Afghanistan

Air Force TSgt. Martin Fiorino, who just returned from a fourth-month deployment in Afghanistan, surprised his children with pop-in visits

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler introduced a bill to honor the memory of Sterling William Wyatt by naming the downtown Columbia Post Office in his name.

Last year on September 11th, I was in Afghanistan serving an 8 month deployment. Omar Martinez, a member of our unit, painted this mural on the blast wall that was protecting our flight line.

Jefferson City – Gov. Jay Nixon arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday (Sept. 27) as part of a delegation of four U.S. Governors that included Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Tennessee Gov. William Haslam. This is the fourth trip to Afghanistan for Gov...

Kaleb Filis, one of my best friends and our KIX Midday and BOB Afternoon Drive DJ has recently deployed to Afghanistan with the United States Air Force. He'll be there for a while, and I know he's going to be missing a lot of stuff from home (I know he's already crushed about missing baseball season). While he's serving his country, I think the least we all could do is send him some stuff to make

During the holiday season, you can't help but to think about the brave men and women who are serving overseas during that time. The Torch Club at the Sedalia Middle School, a leadership group organized by the Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri, certainly did not forget our soldiers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan, after a helicopter with engine trouble went down in the southern part of the country. That word comes from U.S. and NATO officials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who risked his life to save an injured soldier and to resupply ammunition to his comrades during intense fighting in a remote mountain outpost.

When former Marine Shaun Duling met Bolt, a stray Labrador-shepherd mix, the little fella was skittish and hungry. Duling was doing contract work in Afghanistan with a German military unit, and while the Germans had adopted Bolt's sister as their mascot, the less-outgoing Bolt was mostly ignored.