Category: News – General
Why We Serve: Afghan biomed tech wants best for ANA military medicine
Story by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Weir, NTM-A Public Affairs Camp Shombak, Afghanistan – 2ndLt. Azizullah Kohestani, from Afghanistan’s Kapsa province, has served in the ANA for three years, and has trained for more than a year to become one of the country’s first military Bio-Medical Electronics Technicians (BMETs). “I [...]
Category: Literacy, News - Afghan National Army, News - General, News - Medical, News - News, News Releases
AAF Air University takes dynamic formal stride
by Capt. Anastasia Wasem 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 5/8/2013 – KABUL, Afghanistan — Taking one-step closer to becoming Ministry of Defense accredited, Afghan Air Force leadership at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee “Air University” signed six newly developed training decrees May 4 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. The implementation of these decrees marks the first time [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - General, News - News, News Releases, Uncategorized
ANA gains first military surgery capabilities in Helmand
Story by U.S. Navy Navy Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Sean Weir, NTM-A Public Affairs (Camp Shorbak, Afghanistan) – Coalition and Afghan National Army service members worked together to create Afghanistan’s first Air Transportable Treatment Unit (ATTU) at Camp Shorbak in Helmand Province in early May. It is the first of eight ATTUs scheduled [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - Afghan National Army, News - Afghan National Police, News - General, News - Medical, News - News
Afghan Air Force rises to its combat test
by Capt. Anastasia Wasem 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 5/9/2013 – KABUL, Afghanistan– An Afghan National Army soldier looks up from his post near Tarin Khowt in the Uruzgan Province. He’s surrounded by rugged mountains, a flowing river, a green and vibrant valley and Taliban insurgents trying to overrun the area. The soldier, along [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - Afghan National Army, News - General, News - News, News Releases, Uncategorized
Paper and sawdust: Helping to fuel Afghanistan
by By Capt. Anastasia Wasem 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 5/6/2013 – KABUL, Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan – Shredded paper, sawdust and water may seem unimportant to most people, but to an Afghan it can mean fuel to stay warm or cook food. These are small but vital comforts that members of NATO Air [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - General, News - News, News Releases, Uncategorized
Why we serve: Afghan Air Force photojournalist builds troops and self
NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan, Public Affairs Story by Navy Lt. j.g. Jake Joy Whether pointing a camera or striking poses in front of it, Afghan Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Said Padshah is right at home. Padshah primarily shoots photos and reports on AAF news and events for the service’s headquarters public affairs office [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - General, News - News, News Releases, Uncategorized
Small aircraft, big perspective — the scale of Afghan Air Force progress
Commentary by Capt. Agneta Murnan 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs 4/22/2013 – KABUL, Afghanistan — Across Afghanistan, a 16 nation team is working to help the country re-grow its air force, first established in 1924. I was able to be part of that team for a year, traveling the country and partnering with Afghan Airmen [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - General, News - News, News Releases
AAF creates MOS training guide
by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Prouse 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 4/23/2013 – KABUL, AFGHANISTAN– Representing the culmination of eight months of joint collaboration, Maj. Gen. Abdul Wahab Wardak, Afghan Air Force commander, and Brig. Gen. Steve Shepro, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan commanding general, endorsed the newly created Military Occupation Specification Additional Skill Identifier Classification [...]
Category: News - Afghan Air Force, News - General, News - News, News Releases
Coalition runners lace up to “Remember Boston” in 5K, individual runs
By Lt. Ann W. Jefferson, NTM-A Public Affairs KABUL – More than 130 runners from U.S. and coalition forces participated in a “Remember Boston” 5K run at Camp Eggers in Afghanistan, April 20, 2013, to show solidarity with the city of Boston following the events surrounding the bombing of the Boston Marathon and the week [...]
Category: Gender, News - Afghan Air Force, News - Afghan National Army, News - Afghan National Police, News - General, News - News, News Releases, Uncategorized
Father presents son with combat patch in Afghanistan
By Staff Sgt. Lynne Lantin, DCOM-SPO/NTM-A Public Affairs BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – During wartime receiving your first combat patch is a significant, time-honored tradition for a Soldier, but not more so than for Spc. Francisco Rodriguez, an information technology specialist with the 580th Signal Company out of Schweinfurt, Germany. Rodriguez received his first combat [...]
Category: Media Relations, News - General, News - News, Uncategorized
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