I loko o kēlā me kēia huakaʻi he 20 i Afghanistan, ua noho ʻo Kathy Kelly, ma ke ʻano he malihini i kono ʻia no nā Volunteers Peace Peace o Afghanistan, ua noho pū me ka poʻe maʻamau o Afghanistan i kahi kaiāulu papa hana ma Kabul. Manaʻo ʻo ia a me kona mau hoa i ka Leo no ka Nonviolence Creative "ʻo kahi e kū ai e hoʻoholo i ka mea āu e ʻike nei." I Iune, 2016, ua komo ʻo Kathy i kahi ʻelele i kipa aku i ʻelima mau kūlanakauhale ma Rūsia, e ʻimi nei e aʻo e pili ana i nā manaʻo Lūkini e pili ana i nā hana NATO e hana nei ma ko lākou palena. Ua hui pū ʻo Kelly me nā mea hoʻouluulu i nā wahi like ʻole o ka US e kūʻē i ke kaua drone ma o ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻike ma waho o nā kahua koa US ma Nevada, Kaleponi, Michigan, Wisconsin a me ke kahua ʻo Whiteman Air Force ma Missouri. I ka 2015, no ka lawe ʻana i kahi berena a me kahi leka ma o ka laina ma Whiteman AFB ua lawelawe ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau mahina i ka hale paʻahao. Mai ka 1996 - 2003, ua hoʻokumu nā mea hoʻolale leo i 70 mau ʻelele i hōʻike ākea i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma o ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau i nā keiki a me nā ʻohana ma Iraq. Ua huakaʻi ʻo Kelly i ʻIraka 27 mau manawa, i kēlā manawa. Noho ʻo ia a me kona mau hoa ma Baghdad i loko o ka pōkā o ka makahiki 2003 "Shock and Awe". Ua noho pū lākou me ka poʻe i ka wā o ke kaua ma Gaza, Lebanona, Bosnia a me Nicaragua. Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo ia i hoʻokahi makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao pekelala no ke kanu ʻana i nā kānana ma nā kahua silo missile nukila (1988-89) ma Whiteman Air Force Base a hala ʻekolu mau mahina i ka hale paʻahao, ma 2004, no ka hele ʻana i ka laina ma ke kula aʻo pūʻali koa o Fort Benning. Ma ke ʻano he ʻauhau ʻauhau kaua, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ka uku ʻana i nā ʻano ʻauhau loaʻa kālā pekelala mai ka makahiki 1980.