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Featured Video
A Man of Many Skills - Prime Cuts
SFC Wade Smith gives free haircuts to Soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his fellow Soldiers Includes sound bites from SFC Wade Smith, S-1 NCOIC and Capt. Blake Bugaj, @-6 OIC. Also available in high definition.
Video by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
Recent Photos
(26 votes; 2.28)
Promotion in the skyU.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Brian Griffin, Bureau Chief of American Forces Network-Afghanistan’s Kabul Detachment, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christofer Baines, a...
Courtesy Photo | AFNA | 05.02.2012
First National Women's ShuraDr. Habiba Sarani, first Afghan governor and leader of the province of Bamyan, speaks to assembled civil and military women leaders during the first International...
Courtesy Photo | AFNA | 04.23.2012
Wardak ShuraArmy Gen. David Petraeus (left), International Security Assistance Force commander; Col. Johnson, Task Force Bayonet commander; and Maj. Gen. John Campbell, Regional...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | AFNA | 08.12.2010
Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team helps maintain...U.S. and Afghan engineers review blueprints for an Afghan national army garrison currently under construction in Farah province. The men and women of the Farah...
Photo by Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt | AFNA | 10.02.2008
Egyptian Field Hospital heals physical, mental woundsAfghanis wait in line outside of the Egyptian Field Hospital here. The clinic cares for Afghanis as well as coalition service members supporting Operation Enduring...
Photo by Senior Airman George Cloutier | AFNA | 10.07.2008
Army Chief of Staff Visits AfghanistanGen. George Casey Jr., Army Chief of Staff, presents Cpl. Earl Grater, a Pottstown, Penn., native, with a certificate of re-enlistment during a ceremony, Dec. 17, at...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Collier | AFNA | 12.17.2007
Recent Video
(4114 votes; 3.22)
A Man of Many Skills - Prime CutsSFC Wade Smith gives free haircuts to Soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his fellow...
Video by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
Enduring Freedom - Oct 9; SFC Wade SmithSFC Wade Smith gives free haircuts to Soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his fellow...
Video by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
Freedom File - Oct. 9; A Man of Many SkillsSFC Wade Smith gives free haircuts to Soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his fellow...
Video by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
A Man of Many Skills - Short PackageSFC Wade Smith gives free haircuts to Soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his fellow...
Video by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
A Man of Many Skills - PackageSFC Wade Smith gives free haircuts to Soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his fellow...
Video by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
Freedom File - Oct. 9Part of the operations for American troops in Afghanistan is to team up with the Afghan National Army. Army Sergeant Jacob Connor traveled to the northern region of...
Video by Sgt. Jacob Connor | AFNA | 09.06.2012
Recent News Stories
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Promotion in the skyIn the skies over Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, a Flowery Branch native and 2009 graduate of Flowery Branch High School was promoted to the rank of corporal...
Courtesy Story | AFNA | 05.02.2012
Face of Defense: Airman Uses Internet to Save Friend
Police officials are crediting the quick actions of a security forces airman here with saving the life of a former co-worker living halfway around the world.
Courtesy Story | AFNA | 12.03.2010
Police officials are crediting the quick actions of a security forces airman here with saving the life of a former co-worker living halfway around the world.
Courtesy Story | AFNA | 12.03.2010
Coalition, Afghans Now Resourced to Succeed, Mullen Says
After years of under-resourcing the war in Afghanistan, the coalition has put in place the pieces needed to win the counterinsurgency battle in the country, the...
Courtesy Story | AFNA | 11.11.2010
After years of under-resourcing the war in Afghanistan, the coalition has put in place the pieces needed to win the counterinsurgency battle in the country, the...
Courtesy Story | AFNA | 11.11.2010
Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team helps maintain...The men and women of the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team call one of America's most remote military outposts home. More than 430,000 local people also call the...
Story by Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt | AFNA | 10.08.2008
Egyptian Field Hospital heals physical, mental woundsFor some, it's the opportunity to see for the first time in 10 years. For others, it could provide an artificial limb that will allow them to walk again after losing...
Story by Senior Airman George Cloutier | AFNA | 10.07.2008
Army Chief of Staff visits troops in AfghanistanGen. George Casey Jr., Army Chief of Staff, visited troops in Afghanistan, Dec. 17, to thank them for their continued service and answer questions from the Soldiers.
Story by Senior Airman Christine Collier | AFNA | 12.18.2007
Recent Audio
(649 votes; 2.88)
A man of many skills
Sgt. 1st Class Wade Smith gives free haircuts to soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his...
Audio by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
Sgt. 1st Class Wade Smith gives free haircuts to soldiers in his spare time while deployed. He is also an avid archer, and shares his expertise with the bow with his...
Audio by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.21.2012
Building Bridges With The 841st, Audio Version
Part of the operations for American troops in Afghanistan is to team up with the Afghan National Army. Army Sergeant Jacob Connor traveled to the northern region of...
Audio by Sgt. Jacob Connor | AFNA | 09.06.2012
Part of the operations for American troops in Afghanistan is to team up with the Afghan National Army. Army Sergeant Jacob Connor traveled to the northern region of...
Audio by Sgt. Jacob Connor | AFNA | 09.06.2012
Health Assessment (radio)
Long shifts, little rest and minimal downtime can lead to stress on the immune system and health in general. In a deployed area, obtaining health feedback can lead to...
Audio by Cameron Currie | AFNA | 10.07.2012
Long shifts, little rest and minimal downtime can lead to stress on the immune system and health in general. In a deployed area, obtaining health feedback can lead to...
Audio by Cameron Currie | AFNA | 10.07.2012
Joint combat and construction
U.S. and Afghan soldiers work together to build an observation point on the front lines in southern Afghanistan. From the hilltop, they make a joint effort to support...
Audio by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.04.2012
U.S. and Afghan soldiers work together to build an observation point on the front lines in southern Afghanistan. From the hilltop, they make a joint effort to support...
Audio by Airman Donald Moreland | AFNA | 09.04.2012
NBC Lester Holt, Audio Version
Celebrities, like singers and comedians, go to Afghanistan often to sing or tell jokes to the troops. Sgt. 1st Class E. L. Craig tells us about a celebrity visit that...
Audio by Sgt. 1st Class E. L. Craig | AFNA | 10.03.2012
Celebrities, like singers and comedians, go to Afghanistan often to sing or tell jokes to the troops. Sgt. 1st Class E. L. Craig tells us about a celebrity visit that...
Audio by Sgt. 1st Class E. L. Craig | AFNA | 10.03.2012
Route clearing with the 420th - Radio
The 420th Combat Engineering Team clears routes for safe travel in the Kunduz Province of Northern Afghanistan. Story by SGT Jacob Connor
Audio by Sgt. Jacob Connor | AFNA | 10.03.2012
The 420th Combat Engineering Team clears routes for safe travel in the Kunduz Province of Northern Afghanistan. Story by SGT Jacob Connor
Audio by Sgt. Jacob Connor | AFNA | 10.03.2012
Podcasts
Features headlines about service members serving in Afghanistan. Produced by American Forces Network Afghanistan - Bagram Airfield.
Features stories about military service members serving in Afghanistan. Provided by American Forces Network Afghanistan.
