By Iason Athanasiadis/The Christian Science Monitor Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan — The lines outside the burger and pizza joints dotting the “Boardwalk” at Kandahar Air Base remain defiantly long, despite recent reports that it may be shut down. The air base in southern Afghanistan is NATO’s largest in the country and the main landing spot […]

By Rajiv Chandraskaren / The Washington Post Two days before announcing the deployment of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Obama informed Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal that he was not granting McChrystal’s request to double the size of the Afghan army and police. Cost was a factor, as were questions about whether the capacity exists […]

It is certainly hard to hear the news that the U.S. will be sending 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. I understand the troops already there are spread thin and need the support, but I still don’t want my husband to go. While he is still currently deployed and I’m sure has no idea if his battalion […]

Military Experiment Seeks to Predict PTSD By Alicia Chang / Associated Press Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Smiling kids embracing a soldier. A dog sniffing blood oozing […]

By Stuart Tomlinson / The Oregonian Seventy-two soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 168 Aviation detachments of the Oregon National Guard will deploy to Afghanistan next spring, the Oregon Military Department said today. Capt. Stephen Bomar, an Oregon National Guard spokesman, said soldiers in B, D and E companies within the battalion will report to Ft. […]

Monday at 1 p.m., 130 Minnesota soldiers began their mission to Afghanistan — at a time when top military leaders are questioning the war strategy in that country. The top commander in Afghanistan sent his 60 day strategic review of the war in Afghanistan to central command. It reportedly outlines why the current war strategy […]

By Helene Cooper / New York Times American military commanders with the NATO mission in Afghanistan told President Obama’s chief envoy to the region this weekend that they did not have enough troops to do their job, pushed past their limit by Taliban rebels who operate across borders. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal in a village […]

Dozens of families gathered at NAS Corpus Christi to say goodbye to members of the 453rd Cargo Transfer Company. The Army Reservists left Monday morning on a bus headed to Houston. From there, it’s on to Afghanistan. There were last minute pictures and hugs as the reservists boarded the bus. Many of them are leaving […]

Soldiers in the Rhode Island National Guard will be deploying in increased numbers to Iraq and Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Robert Bray said the round of upcoming deployments will involve almost 800 soldiers. Besides Iraq and Afghanistan, some will be sent to Kuwait and the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The deployments will begin soon […]

Capt. Lacey Johnson likes the restaurants of Fayetteville and Spring Lake – she can tick off lots of favorites – but she loves the pet services that are available locally to take care of her calico cat. “I don’t have children,” she said. “The biggest thing for me is my pets.” The 25-year-old military intelligence […]