April 11, 2010

Leaders review civilian-military efforts in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (April 12, 2010) — On April 11 and 12, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, and the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan co-hosted an intense interagency review of U.S. civilian and military (civ-mil) efforts in Afghanistan for the coming year.

April 9, 2010

Pirates fire on USS Ashland, lose their boat and freedom

USS ASHLAND, Gulf of Aden - At approximately 5:00 a.m. local time, the USS Ashland (LSD 48), was fired upon by a skiff manned by suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, approximately 330 nautical miles off the coast of Djibouti.

April 7, 2010

Army beating Iraq equipment drawdown estimate

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2010 – The Army is now 35 percent complete in its effort to move equipment and materiel out of Iraq as part of the U.S. withdrawal from that country.

April 6, 2010

Leaders lay cornerstone for Afghan Defense University

QUARGA, Afghanistan (April 6, 2010) — The Afghan Defense University headquarters and the new site of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan were officially established during a cornerstone laying ceremony at Quarga, April 6.

April 6, 2010

Navy captures pirates, rescues crew members

A boarding party from the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul inspect the Indian-flagged Faize Osamani. The dhow was a suspected pirate mothership accused of firing small arms andMANAMA, Bahrain (April 6, 2010) — USS McFaul captured 10 suspected pirates and rescued eight crew members from the pirated Indian cargo dhow Faize Osamani,  near Salalah,

April 4, 2010

Special forces to remain in Iraq through drawdown

WASHINGTON (April 1, 2010) – U.S. special operations forces in Iraq will remain at current levels even as the number of American troops there is nearly halved over the next five months, the top special operations commander said.

April 3, 2010

Airmen treat, evacuate 46 Afghans after Helmand blast

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (April 3, 2010) — United States Air Force personnel responded to a mass casualty incident in Helmand Province Wednesday following a command-detonated improvised explosive device explosion at a local market in Nahr-e Saraj.

April 1, 2010

Navy ship intercepts pirates, sinks boat

MANAMA, Bahrain (April 1, 2010) — The Flagship of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, USS Farragut (DDG 99), intercepted suspected pirates in the Somali Basin yesterday.

March 31, 2010

Mullen: U.S.-Afghan partnership stronger than ever

KABUL, March 31, 2010 – After visits to U.S., coalition and Afghan forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today that “never has our partnership … been stronger, or the challenges we face, clearer.”

March 30, 2010

ISAF, Afghans celebrate Nowruz

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (March 21, 2010) – Spring is here. The snow is melting, the trees are blooming and days are getting longer. And here in Afghanistan, spring marks the beginning of the Afghan New Year, Nowruz.