ISAF

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was the NATO led multinational military force in Afghanistan from 2001 - 2014. At the height of combat operations in Afghanistan, over 50 countries were part of ISAF.

With American troops who served in Afghanistan, ISAF was also known as: I Saw Americans Fighting, I Suck At Fighting (in reference to ISAF countries not engaged in combat operations while in Afghanistan), and I Shop At AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service). During my second deployment to Afghanistan, when I would make resupply trips to Kandahar Airfield in 2007, the Post Exchange (PX) there was always filled with Coalition soldiers, buying up everything in the PX. Every time I would go to the PX to get some toiletries, there would always be a group of Romanian soldiers leaving the PX with foot lockers filled with snacks and clothes.

The Romanians are conducting ISAF operations at the Kandahar PX now.