A combined Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation freeing a kidnapped Afghan citizen in Khoghjani district, Ghazni province, Wednesday.
During the operation, the security force rescued one hostage and detained several insurgents connected with the kidnapping. The insurgents revealed that a second hostage had escaped one day prior and admitted they planned to kill the remaining hostage that day.
The security force also seized multiple small arms, ammunition and tactical vests during the operation.
Twenty-six Afghan National Security Forces students at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck graduated from the Explosive Hazard Reduction Course, Feb. 2.
The four-week course taught the Afghan force students how to safely sweep for, identify and destroy improvised explosive devices in place, in addition to disposing of unexploded ordnance.
After watching his father narrowly escape a lynching in early 20th century Georgia, Eugene Bullard would escape the confines of racial tensions and a segregated country to become the first African-American combat pilot and one of the first African-American heroes of World War I.
Bullard, who grew up in Columbus, Ga., as one of 10 children of a former slave, left his hometown as a teenager, stowing away on a ship bound for Scotland and moved to London to fulfill his dreams.
The 'Pale Riders' 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conducted an awards ceremony, honoring their troops for acts of valor and courage while deployed to Afghanistan, at the Marshall Airfield Hangar here, Jan. 25.
Lt. Col. Michael Katona and Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Cook, command team for the Pale Riders, honored 70 of their Soldiers with Purple Hearts, Bronze Star Medals and Army Accommodation Medals with valor, during the ceremony.
NATO Secretary General Anders-Fogh Rasmussen says the coalition's timeline for the security transition in Afghanistan still stands, despite recent announcements from the United States and France.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have each suggested the coalition should end its combat role in 2013, more than a year ahead of previous plans and switch to training and advising Afghan troops through 2014.
During a routine key leader engagement, Jan. 22, in Sangin Tufaan, Afghanistan, Marines with Afghan National Civil Order Police Mentorship Team Two, with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, found themselves in a situation that was anything but routine.
During the engagement, an over-watch post constructed out of sandbags on top of a three story hardened structure collapsed into itself due to recent inclement weather. When the over-watch post collapsed, there were two ANCOP members inside who were buried and trapped under the rubble.
Though blood may have been shed and tears may have fallen, not one drop sacrificed by the brave heroes of 3/6 will ever be forgotten.
Nine of these unforgettable heroes were awarded the Purple Heart for their sacrifices, during a ceremony held by 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 27.
The ceremony began with a reading of the Purple Heart's long and distinguished history by the battalion’s sergeant major.
President Barack Hussein Obama has been revealing the secrets of the special operations community for political gain, a former SEAL claims. In a commentary in the Wall Street Journal, Leif Babin takes his former Commander-in-Chief to task for revealing how Navy SEALs operate, potentially endangering the elite soldiers.
