FIREBASE VIMOTO, Afghanistan -- Three stone houses and a cluster of sandbagged bunkers cling to a slope above the Qurangal Valley, forming an oval perimeter roughly 75 yards long. An Afghan flag ...

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Command Sgt. Maj. Isaia T. Vimoto, senior enlisted adviser of ISAF Joint Command and Command Sgt. Maj. Mohammad Ali Hussayni, Afghan National Army ground forces ...

FIREBASE VIMOTO, Afghanistan — Three stone houses and a cluster of sandbagged bunkers cling to a slope above the Korangal Valley, forming an oval perimeter roughly 75 yards long. The oval is ...

This is Firebase Vimoto, named for Pfc. Timothy R. Vimoto, an American soldier killed in the valley two years ago. If all goes according to the Pentagon’s plan, this tiny perimeter — home to ...