Ken Scar

U.S. Army Cpt. William Cline, a 1941 Clemson College graduate, somewhere in Italy during WWII. Cline was the service company commander for the 758th Tank Battalion, the only black tank battalion in Italy during More

Col. Ben Skardon, a 1938 graduate of Clemson University, WWII POW, recipient of two Silver Stars, and survivor of the Bataan Death March, poses at the mile 8 marker of the Bataan Memorial Death March at White S More

U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets run two miles for their Army Physical Fitness Test at Clemson University, Jan. 14, 2016. Army ROTC, Military Science, was established as an integral part of the More

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram Air Field Dec. 10.

U.S. Soldiers with the 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment practice reading M-256 chemical agent detectors in full hazard gear Feb. 23, 2013, at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar/Released)

Spcs. Ian Feilen from San Antonio, William Dubbs from Bodcaw, Ark., Christopher Gosa from Boaz, Ala., and Stephen Dooley of Stafford, Conn. relax by playing video games on a laptop they set up outside their B-h More

Members of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade - "The Dirty Third" - work at dislodging their M-777 155 mm howitzer from the three-foot hole it dug i More

U.S. Army sniper Spc. James Wanser of Los Angeles and other members of Company C, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, and the Afghan National Army ruck march toward Observation Post #4 near Forward Operati More

U.S. Army Pfc. Najier Williams of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, keeps watch in the early morning hours of Sept. 8 while his battle buddy catches a few p More

Members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, catch a few precious minutes of sleep in the early morning hours of Sept. 8. The unit was in the middle of a jo More

Sgt. Jeremy Truelove of Quapaw, Okla., shop foreman at Forward Operating Base Tillman, talks through engine maintenance with a group of Afghan National Army soldiers Sept. 10.

First Sgt. John Orbe of Brooklyn, N.Y., Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade reflects after a combat patch ceremony for 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, at Observation Post 1 More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gregorio Florez of Abilene, Texas, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade greets some of the local children who frequent the Afghan Border Police traffic chec More

Members of Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade prepare their vehicles for a convoy from Forward Operating Base Orgun-E to Combat Outpost Zerok Sept. 16. The convoy took seven hours to make the 20-mile driv More

Pfc. Jonathan Martinez, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Company B, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, rests his squad automatic weapon on the ground as he searches for mail addressed to him, Sept. 17. It was the first More

Members of 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, play football between the Hescos on Combat Outpost Zerok Sept. 18, during a barbecue commemorating the U.S. Air Force's birthday.

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police, including Armanshah, chief of police for the Naka district (far left) listen to Capt. Craig Halstead, commander of Company B, Task Force 2-28 during a rock drill before a More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division Deputy commanding general, walks with Armanshah, chief of police, Naka District, Afghan Uniformed Police, through the small village of Derka near Combat O More

Spc. Todd Ingraham of Tampa, Fl., Company B, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, pulls guard while Sgt. Larry Procick collects biometric information from a local man in the small village of Derka, near Com More

A member of Company B, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade and Shahi Den, local businessman and elder in the small mountain village of Derka, near Combat Outpost Zerok, size each other up before hiking back More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Stuart Wylie of South Weber, Utah, who is with an explosive ordnance disposal unit attached to Task Force Maverick, 1st Cavalry Division, awakens after a cold, rainy night sleeping ne More

Spc. Brett Waller of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Cavalry Division, Task Force Maverick, from Ponca City, Okla., waits for word if the latest mission is a go from Combat Outpost Red Hill Oct. 13.

Command Sgt. Maj. of the Army National Guard Richard J. Burch shares a laugh with Pfc. Nicholas Degiglio of the 131st Transportation Company after presenting him with a coin Oct. 18. Burch was on a tour of Regi More

First Cavalry Division Deputy Commanding General – Maneuver, Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky and members of his personal security detail run to their UH-60 Black Hawk Oct. 19. Volesky and his team were conducting a ba More

A robot's-eye view of other robots waiting to be checked out by technicians in the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment's shop Oct. 27.

U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Ryser, Sgt. 1st Class Amy Plimpton, and Marine Sgt. Jonathan Dukette, all robotic technicians with the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment, observe a Talon robot they repaired perform maneuve More

Two UH-60 Black Hawks escorting Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division deputy commanding general, fly over Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border, Nov. 5.

U.S. Army Capt. Tim Beecher, of St. Louis, Mo., 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, mans the machine gun on the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk as it and another Black Hawk fly over the Tora Bora area near the Pakistan bo More

Soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and service members from several coalition countries gather in the courtyard of the Joint Operations Center for a tribute to U.S. veterans Nov. 11.

U.S. Army Spc. David Lamson, a native of Athens, Ga. and National Flag Bearer for the 1st Cavalry Division Honor Guard exits a Veterans Day ceremony at the Joint Operations Center, Nov. 11.

U.S. Army Spc. Ikram Omonov (left), a medic and radio operator, and U.S. Army Capt. Scott Hall, brace themselves on a ridgeline above the Dawlat Shah District Center after dimounting a UH 60 Black Hawk Nov. 15.

