KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Flying is always a challenge in Afghanistan: The terrain is rugged and the weather severe. Yet the main mode of transportation for military forces is by helicopter.

Last year, Afghanistan's eastern border provinces witnessed some of the bloodiest battles between coalition and insurgent forces. Insurgent incursions in the east increased by nearly 45 percent in ...

Leaders are taken through simulated terrain, built in a 3D environment of attacks throughout 2007 in Kunar and Nuristan Provinces, Afghanistan, leading up to the day the Battle of Wanat occurred ...