| Commander Cites 'Steady Progress' in Baghdad as Attacks Drop Attacks committed by al-Qaida and other insurgents in Baghdad and its environs continue to drop three months after U.S. combat troops moved out of Iraqi cities, a U.S. brigade commander posted in Iraq says. defenselink.mil |
Air Force Warfare Center Improves Warfighter Support At the Air Force Warfare Center on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., lessons learned supporting ground troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are being shared with the aviation community and incorporated into the training as quickly as they're developed. defenselink.mil |
Families can see off, greet troops at airport gates It's a scene that's played out in airports across the country numerous times in the past eight years: Families and servicemembers clinging to each other, either sad to leave or happy and vowing to never let go again. army.mil |
Guard infantry NCO acts as mentor Sgt. Olin Wilkinson, of Greenville, N.C., is probably not the kind of person one might think of as a typical high school English teacher. army.mil |
Forces Detain Taliban Operators, Insurgents Combined Afghan and international security forces detained two Taliban operators and numerous suspected insurgents in Afghanistan. defense.gov |