April 23, 2012

Dempsey Visits Jordan to Reaffirm Partnership

AMMAN, Jordan (April 21, 2012) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here today to visit his Jordanian counterpart and to meet with officials at the U.S. Embassy.

April 20, 2012

‘Dealer 54’ honored on USMC flight line

CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (April 20, 2012) — Marines and sailors with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, the “Gunfighters,” gathered at their squadron aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 17, 2012, to rededicate their flight line in memory of one of their own.

April 19, 2012

Clinton, Panetta: NATO partners committed to Afghanistan

BRUSSELS, (April 18, 2012) — Meetings today provided a clear sense of NATO’s ongoing commitment to the security mission in Afghanistan up to and beyond 2014, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said at NATO headquarters here today.

April 19, 2012

Combat Logistics Battalion 1 finishes tour in Afghanistan, transfers authority

CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan (April 19, 2012) — Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) stood in formation eagerly awaiting the official end of their tour in Afghanistan, April 17.

April 19, 2012

Successful elections evidence of governance, growth in Garmsir

GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan (April 19, 2012) — The Hazar Joft Bazaar was unusually quiet for a weekday morning. Rows of shop doors remained locked. Commercial chatter was minimal. Both workers and patrons seemed to be nonexistent.

April 18, 2012

Afghanistan ambassador invites U.S. Soldier to embassy

WASHINGTON (April 17, 2012) — An American Soldier's simple actions in Afghanistan last year gained the attention of that nation's ambassador to the United States, who spoke April 13 with the Soldier one-on-one at the embassy in Washington, D.C.

April 17, 2012

Afghan attack response shows improved forces, leaders say

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2012 — Challenges will continue in Afghanistan, but the response to recent attacks points to the maturation of Afghan security forces, U.S. defense leaders said here today.

April 17, 2012

Afghan Local Police assume full responsibility of Larkhabi

KUNDUZ PROVINCE, Afghanistan (April 17, 2012) — The Afghan Local Police of Larkhabi, Kunduz district, assumed full responsibility of the Larkhabi ALP facility from their coalition special operations forces advisers, April 14.

April 16, 2012

Afghan commandos kill more than 40 insurgents who attacked shura

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan (April 15, 2012) — Afghan commandos partnered with coalition special operations forces killed more than 40 insurgents in response to an unprovoked attack on a security shura with the district governor at the Kamdesh district, April 12.

April 16, 2012

CENTCOM CSM visits Afghan, U.S. service members in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (April 16, 2012) — The top enlisted leader for U.S. Central Command visited Afghanistan, April 11-14, to personally thank the men and women serving on the front lines.