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SGT. James Howell of A Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division demonstrates a technique to restrain an opponent to Soldiers of 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division at Forward Operating Base Speicher, Iraq on Feb. 26, 2006. Training such as this ensures Coalition strength and effectiveness. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Meadows, a Marine Corps Martial Arts

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cole A. Dunn, left, 2nd

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 22 attacks

Staff Sgt. Trevor Tompkins of the Massachusetts Air

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Dustin Jones, a member

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Tortorice, 52nd

Sgt. Kenneth Stover, a medic with C Company, 703rd

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Christopher Ulcak (center),

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Marine cooks, M-16s at hand, with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) pose with their famous "Combat Coffee" sign in front of the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marine cooks, M-16s at hand, with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) pose with their famous "Combat Coffee" sign at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) enjoys a hot cup of coffee inside his bivouac site at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Note that the coffee was heated using a locally procured "PakIran" propane heater and a native tea kettle

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) walk along the flightline at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) makes a morale call from the Sergeant Major's tent site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), eat a breakfast MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) in their bivouac site immediately in front of the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) uses a Air Force 10K-AT forklift to move cargo along the flightline at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), has a cold breakfast MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) in his bivouac site immediately in front of the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) take a break, light up and warm themselves around a fire at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

A Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division, enjoys a warm cup of coffee, couresy of Marine cooks with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), at International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: 101st AD

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore International Airport, Capt Charles, Kandahar International Airport

Spc. Herman Reinhold, food service specialist, 404th

Arizona Gov. Janice K. Brewer visits with soldiers

Villagers from Nojoy, outside Kandahar International Airport, follow the members of the US Army's Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as they walk toward their vehicles after discussing local issues with the elders during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The team is armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

A US Army soldier aims an M16A1 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher

Captain Christopher Bushek, USMC, Force Protection Officer, Marine Central Command Combat Assessment Team, poses by the Kandahar International Airport control tower, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel, USA, (right) who commands the Second Battalion of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Air Assault Division discusses transfer of command issues with Captain Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Plans and Operations Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the exercise is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Medium shot. SENIOR AIRMAN Jad Aoun, and Technical Sergeant. Dennis Washington, both Air Transportation Specialists and members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with help of local laborers, build pallets of humanitarian supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa, 17 March 2000. Their team is deployed in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

Cpl. Logan A. Hancock hangs from a rope while executing

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) warm themselves around a fire at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

A Marine with Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 365 (HMM-365) (Reinforced) tends a pit fire near the Air Command Element Headquarters at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Army Sgt. Lizeth Wakasa (left), a food service

Airman 1st Class Cortny Pelton, a native of Wyoming,

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