I was at the Miami Book Fair International this week, speaking about my graphic novel War is Boring with C-SPAN Book TV. Check it out.

My latest spot for C-SPAN detailing U.S. efforts to train up Afghan security forces.

C-SPAN video by David Axe.

by DAVID AXE

Bagram is the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Freelance journalist David Axe visited there late last year, where he looked at the medical facilities that treat wounded U.S. and coalition troops, as well as some Afghan civilians.

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C-SPAN video by David Axe

by DAVID AXE

Freelance journalist David Axe was embedded with the U.S. Air Force at Bagram airbase near Kabul, Afghanistan. He talked to fighter pilots about their mission to provide close air support to U.S. troops on the ground.

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by DAVID AXE

Afghanistan’s Logar Province is a mostly agricultural region located south of the capital city of Kabul. Freelance Journalist David Axe was embedded there with the U.S. Army in October and November. He accompanied U.S. troops as they patrolled some of the villages in the province, and worked to expand security in the area.

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Axe-SPAN: On U.S. Training of Afghan Army and Police
VoA News: Logistics Play Key Role in U.S. War Effort in Afghanistan
Offiziere.ch: In Afghanistan, Helicopters Represent NATO’s Greatest Strength, Biggest Weakness
Wired.co.uk: A Man and His Drones — on the Front Line of Robotic Warfare
VoA News: U.S. Troops Experiment with New Strategy for Afghanistan
World Politics Review: After Setbacks, Human Terrain System Rebuilds
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by DAVID AXE

Freelance videojournalist David Axe was recently embedded with the U.S. Air Force at Kandahar Air Base in southern Afghanistan. He observed how the U.S. Air Force uses Predator and Reaper drones.

(Video: David Axe)

Related:
Worrying over Afghanistan’s Pot-head Soldiers
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Marco Kroon: Knighted Commando, Part One
Axe-SPAN: U.S. Training of Afghan Air Force
World Politics Review: Dutch Government Mulls Departure from Afghan War
Columbia City Paper: The Impossible War — Obama Commits More Troops to Afghanistan, with the Wrong Strategy
VoA News: Training Afghan Forces Poses Challenge for U.S. Military
Axe-SPAN: On U.S. Training of Afghan Army and Police
VoA News: Logistics Play Key Role in U.S. War Effort in Afghanistan
Offiziere.ch: In Afghanistan, Helicopters Represent NATO’s Greatest Strength, Biggest Weakness
Wired.co.uk: A Man and His Drones — on the Front Line of Robotic Warfare
VoA News: U.S. Troops Experiment with New Strategy for Afghanistan
World Politics Review: After Setbacks, Human Terrain System Rebuilds
Taliban Propaganda Drools over Killed Vehicles
World Politics Review: U.S. Air Force Advisers Struggle with Afghan Cultural Gap
French Origins of the “Ink Spot”

by DAVID AXE

Freelance Journalist David Axe was recently embedded with the U.S. Air Force at Kandahar Air Base in southern Afghanistan. He observed how the U.S. military is training the Afghan Air Force.

(Video: David Axe)

Related:
World Politics Review: Dutch Government Mulls Departure from Afghan War
Columbia City Paper: The Impossible War — Obama Commits More Troops to Afghanistan, with the Wrong Strategy
VoA News: Training Afghan Forces Poses Challenge for U.S. Military
Axe-SPAN: On U.S. Training of Afghan Army and Police
VoA News: Logistics Play Key Role in U.S. War Effort in Afghanistan
Offiziere.ch: In Afghanistan, Helicopters Represent NATO’s Greatest Strength, Biggest Weakness
Wired.co.uk: A Man and His Drones — on the Front Line of Robotic Warfare
VoA News: U.S. Troops Experiment with New Strategy for Afghanistan
World Politics Review: After Setbacks, Human Terrain System Rebuilds
Taliban Propaganda Drools over Killed Vehicles
World Politics Review: U.S. Air Force Advisers Struggle with Afghan Cultural Gap
French Origins of the “Ink Spot”

by DAVID AXE

Freelance Journalist David Axe was embedded with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in October and November. He followed U.S. troops as they trained the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police on security checkpoints and patrolling. This was in Logar Province, a mostly agricultural region south of Kabul.

(Video: David Axe)

Related:
VoA News: Logistics Play Key Role in U.S. War Effort in Afghanistan
Offiziere.ch: In Afghanistan, Helicopters Represent NATO’s Greatest Strength, Biggest Weakness
Wired.co.uk: A Man and His Drones — on the Front Line of Robotic Warfare
VoA News: U.S. Troops Experiment with New Strategy for Afghanistan
World Politics Review: After Setbacks, Human Terrain System Rebuilds
Taliban Propaganda Drools over Killed Vehicles
World Politics Review: U.S. Air Force Advisers Struggle with Afghan Cultural Gap
French Origins of the “Ink Spot”

by DAVID AXE

Watch my free-ranging Thanksgiving-Day C-SPAN interview here.

(Video: C-SPAN)