

Feb 14, 2012

U.S. medical personnel traveled to Zanzibar, Tanzania, Jan. 30 through Feb. 10, 2012, to perform a suture-less cataract surgical technique to improve military relationships with host medical providers and provide medical treatment to local citizens.

Feb 14, 2012

A Soldier gets a care package in the mail. The package is from his wife. As she insisted, he waits until Valentine's Day to open it.

Feb 13, 2012

At a forward operating base in eastern Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff dropped by today to meet with the leadership of Task Force Bulldog, have lunch with the troops, and present awards to eight Soldiers, including a Bronze Star Medal to a soldier from the Czech Republic.

Feb 10, 2012

401st Civil Affairs Battalion gets ADAPT-ed for Afghanistan with intense week long training the heart of California's agribusiness.

Feb 10, 2012

Soldiers with the 113th Sustainment Brigade, took part in Redistribution Property Assistance Team skills training in late January at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, to prepare the Soldiers to begin retrograde and property management operations in Afghanistan.

Feb 10, 2012

Soldiers of the 807th Medical Deployment Support Command, Fort Douglas, Utah, are sharing their expertise with their Malian medical defense forces counterparts during Atlas Accord 12 in Mopti, Mali, Feb. 7-15.

Feb 9, 2012

A small-scale medical exercise under way in Tanzania is having a big impact on the local population and building strong bridges between the U.S. and Tanzanian militaries.

Feb 8, 2012

Excercise Cobra Gold 2012, the United States' largest multilateral exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, officially began Feb. 7, 2012, in Thailand.

Feb 8, 2012

Afghan national security forces and the International Security Assistance Force have the right plan, the momentum and the will to succeed in the country, the commander of ISAF Joint Command said at a Pentagon news conference today.

Feb 7, 2012

Twenty-five female Soldiers from the Alaska-based brigade are assigned to Female Engagement Teams whose mission is to interact with women and children in Khowst and Paktya provinces in Afghanistan.

Feb 6, 2012

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South continued to meet its contracting and construction goals set for fiscal year 2012 during January. The South District exceeded first quarter goals and is on track to meet the second quarter goals as well.

Feb 6, 2012

Afghan National Security Forces, working aside American soldiers and U.S. and Afghan civilians, conducted customs inspections on vehicles and paperwork outside Kandahar district's Bagh-e-Pol Jan. 30, 2012.

Feb 3, 2012

Service members now will receive imminent danger pay only for days they actually spend in hazardous areas, Pentagon officials said here today.

Feb 3, 2012

NATO defense ministers meeting here all agreed on a clear message: as the transition to Afghan security lead proceeds, the process "reflects what Lisbon was all about," Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said today.

Jan 30, 2012

A five-month effort to provide needed equipment and repairs to the free hospital in Dehdadi, Afghanistan, was commemorated during a brief ceremony at the hospital Jan. 26, 2012.

Jan 26, 2012

A six-member Libya National Economic Development Board toured Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 25, 2012, to learn more about rehabilitating Soldiers after a war, the set-up of the Army and Warrior Transition Brigades and the role civilian organizations play in aiding Soldiers leaving the service.

Jan 25, 2012

Army Materiel Command's life cycle management command personnel picked through the trash and secured special engineering approval to perform depot level repairs and whatever it took to tally $191 million in cost savings last year.

Jan 24, 2012

With the need for Soldiers in Afghanistan to engage the enemy at longer distances, Picatinny Arsenal has completed an initial training and fielding of a weapon for traditional Army units previously used only by special operations commands.

Jan 24, 2012

American Soldiers deployed across Afghanistan are asking questions and making suggestions about their equipment, weapons and vehicles to U.S. Army scientists at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Jan 23, 2012

In March the Afghan National Army will take possession of the first 58 of 352 Mobile Strike Force Vehicles they will receive to enable quick reaction and Mobile Strike Force capabilities.

Jan 22, 2012

Tanzanian medical providers working in partnership with U.S. service members from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa provided medical care to more than 2,100 Tanzanian women and children during a Medical Civil Action Program Jan. 9-13, 2012.

Jan 21, 2012

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South completed a $3.1 million bypass project so Afghans have an alternative to driving over the Arghistan River bridge in Kandahar province.

Jan 18, 2012

Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees distributed two dozen boxes of donated jackets, hats, gloves and other winter clothes to a large orphanage on Jan. 14, 2012, a day when heavy snow fell and the temperature reached 32 degrees in the Afghan capital.

