Soldiers Update

The American Red Cross sponsored the End of Summer Crazy Carnival on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to boost morale. Story by SGT Rodney Roldan.

Saber Junction is an annual, multinational exercise involving thousands of personnel and partner nations from across Europe. But this year something was different about the exercise; for the first time, a foreign unit filled the role of the higher command or HICON. Story by Matthew Oldham.

U.S. combatives instructors host a level 1 class to partnering contingents in Sinai, Egypt. Story by SGT Jeremy Odom.

1st Platoon Demon Co., 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd BN, 3 BCT, 1st Armored Div., go out on a patrol to show their replacements the area of operations in Shindand, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition finishes up in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

LTG Koichi Isobe, an officer in the Japan Ground Self Defense Force, visits Yakima Training Center to observe Operation Rising Thunder 2014.

Horizontal Construction engineers from the 617th Engineer Co., 555th Engineer Brigade, participate in a competition operating multiple heavy construction vehicles to keep their skills sharp.

Helicopter pilots fly flags over Afghanistan for symbolic reasons.

An MRAP his struck by an IED in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Troops discuss how the vehicle helped to save their lives.

Leaders from HHB, 10th Mountain Division organized a team-building morale event on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.