Bagram PRT give torched schools second chance

Soldiers and Airmen from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team traveled to Nyazi Geranshakh in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan on July 19 to replace eight tents at its local school that were burned down earlier this week by arsonists. Team members were equipped with replacement tents as well

Extremists attempt to delay Afghan road progress

Extremists hijacked the driver of a tractor trailer here July 10 destroying $200,000 worth of heavy construction equipment earmarked for reconstruction projects throughout the Panjshir Valley. The driver was forced by several Taliban members to divert the truckload of equipment off the

ATOC handles tons of cargo but can also help a single Airman

Tech. Sgt. William Long likes a challenge, but a couple weeks ago, one challenge seemed insurmountable. Air Force officials notified an Airman deployed to a remote forward operating base that his wife was gravely ill. The Air Force placed him on emergency leave then tried to figure a way to get him

Pit stops in 'hot' zone require quick off-loads for aircrews

When people deployed to Afghanistan say a location is “hot,” it could mean one of two things. Either it feels like the sun is closer than the moon, or the enemy is lurking about. Here, both meanings apply. For pilots, that equates to making quick pit stops here so they can get in and out of this

PRT repairs past while bridging to Afghanistan's future

"Meeting and helping new people in a foreign country with lots of travel" may sound like a help-wanted ad but it almost describes the job of a member of one of the U.S. military's provincial reconstruction teams in Afghanistan. Except this job takes place in a combat zone and a PRT is one of the

British military officers ride motorcycles for Afghan charity

Two British military officers are riding motorcycles from Afghanistan to Germany to raise money for a charity benefiting Afghans with birth defects and those injured by landmines. British Army Lt. Cols. Felix Gedney and Gary Bateman are riding from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Monchengladbach, Germany, to

U.S., Parwan governments build 'bridge to future'

In the culmination of more than a year's efforts, the Parwan deputy governor cut the ribbon on a bridge July 11 in the northern part of this province connecting Afghans to their country. The new bridge spans a river in the mountains and was built with the future in mind as it accommodates both foot

Prime Beef builds better bases

The more than 10,000 people deployed here may not have heard of the 755th Prime BEEF engineers, but nearly all have benefited from their work. For six months the base engineer emergency force, deployed from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, has not only kept Bagram in the fight against extremists,

'Ammo' Airmen arm Bagram's war fighters

Bombs, bullets and explosives are hazardous to friend and foe alike but are handled with care by the men and women who work in the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight. Known as "ammo" troops, the Airmen of the munitions flight here handle all of the bombs, ammunition, defensive

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