Operation Enduring Freedom

100819-N-6031Q-006 KABUL, Afghanistan - Katie Couric, news anchor with CBS Evening News, left, takes a group photo with Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, Commanding General, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, and other American personnel in the Joint Aviation Facility hangar on the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18, 2010. Couric visited the AAF base to interview both Caldwell and Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, about the current state of NTM-A as well as the AFF with particular interest in the America advisory role. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen/ RELEASED).

Operation Enduring Freedom

100819-N-6031Q-005 KABUL, Afghanistan - Katie Couric, news anchor with CBS Evening News, left, interviews Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, Commanding General, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, in the Joint Aviation Facility hangar on the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18, 2010. Couric visited the AAF base to interview both Caldwell and Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, about the current state of NTM-A as well as the AFF with particular interest in the America advisory role. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen/ RELEASED).

Operation Enduring Freedom

100819-N-6031Q-002 KABUL, Afghanistan - Katie Couric, news anchor with CBS Evening News, right, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, in the Joint Aviation Facility hangar on the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18, 2010. Couric visited the AAF base to interview both Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, Commanding General, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, and Boera about the current state of NTM-A as well as the AFF with particular interest in the America advisory role. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen/ RELEASED).

Operation Enduring Freedom

100819-N-6031Q-001 KABUL, Afghanistan - Katie Couric, news anchor with CBS Evening News, left, shares a moment with Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, Commanding General, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, in the Joint Aviation Facility hangar on the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18, 2010. Couric visited the AAF base to interview both Caldwell and Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, about the current state of NTM-A as well as the AFF with particular interest in the America advisory role. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen/ RELEASED).

Operation Enduring Freedom

100810-N-6031Q-014 KABUL, Afghanistan - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, Commanding General, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, shakes the hand of Lt. Col. John Howard, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, as he presents him his personal coin on Aug. 10, 2010 at the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan in honor of Howard's exceptional work with the "Thunder Lab".The "Thunder Lab" was created by the CAPTF to provide Afghan pilot candidates an English immersion experience prior to their departure to the United States for pilot training with the goal of lowering the "culture shock" and improve performance. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen/ RELEASED).

Operation Enduring Freedom

100810-N-6031Q-013 KABUL, Afghanistan -Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, Commanding General, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force,left, with Ministry of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak, center-left, Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, Commanding General, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, center-right, and Lt. Col. John Howard, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, stand with the Afghan pilot candidates of the "Thunder Lab" at the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 10, 2010. The "Thunder Lab" was created by the Combined Air Power Transition Force to provide Afghan pilot candidates an English immersion experience prior to their departure to the United States for pilot training with the goal of lowering the "culture shock" and improve performance. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen/ RELEASED).