Special Operations Spec Ops History: Task Force Dagger Targets Taliban A series of Task Force Dagger operations, involving US air power and Afghani muscle on the ground, brilliantly targeted the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Marine Matthew Parker Awarded Silver Star For Actions in Afghanistan Matthew Parker assumed control as the ground force commander after several leaders had been injured during a May 2011 attack in Afghanistan.
Graphic: How US Navy Seal Edward Byers Earned His Medal of Honor US Navy Seal Edward Byers and his team helped rescue Dr. Dilip Joseph from the Taliban in Afghanistan during a December 2012 mission.
Task Force Jesup Searching For Billions in ‘Lost’ Equipment in Afghanistan Task Force Jesup establishing accountability trail for $2.2 billion worth of equipment 'lost' or 'misplaced' in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2015.
Securing Afghanistan With The Marines of Second Platoon Second Platoon: Call Sign Hades offers a firsthand account of the struggles and successes of young Marines on the ground in post-9/11 Afghanistan.
Special Operations The Hunt for Bin Laden in Tora Bora An early effort fails to find America's Enemy No. 1: Osama Bin Laden.
Florent Groberg Awarded Medal of Honor, Inducted Into Hall of Heroes Capt. Florent A. Groberg put his life on the line when he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2012.
Special Operations Operation Rhino, Gecko: Tackling the Taliban in Afghanistan These two missions commenced just over a month after the attacks on 9/11.
Army Captain Florent Groberg To Receive Medal of Honor A deadly blast in Afghanistan may have been much worse had it not been for the actions of Capt. Florent Groberg, who is now medically retired.
Special Operations Operation Bastogne: Creating a Forward Arming and Refueling Point Special forces create a FARP amid enemy territory during Operation Bastogne.
US Marines Depart From Afghanistan’s Helmand Province Foreign combat troops continue to leave Afghanistan as US Marine Corps depart from long-occupied base in Helmand Province.
Remembering the Men of Extortion 17 Three Years Later A total of 31 American soldiers were killed on Aug. 6, 2011, when the CH-47 Chinook military helicopter they were on, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down.