Jan 18, 2012

Getting projects completed in Afghanistan is challenging, but the Afghanistan Engineer District-South set a goal of completing or "placing" almost $190 million worth of construction for the first quarter, 2012 and placed $188 million, which equals 99 percent of that goal.

Jan 17, 2012

Cutting-edge technology and energy initiatives for Operation Enduring Freedom bring energy-efficient and reliable power generation to forward-deployed units.

Jan 16, 2012

One in four Congress members has previously served in the United States military. However, very few congressmen leave public office to serve in the armed forces.

Jan 16, 2012

Successfully transitioning operations and maintenance responsibilities to the Afghan National Army's Directorate of Public Works is the underlying reason for a new training program designed to teach Afghans the fundamentals of building operations and maintenance.

Jan 11, 2012

Telemedicine is connecting even the most remote regions of Albania to the global medical community, with the help of U.S. Army Europe, the Corps of Engineers and USAID.

Jan 11, 2012

The 2011 fighting season is over in Afghanistan, and U.S. forces are adjusting their mission, all the way down to platoon level operations, to reflect the resulting change in focus.

Jan 10, 2012

Afghan National Security Assistance Forces and Soldiers in 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, discovered and secured a cache sight, Dec. 28, 2011.

Jan 10, 2012

In an increasingly collaborative security environment, U.S. troops are finding more opportunities to train and mentor partner militaries on programs and techniques that make the U.S. military successful.

Jan 9, 2012

For one 1st Infantry Division Soldier, his love for his family and his country led him into an Army recruiter's office, onto basic training, up the road to Fort Riley, Kan., and around the world to Afghanistan.

Jan 9, 2012

Two prior-service contractors in Afghanistan helped save the life of a Soldier struck by a sniper.

Jan 6, 2012

The U.S. Army Soldiers in Afghanistan are now firing an 84mm, reusable, recoilless shoulder-fired conventional munition able to destroy enemy targets hidden behind rocks, trees and buildings, service officials said.

Jan 5, 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers professionals are constructing $26 million in facilities for the Afghanistan National Army and Afghanistan National Police, which will help build stability and security across Afghanistan Engineering District-North.

Jan 5, 2012

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have completed a water system upgrade at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, that will help protect Soldiers from fire.

Jan 4, 2012

A group of parachute riggers based out of Alaska are now rigging everything from fuel to food for delivery to Soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan.

Jan 4, 2012

Brig. Gen. Khatool Mohammadzai, director for women's affairs in the Afghan National Army, recently met civilian and military leaders with the goal of improving women's participation in the development and governance of Helmand province and ultimately her country, Afghanistan.

Jan 4, 2012

Afghan National Army soldiers of the 2/209th Route Clearance Company led their first route clearing mission in northern Afghanistan in December.

Jan 3, 2012

Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, or Task Force Duke, officially relinquished command of coalition forces in Khowst and Paktya provinces in Afghanistan.

Jan 2, 2012

A personnel scanner was put into operation at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2011, to scan Afghan civilians requiring access to a coalition run hospital.

Jan 1, 2012

When Ernest Fessenden sent his brother Staff Sgt. Chris Fessenden a remote-controlled truck in Afghanistan, he hoped that the truck would help keep his brother safe. It did that and more.

Dec 30, 2011

In a country where the literacy rate is below 30 percent, a coalition Special Operations Forces team assists Afghan citizens by facilitating a regular radio literacy program in Jaji district, Afghanistan.

Dec 30, 2011

Coalition Special Operations Forces partnered local leaders and Afghan National Army forces to coordinate installing solar panel lights in the Kotgay village bazaar to extend the hours the market could stay open safely.

Dec 29, 2011

Coalition Special Operations Forces in southern Afghanistan worked with international charities to help 13-year-old Rafeeullah have his cleft palate repaired.

Dec 28, 2011

Coalition forces are training Afghan National Security Forces engineers basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical skills so they can maintain their facilities.

Dec 28, 2011

New students entering the Afghan National Police Noncommissioned Officer Course at Bamyan Regional Training Center, Afghanistan, experienced the biometrics record system firsthand, Dec. 12-13, 2011.

Dec 28, 2011

Afghan National Army troops now have the skills and equipment to document their successes in securing eastern Afghanistan.

Dec 28, 2011

Three Soldiers from the 52nd Ordnance Group, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), provided a program of instruction on explosive ordnance disposal to 13 soldiers in the Republic of Chad, Nov. 7-25, 2011.

Dec 27, 2011

The Soldiers of Task Force Resolute partnered with the United Service Organization to deliver holiday gift packages to Soldiers in the southern region of Afghanistan with Operation Christmas Convoy, Dec. 20-26, 2011.