AFGHAN101

MANY SOLDIERS | ONE JOURNEY

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Facebook Chatter
Check out what people read on the Afghan101 website
Reports from the Front
Follow Mike Boettcher's reports from his embed with the 101st
May 2, 2011

No Slack battalion’s deadly descent

April 26, 2011

'Big Lie' about civilian deaths

April 25, 2011

Afghan terrain presents challenges

April 11, 2011

Taliban attacks No Slack Battalion

March 19, 2011

Dust Off unit rescues casualties

March 18, 2011

Vietnamese-American knows about war

March 17, 2011

Soldiers awarded Purple Hearts

March 16, 2011

Soldiers pursue elusive enemies

To see all of Mike Boettcher's reports from Afghanistan, Click Here
Featured Reports
Read these stories about the 101st Airborne Division
U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan head out on a mission past an old Soviet helicopter along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The helicopter was a relic from the years when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan between 1979 and 1988.
September 11, 2011

Okla. military recall 9/11 attacksI

If you had anything to do with the military you knew the world as you knew it was never going to be the same

President Barack Obama backed efforts earlier this year to extend the Patriot Act. Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, unsuccessfully sought to block passage saying the law violated the privacy and civil rights of Americans.
September 11, 2011

How 9/11 has changed United States

In the 10 years since 9/11, questions of government infringement on personal liberty have arisen

Google map of Manhattan showing Zach Messitte's apartment location in proximity to the World Trade Centers.
September 11, 2011

Messitte recalls day towers fell

You could see the two red lights on the top of the buildings blinking—sort of like the moon

To see all stories on the Afghan101 website, Click Here
Project Partners
These organizations made the Afghan101 project possible
ABCNews.com
Gaylord College
Sarkeys Foundation