AFCENT band visits Bagram Airfield

Commentary: A day with Afghan women

I had the unique experience on December 17, 2009 of traveling by Army convoy to Forward Operating Base Lion located in the Panjshir valley to go with female servicemembers as they met with local Afghan women. Troops at FOB Lion instruct the women on different agricultural projects that can provide

Bagram servicemembers deliver presents to local Afghans

Airmen, from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, deliver boxes of toys, shoes, food, blankets, wool socks and other necessities to local Afghan men and children at the Egyptian hospital on Bagram Airfield, Dec. 21, 2009. The supplies were all donated from Americans whose friends and family members are

California ADT helps vaccinate livestock in Naray

Within eyesight of the Pakistani border, the California National Guard's Agri-business Development Team conducted a veterinary civic action program in Naray district, Dec. 16-17.The ADT partnered with local leaders to administer vaccinations and vitamin treatment to 462 animals outside a small U.S.

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Provincial government, PRT link citizens together with new roads

Getting through downtown Asadabad, Afghanistan, just became easier thanks to four kilometers of new roads that were recently completed. Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers completed their final quality assurance check prior to a dedication ceremony with Fazlullah Wahidi, Kunar provincial

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visits Afghanistan; learns about Coalition efforts

The United States' most senior military officer visited Airmen and other coalition forces here recently to learn more about counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan's Kapisa province.The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, met with French Brigadier General Marcel

Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team warming hearts

The Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team delivered coats, hats, gloves, school supplies and food to the district area after they helped assist in the recovery of a disabled truck owned by the PRT.The PRT also delivered baby and infant supplies to the Strong Foods program. The Strong Foods program

USO tour brings celebrities, cheer to Bagram servicemembers

Hundreds of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines gathered here Dec. 15, to enjoy a United Service Organizations' Holiday Troop Visit tour featuring country superstar singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus, tennis pro Anna Kournikova, acclaimed comedian Dave Attell and legendary tennis coach and

Airmen help Soldiers communicate in a virtual 'SNAP'

Senior Airman Randell Rountree feels surrounded.And he is... surrounded by a sea of more than 50 Soldiers in Army Combat Uniforms as contrasted by his Airman Battle Uniform, but he's OK with his situation.Airman Rountree, deployed from the 1st Communication Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., is