Afghan National Police 2nd Lt. Niaztany studies a plate of fingerprints with one of the microscopes at the new Afghan Criminal Techniques Academy and Laboratory on Bagram Air Field Nov. 29. The ACTA will train More

A U.S. Army M4 carbine rifle rests in the illumination of a flashlight in "red light" mode in one of the fortified fighting positions of Combat Outpost Herrera late the night of Dec. 2. COP Herrera sits at 8,70 More

Students in the 2011 graduating class at the Korean Vocational Training Center wait in a hallway before the ceremony Dec. 5. The KVTC trains young Afghans in several different practical skill areas such as comp More

U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, admires the Afghan landscape out the back door of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook More

Elders who are members of provincial peace councils are greeted by members of the provincial High Peace Council and Gul Agha Sherzai (far right), governor of Nangarhar province, at the governor's palace in Jala More

French Army Cpl. Ghurzoule pulls guard at the landing zone on Forward Operating Base Tagab-Kutschbach, Dec. 24.

"Santa," aka U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Lausier, from Swampscott, Mass., listens with a group of fellow soldiers attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team- Kapisa, Task Force Lafayette, as Brig. Gen. More

Birds fly over a cement blast barrier into Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar)

Najibullah, 10, pauses at the exit the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital Jan. 9. He was severely injured in the stomach July 20, in Ghazni province and had been under the hospital’s care ever since.

A U.S. Army mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle makes its way down Disney Drive, past the crosswalk to the Khole dining facility, during a snowstorm the night of Jan. 22.

U.S. Army Sgt. Chance King, of Amarillo, Texas, who is with 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, gets a "thumbs up" from a disabled boy in a small More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas, 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, calls for a member of the Afghan Border Police to slo More

Camp Clark dining facility manager George Piccardi, from Diamond Bar, Calif., serves up roast beef to hungry soldiers, Feb. 6. Piccardi goes above and beyond for the soldiers of Camp Clark by throwing movie and More

Afghan boys check out a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle belonging to the U.S. Army's 3rd Platoon, Troop A, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, in a small settlement near Camp Clark, More

U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron Wilson, a native of Moreno Valley, Calif., with the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment,Task Force Spartan, prepares 120 mm mortar rounds to More

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, gets a fire started for U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Fo More

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan observe while members of the local Afghan Uniformed Police conduct a vehicle se More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Clayton Smith, from Oxford, Maine, Scout Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, looks on as an Afghan Uniform Police More

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border Police observe a demonstration in a preventative maintenance, checks and services class conducted by the maintenance platoon from Headquarters and Headqu More

U.S. Army 1st Lt.'s Mathew Mraz, from Polatello, Idaho, and Omar Williams, from Yonkers, N.Y., who are with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, bri More

U.S. Army Spc. Jarred Stoffel from Nichols, Wis., and Staff Sgt. Steven Howard from Ash Fork, Ariz., toss the pigskin around in the snow near the passenger terminal building while waiting for flights to come in More

U.S. Army Pfc. Grant Lloyd, from Sylvester, Ga., assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blackhawk, scans the horizon as the sun rises in the below-freezing morning More

A U.S. Army soldier from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blackhawk, pulls security from the turret of a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle in the small village of Y More

U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Blackhawk, patrol through the small village of Yahya Khel March 10. Members of Company A More

Maksud, an Afghan National Army soldier, pulls guard during a traffic checkpoint with U.S. soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Blackhaw More

Three Afghan National Army soldiers take a break while conducting a traffic check point with U.S. soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force B More

A security guard for the Lebanese company Nassar Group International pulls guard duty on their living compound, which is inside the Forward Operating Base Super FOB construction site. In addition to a contingen More

U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Davies, a medic for Company C, 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Blackhawk, and a native of Longview, Wash., sits on the bumper of one of the emergency vehicles used by the For More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Laura Comacho, of New Braunfels, Texas, the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of the new mild traumatic brain injury recovery clinic on Forward Operating Base Sharana, stands next to the a More

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler addresses soldiers at the clamshell on Bagram Air Field April 2. Chandler spoke about the importance of the anti-hazing and sexual harassment policies, and then fielded qu More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jessica Utley, from Gasport, N.Y., earns a coin from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler by explaining to him the proper definition of corrective training at the clamshell on Bagram Air Field More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Paul Funk (left), deputy commanding general for Combined Arms Center-Training, is escorted off the tarmac at Bagram Air Field by U.S. Army Col. Douglas Gabram, 1st Cavalry Division chief of More

The flight line is reflected in the windows of the air traffic control tower on Forward Operating Base Shank as U.S. Army Spcs. David Hamilton, Quentin Bradford, and Spencer Smith, all air traffic controller sp More

U.S. Army Pfc. Roddirick Noel, from Atlanta, and Spc. Logan Mize, from Far West, Utah, both with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Corsair, assemble a Grey Eagle unmanned aerial vehic More

