Dec. 14, 2009

Army, Marines adjust 'reset' for Afghan buildup

WASHINGTON (Dec. 10, 2009) – As the U.S. military answers President Barack Obama’s order to reinforce efforts in Afghanistan, the Army and Marine Corps are adjusting their plans to redeploy working and serviceable equipment, top military officers told Congress.

Dec. 4, 2009

Petraeus: Afghan 'surge' will target terror leaders

WASHINGTON (Dec. 2, 2009) – Tens of thousands of additional U.S. forces slated for deployment to Afghanistan will be employed to target and eliminate terrorist leaders and assist the Afghan government to better safeguard and provide a brighter future for its people, the commander of U.S. Central Command said.

Dec. 2, 2009

President calls for 30,000 more U.S. troops in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2009) – It is in America’s vital national interests to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said tonight during a speech at West Point, N.Y.

Dec. 1, 2009

Logisticians preparing for massive move from Iraq

Bird, commander of Defense Logistics Agency—Central Command, will have help from his DLA support team and participants from several of the agency’s field activities. That, however, doesn’t make the task of helping the military services draw down a mountain of equipment and supplies accumulated during six years of operations in Iraq any less daunting.

Nov. 25, 2009

President provides glimpse of Afghanistan strategy

WASHINGTON – President Obama said he will announce his decision on the strategy and troop request for Afghanistan “shortly after Thanksgiving.”

Nov. 23, 2009

Iraqi engineers prepare to work independently

BASRA, Iraq – Abrahim M. Oda al-Timimi leads six other Iraqi engineers hired to take over the work of the U.S. Air Force’s facilities engineering team.

Nov. 20, 2009

Clinton cites opportunity in Karzai's second term

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009 – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai today in Kabul for the renewed commitment he expressed in his second-term inaugural address to end government corruption and set the stage to decrease the international military footprint in Afghanistan.

Nov. 19, 2009

Obama: Upcoming decisions will pave way to war's end

WASHINGTON (Nov. 18, 2009) – A range of decisions still remain for President Barack Obama and his administration to finalize the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, the president said in Beijing today.

Nov. 17, 2009

Airmen speed delivery of vital vaccine

Sherry Davis, a Lockheed Martin contractor from McDonough, Ga., packs H1N1 vaccines inside a medical logistics warehouse at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Nov. 4. The Lockheed Martin contractors were preparing the first H1N1 influenza vaccine shipment in the Central Command area of operations.SOUTHWEST ASIA (Nov. 16, 2009)  – Airmen in the 8th

Nov. 16, 2009

Afghan leaders discuss reconciliation

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2009 – Four provincial governors and a 21-member executive committee from the eastern Afghanistan peace and development jirga – a group of elders -- met in the Nangarhar governor’s compound Nov. 10 to discuss the group’s charter and its top priorities.