An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

  • Wright-Patterson Reservists broaden local workers’ job opportunities

    "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Reservists assigned to the 755th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron live by this proverb every day while trying to improve the infrastructure here and provide a better living for local Afghan

  • Bagram pulls together for historical aircraft recovery

    More than 120 Airmen, Defense Department civilians and contractors successfully removed a crippled C-17 Globemaster III from the runway here Feb. 2 and restored full air operations after a historic aircraft recovery operation. Emergency response crews sprang into action Jan. 30 shortly after the

  • Humanitarian aid distributed to more than 400 Afghans in Oruzgan province

    Afghan National Security Forces and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan forces distributed humanitarian assistance to more than 400 villagers in Deh Rawood district, Oruzgan province Jan. 30. The combined forces distributed 200 bags of coal, 125 hygiene kits, 100 bags of rice

  • Bagram hosts first expeditionary aerial port squadron in theater

    Officials at Bagram Air Field activated the first expeditionary aerial port squadron in the region during a squadron activation and assumption of command ceremony Jan. 29. Lt. Col. Frank Flores received the new 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron guidon from Col. Patricia Searcy, 455th

  • Physician assistant makes difference in Afghan lives

    Servicemembers of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktya in Gardez, Afghanistan, are helping to develop the infrastructure necessary for the Afghan people to succeed in a post-conflict environment. One member of the Paktya PRT is Capt. James Parris. The physician assistant from the 96th Medical

  • New fitness center opens within Camp Cunningham

    The Camp Cunningham fitness center has a new home with more workout equipment. Airmen from 455th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron recently opened a new K-span fitness center behind the 455th EFSS tent - replacing a pair of workout tents across the

  • Newly established COP sees quick progress

    Members of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, are seeing positive results from their increased presence at the newly built Combat Outpost Terminator in Maywand District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Within weeks of building a permanent COP, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st

  • Afghan National Army distributes humanitarian aid to Shamal Gah

    The 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade of the 207th Corps Afghan National Army distributed food and winter clothing to families in Shamal Gah, a village just outside Farah in the western region, Jan. 8. In the morning, the ANA arrived in the village with a 7-ton truck filled with sugar, beans, rice, oil and