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A harrowing night in Afghanistan earns A-10 pilot the Distinguished Flying Cross, 10 years later
Lt. Col. Mike Hilkert helped save the lives of more than 30 soldiers and airmen.
US military releases photos showing Bagram Air Base damage following brazen Taliban assault
A source on the ground detailed to Military Times that a firefight between the Taliban and Afghan and U.S. forces lasted nine to 10 hours.
By Shawn Snow
Are Afghan forces beating the Taliban in 2019? The Pentagon won’t say.
Rosy metrics provided by the U.S. military regarding progress of the Afghan war have been questionable in the past.
By Shawn Snow
Airstrikes called in as Taliban attempt to breach Bagram Air Base
U.S. and Afghan forces were pulled into a nearly nine to 10 hour firefight after a suicide bombing targeted a medical facility that was under construction near the base, a source on the ground detailed to Military Times.
By Shawn Snow
Afghan bomber hits medical facility near American air base, 2 killed
A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of Afghanistan’s capital, the U.S. military and Afghan officials said. Two civilians were killed and more than 70 people wounded.
Army officer’s spin classes boost morale in Afghanistan
Under a domed-style tent in Bagram, Afghanistan, filled with thumping music and rows of bikes, Lt. Col. Joseph Swindle turns into a spin instructor.
By Wilton Jackson, The Clarion-Ledger via the AP
3 Marines killed in Bagram roadside bomb blast identified by Pentagon
The deaths of the three Marines in Afghanistan are the first for the Corps in several years.
By Shawn Snow
He confronted a suicide bomber just before an attack. Now he’s suing the insurgent’s boss.
A junior enlisted soldier is suing after a Veteran's Day weekend 2016 suicide bomb exploded on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
Your next combat tour: Where mountains of supplies, any comforts of home will be a thing of the past
In a future fight the Corps may find itself spread thinly across many miles and remote islands and will no longer be able to sustain a large glut of supplies at remote outposts.
By Shawn Snow
Like mother, like son: Deployed soldier’s mom joins him in Afghanistan
A veteran herself, Kim decided to pursue the Afghanistan opportunity upon learning her son would be going back.
By Jon Simkins