A South Carolina Army National Guard unit from Fort Mill is on alert for a potential deployment overseas.
For years, the F-16 Fighting Falcons at Sumter's Shaw Air Force Base have trained to search out and destroy enemy missile and anti-aircraft artillery sites.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Although he graduated from the Air Force Academy and has a master's degree from Harvard, Brig. Gen. Steve Kwast likes to think he has a lot in common with people who live outside this sprawling base.
For eight years, Charleston has been a starting point for the 7,500-mile-long air bridge to the Afghan war. Though invisible to the eye, the air bridge from Charleston demonstrates the key role the Lowcountry base is playing as the U.S. military ramps up the fight in Afghanistan.
Staff Writer Chuck Crumbo spent 6 months in Afghanistan in 2007 covering the National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat Team. In February 2008, he returned to continue following the team.
Here you will also find videos, photo galleries, blogs and other online extras related to the war in Afghanistan.
Troops stationed in Afghanistan offer video greetings to their friends and family members back home. Videos by Chuck Crumbo.
Greetings from Gardez
Greetings from Bagram
Greetings from Herat
Greetings from Afghanistan - Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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South Carolina troops train in Camp Shelby, Miss., before they are deployed to Afghanistan. Videos and photos by Chuck Crumbo.
Reflexive Fire Training
Urban Ops Training
Convoy Simulation
S.C. at Camp Shelby
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