Afghan War Blog

So is our withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to be time-based or conditions-based? Military leaders now say that it is conditions-based ...

The retrograde operation in Afghanistan is, for the most part, complete. By the end of 2014 the Coalition force was down to approximately 1...

The retrograde of U.S. personnel, vehicles, and equipment has been ongoing for the last few years. Hundreds of small and large Forward Opera...

A USFOR-A graphic published in early January 2015 depicts how much personnel, vehicles and cargo containers have been moved out of Afghanis...

ISAF Joint Command (IJC) has shut down . Most of its personnel have returned to the states or will return shortly. Those that stay on will ...

President Ashraf Ghani is hinting that the U.S. and its allies should slow down the troop withdrawal process in Afghanistan. Ghani believes ...

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade has been busy loading helicopters onto aircraft for the ride home back to the states. By the end of the ...

A correspondent for the Fayetteville Observer,  Drew Brooks, writes about the evident drawdown of troops from the once bustling military ba...

As the Coalition forces in Afghanistan withdraw the number of housing units needed become less and less. The B-huts on Bagram Air Field at...

It is impossible for the military to take all the supplies and equipment home from Afghanistan. Some does come back - especially the expensi...

According to the Pentagon's inspector general there is a lot of unaccounted gear missing from the 13 year long war in Afghanistan. Read ...

The Afghan 215th ANA Corps inherited a sprawling base in southwest Afghanistan with the departure of the Marines from Camp Leatherneck . The...

Marines and Sailors have returned to Camp Pendleton after their deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan. Camp Leatherneck has been trans...

The 10th Mountain Division has returned from Afghanistan where it fielded the Regional Command East (RC East) hqs. RC East has transitioned ...

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has handed over two large bases in Helmand province to the Afghan National Army (ANA). Ca...

The 18th Air Force has begun using C-5M Super Galaxies to move equipment out of Afghanistan. Most of the retrograde has been completed us...

A recent news article paints a worrisome picture of the security situation in the south-eastern sector of Regional Command East (RC East). ...

A news release by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS)  provides us with details on how Soldiers of aviation units at...

The draw down of forces from Afghanistan is affecting more than the troops who are deployed there. The U.S. will be cutting back to about 9,...

Next to the Security Force Assistance (SFA) mission in Afghanistan the next biggest mission is retrograde. Getting personnel and equipment h...