Airmen with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepared and airdropped surprise bundles—sodas, cookies, beef jerky, CDs, DVDs, socks, T-shirts, and more—on the 4th of July for soldiers at some of the most remote forward operating bases throughout Afghanistan. Arranging and packing these gift bundles was a joint effort of senior Army leaders in Combined Joint Task Force-76 and the Air Force C-130 crews. In total, the 774th EAS airdropped 14 container delivery system bundles weighing 1,500 pounds each to seven locations. (Read more here.)
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.