WASHINGTON (May 22, 2012) - Following the conclusion of the ISAF session at the NATO Summit in Chicago yesterday, Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force has released the following statement:
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan - It was after midnight, yet there was an undeniable energy in the air as the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 personnel gathered outside their squadron offices aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, for their transfer...
NIMROZ PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Crews from two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 await a call to extract Marines who have been conducting a counter-narcotics operation in western Nimroz province to return them to Camp Leathernec...
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – More than 700 runners assembled in the desert for a predawn 10-mile run here Oct. 9., to shadow the 27th U.S. Army Ten-Miler race held in Washington, D.C. “The run was a huge success today,” said Rose McEachin, Al Asad’s M...
BASRAH, Iraq – Soldiers deployed to Iraq often find it difficult to communicate with local nationals without the use of an interpreter. But there are many communication tools that are easily understood world-wide, such as body language, hand gesture...
BAGHDAD — Soldiers with the 11th Iraqi Army Division are taking the initiative in leading small unit tactics training at Joint Security Station Old MoD, Iraq, as several noncommissioned officers now conduct training sessions on a regular basis. Fo...
For many wounded, ill and injured Service members and disabled veterans, physical recovery is just the beginning of the home front battle. Faced with a “new normal” and a different set of circumstances, many Service members and veterans also struggle...
Cross-posted from the VAntage Point Blog By Rob Reynolds, Director of Benefits Assistance Service at the Veterans Benefits Administration. It’s great to see how access is changing since the end of my service with the 82ndAirborne Division and U.S. Ar...
My father, a retired Army officer and Vietnam veteran, is fond of saying that the profession of arms is the most noble of callings –that there is no other act as selfless as service to our nation. As we observe...
