In his final appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Craddock said NATO member nations have fallen short on providing the number of combat forces and trainers that Afghanistan needs, and even on providing promised funding to help build the country's own security forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The first event included trainers from Washington's professional football,baseball,basketball and hockey teams.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

military trainers President Obama approved on Friday to relatively volatile southern and western Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

He said he would send more military trainers and U.S.civilian personnel to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

The NATO meeting will also focus on another key issue sending trainers to Afghanistan to increase the numbers and capacity of the Afghan military and police force.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

And it brings the total U.S.deployment, including trainers,up to about 59,000.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Still,Secretary Gates says he went to Japan with a "menu" of options for how the country can be helpful by, among other things, providing trainers for the Afghan security forces and donating money for development projects.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

In SERE training military personnel are subjected to many of the same techniques to toughen them up for possible capture by an enemy - and Ritz says SERE trainers were imported to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17