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‘Guess I really do look like Obama’

Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs | Date: 05.11.2012

The characters were in Dari, so Spc. Denzell Robert John Ward had no idea what his Afghan National Army counterpart was penning on his palm. Read More

Away from economic centers, paratroopers find little activity but farming

Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs | Date: 05.03.2012

Distance may make the heart grow fonder, but it often results in fewer showers and no hot chow. Read More

Paratroopers remain vigilant along Afghanistan’s Highway 1

Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs | Date: 04.23.2012

Sgt. 1st Class Scott Shepro believes the men of his platoon are ready for the fight here in Ghazni province. FORWARD OPERATING BASE ARIAN, Afghanistan (April 23, 2012) – Sgt. 1st Class Scott Shepro... Read More

Supply sergeant: Do it right

Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs | Date: 04.21.2012

When people want things in a fast-moving airborne brigade, they want it now. Read More

Paratroopers pull together to improve FOB

Story by Sgt. Mike MacLeod | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs | Date: 04.21.2012

The name can be deceiving. Here in Afghanistan, Arian refers to a hardy people, the Ariani, who lived in the vicinity of Nevada-like Ghazni province and much of central Asia in pre-Islamic times. Read More