Tag: deployment
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A SUDDEN FALL
KABUL, Afghanistan — It was once President Barack Obama’s “war of necessity.” Now, it’s America’s forgotten war. The Afghan conflict generates barely a whisper on the U.S. presidential campaign trail. It’s not a hot topic at the office water cooler or in the halls of Congress — even though more than 80,000 American troops are…
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AFA alters stadium and ticket prices
PATROL BASE DETROIT, Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2012 – It’s a moment of truth for many Marines: the first time they are in combat and their training is put to the test. When his squad took enemy contact during a recent patrol through Trek Nawa, Marine Corps Pfc. Timothy Workman found his moment. “I could hear…
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Tigers ready to pounce in semis
KABUL, Afghanistan – Militants fired rockets into a U.S. base in Afghanistan and damaged the plane of the chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff while he was on a visit, but the general was not near the aircraft, a spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition said Tuesday. The rocket strike that hit the…
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Denver takes care of business
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2012 – The focus on insider attacks belies the fact that the Taliban are under severe pressure and have been forced to shift tactics, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters today. “We’ve said for a very long time, perhaps for as long as a year or more, that the pressure that…
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Serratore: Seed means more than location
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012 – Afghan leaders are just as concerned as coalition authorities are about insider attacks, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said today after meetings here. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said this is the first time in his dozens of trips to the region that Afghans have exhibited…
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Equality has a ring to it
CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012 – Four pairs of brothers, all from Nevada, recently arrived at Kabul, Afghanistan, to begin their mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. All serving in the Army, they are Pfc. Matthew and Pfc. Christopher Babas, Sgt. Christopher and Spc. Dustin Greener, Cpl. Donald and Pvt. Jason Otto, and…
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Familiar finish for the Falcons
For the first time, the Army is deploying special scientists and self-contained, mobile laboratories to the warzone capable of designing and producing problem-solving inventions for soldiers operating in remote outposts in Afghanistan. The service’s Rapid Equipping Force, known as the REF, took a standard 20-foot shipping container and packed it with high-tech, prototyping machines, lab…
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Tigers’ NCAA regional fate to play out over two weeks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A newly recruited Afghan village policeman opened fire on his American allies on Friday, killing two U.S. service members minutes after they handed him his official weapon in an inauguration ceremony. It was the latest in a disturbing string of attacks by Afghan security forces on the international troops training them.…
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Falcons set gaze on next obstacle
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2012 – At age 28, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Armando Arias had a bachelor’s degree in international business and was working as a real estate agent when he decided to make a drastic life change and enlist. Arias, a religious program specialist with 1st Marine Logistics Group, had family…
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For U.S. soccer, hopes of winning are up in the air
KABUL, Afghanistan — The leader of the Taliban says his fighters have infiltrated the Afghan police and army and are successfully killing a growing number of U.S.-led coalition forces. Mullah Mohammad Omar released his message Thursday ahead of a holiday this weekend that ends the holy month of Ramadan. The note was emailed to news…