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“When you go out to see the defenders and maintenance Airmen working together it’s very evident that they make a cohesive team,”

8/14/2014 – MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D.  — This is the second in a three part series chronicling the journey of MWD handlers from technical training to kennel master. A strong team is often defined as a group […]

7/24/2014 – RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom  — A thin sliver of light shone through the break between two heavy, dark curtains. No one saw, no one noticed the slight, almost imperceptible, movement of fabric. Everyone’s attention was focused at […]

6/16/2011 – BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan  — Bagram is no stranger to indirect fire attacks, but actual assaults by ground forces is few and far between. One of the reasons bad guys rarely come near the wire is because of […]

7/29/2014 – JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. Because certain forms of identification are not compatible with the Defense Biometric Identification System, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sandra Chisholm, 633rd Security Forces officer, said some cardholders may have to […]

Poetry describing the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of America’s veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as experienced by actual Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. Psalms of My Brothers by Jonathan Greene, a former […]

6/26/2012 – LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. — The soaked sand-colored T-shirt stuck to the skin under the ceramic plate. A shift of the sling put the loaded M4 carbine on the left side, primed to fire around the […]