The congressionally mandated Task Force POWER (Protect Our Warfighters and Electrical Resources), headquartered at Bagram Air Field, inspect and repair electrical system deficiencies throughout the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan.

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Area Support Group Afghanistan provides base life support so Soldiers won't have to.

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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait -- The first two newly rebuilt Heavy Equipment Transport trucks equipped with C-kit belly-plate armor, or "golden HETs," arrived at Shuaiba Port in Kuwait, Sept. 11.

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Area Support Group-Afghanistan (ASG-A) Commander Col. Jacob Peterson hosted an Aug. 28 lunch meeting for Afghan Col. Hamidullah Kahamani, the garrison support commander at Parwan Prison. As the ASG-A commander, Peterson provides base life support to many of the thousands of men and women who are assigned to Afghanistan in support of Resolute Support, a NATO-led mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces and institutions. The Resolute Support Mission currently comprises around 16,000 personnel from 41 NATO Allies and partners.

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Area Support Group-Afghanistan (ASG-A) Commander Col. Jacob Peterson participates in an early morning 5K Color Run at Bagram Airfield Aug. 25. The ASG-A mission is to provide base life support--everything from billeting, laundry and food service to public works and quality of life support--to more than 35,000 personnel throughout the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan (CJOA-A). This includes U.S. military, DOD Civilians, Contractors and Coalition Forces who are contributing to Resolute Support, the NATO-led, non-combat mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. To find out what's going on with the ASG-A, visit www.facebook.com/AreaSupportGroupAfghanistan/posts

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Mortarmen from Bandit Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, conducted training for Iraqi troops alongside mortar instructors from the Australian and New Zealand military, Sep. 1-12, 2018.

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TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan - After a long day of pulling guard duty, repairing vehicles and equipment or advising Afghan leaders in the Uruzgan Province, the Soldiers of Tarin Kowt look forward to eating a full-course hot meal for dinner every day. The base, which NATO Special Operations Forces formally used, was cleared and secured earlier this year by Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment to assist and support the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade with their advisory missions.

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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait -- When the sweat from exhausted Soldiers leaks like a sieve and their groans get louder during an intense workout, there's nothing more satisfying to Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Goins than for every one of them to finish strong.

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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - An explosion at an entry control point severely injures two service members, first responders must react quickly in order to save the lives of the Soldiers. That is the training scenario that Sgt. James Toney, a health care NCO with 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, played out to begin his tactical combat casualty care training.

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With the creation of the Army's first "advise and assist" unit known as the Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in February of 2017, came an immediate need to equip these Soldiers with small team resilient communications equipment necessary for a rapid deployment into theater, and missions across a wide operational area.

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