BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The phone rings and a medic answers. It's a service member ready to give a nine line report. There's been a rocket attack and resulting in several injuries. The medics ...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Friends and family in Shalimar, Florida, honored Sgt. 1st Class Samuel C. Hairston, during his funeral Aug. 21, 2014. In Afghanistan, his fellow Soldiers at Forward ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - My recent travels took me back through Ghazni, the place where I spent a year of my life five years ago. It's a part of Afghanistan I got to know well with people I came to care ...

Spc. Ivens Duperier, center, hands out mail to his fellow soldiers, from the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan ...

"Beggars can't be choosers," or so the saying goes. Its usage obviously refers to when someone is in need they should be happy with what they are given and not complain. It's a fair enough saying, I ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Col. Jeff Adkinson had only 30 minutes Sunday to savor the start of his Texas Army National Guard command when it was time to perform his first official ...

Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan – When a story appeared about the United States denying an increasing number of Afghan interpreters’ visa applications, the news spread like wildfire among ...

In coordination with the Houston Marathon Committee, the Texas Agribusiness Development Team (TX ADT-IV), a unit of volunteer soldiers helping the Afghan government rebuild its agricultural system in ...

In Afghanistan, his fellow Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Ghazni paid their respects to Hairston during a memorial, Aug. 19, 2014. Hairston, who was a platoon sergeant assigned to Company A, 1st ...

Sgt. Robert Conajhan, left, and Sgt. Collin Cirrone carry gym equipment into a their new gym, Friday, April 18, 2014, on Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan. The previous gym was housed in ...