U.S. Army Spc. Paul Nickens, a native of Cameron, N.C., who is serving as a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief for Task Force Corsair, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, mans the gunner’s seat in his UH-60 Black Hawk durin More

A U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over a row of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters parked on Forward Operating Base Shank April 13.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Muna Nur, who was born in Somalia but is a native of St. Paul, Minn., currently serving as the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of the 10th Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Muleskinner Tro More

U.S. Army Sgt. Emmanuel Seals of Homer, La., a truck commander with the 1086th Transportation Company, Louisiana Army National Guard, Task Force Muleskinner, checks the oil of his palletized load system truck M More

U.S. Army Spc. Robin Morgan, of Pine Prairy, La., a gunner with the 1086 Transportation Company, Louisiana Army National Guard, prepares the gunner's nest of her mine resistant ambush protected vehicle on Bagra More

U.S. Army Spc. Austin Fontenot, of Port Barre, La., a gunner with the 1086th Transportation Company, Louisiana Army National Guard, Task Force Muleskinner, feeds rounds of linked ammunition into place in the gu More

U.S. Army Spc. Helen Jeschow, a native of Greensboro, N.C., hugs Sode Jan, an Afghan girl she has befriended over the course of several months of volunteer work at the Egyptian Field Hospital on Bagram Air Fiel More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Edgar Cerrillo, from Covina, Cali., an advanced designated marksman for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Task Force Reaper, takes in the view of the Panjshir valley above an old Ru More

The cavity where the largest of the Buddha's of Bamiyan statues, known as the "Father Buddha," used to stand, as seen from above, June 14, 2012. The monumental statues were built in A.D. 507 and 554 and were th More

New Zealand Sgt. Maj. Paxworthy, a native of Palmerston North, pulls security under an airplane wing at the Forward Operating Base Bamyan airfield, June 15, 2012. The smaller of the two famous “Buddha's of Bamy More

New Zealand soldiers, Malaysian soldiers, and civilian contractors with Task Unit Crib play a game of dodge ball on Forward Operating Base Bamyan, June 19, 2012. Soldiers from New Zealand and Malaysia have been More

A local boy who was serving tea at a meeting of local farmers flashes a shy smile through the grass blades in an orchard near the town of Bamyan June 16, 2012.

Bamyan Governor Habiba Sarabi's security detail escorts her as she leaves a meeting at the Bamyan Cultural Heritage Center June 18, 2012. Sarabi is the only female Governor of an Afghan province in history.

Several young women weave a large rug at the Arzu Studio Hope compound in the Dragon Valley, about five miles west of the town of Bamyan June 20, 2012. Women enrolled the program receive higher than average com More

A girl and her brother enjoy the amazing scenery at Band-e-Amir National Park about an hour's drive west of the town of Bamyan, June 27, 2012. Band-e-Amir is one of only two national parks in Afghanistan.

Arizona Sen. John McCain leaves the Craig Joint Theater Hospital on Bagram Air Field after visiting with wounded warriors July 4, 2012. McCain spent the afternoon on the airfield meeting with constituents, cond More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Pogue, who hails from Pecos, Texas, and is serving as a gunner with 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Regiment, Task Force Talon, checks out the view through one of the gunner's po More

A motorcycle owned by U.S. Army Sgt. David Leese, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, sits ready for the start of the seventh annual Phantom Thu More

Robin Crouse, the director of the Fort Hood USO, and Isabel Hubbard, the programs manager, go over some of the new programs they have planned for 2013. The Fort Hood USO has 101 registered volunteers and its mi More

A coach, left, with the Collegiate National Power-lifting Championships for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, removes wraps from Dana Wallace’s legs, after she competes in the squat portion of the conte More

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. John Therrien (left), retired and Lt. Col. Jim Buckner, who served together in Vietnam, pose during the third reunion of Vietnam veterans from Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, More

U.S. Army Pvt. Kevin Burzesi, left, with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, shares a laugh with Dave Ciocca, a former Army staff sergeant who served with the unit in the V More

U.S. Army Sgt. William Begley drives a golf ball while Sgt. Matthew Thompson and Maj. Ebony Calhoun look on during the 2013 III Corps Public Affairs Golf Scramble, which was held to hold funds for the Fort Hood More

Fort Hood firefighters respond to a simulated explosion near the 79th street gate during the III Corps 2013 full-scale exercise May 15. The training exercise began with incidents in the local community and sub More

Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III salutes during the retirement of the colors after the Memorial Day ceremony at the Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza in Georgetown, Texas, M More

U.S. Army Pfc. Melissa Edwards, center, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, receives a coin of excellence from Sgt. Maj. of the U.S Arm More

Service members with III Corps and Fort Hood stand in formation behind the III Corps headquarters building waiting for the reveille to sound before embarking on an all-post esprit de corps run to celebrate the More

U.S. Army Spc. Jose Martinez and Spc. Joshua Jensen stake down a tent during mobilization of their unit with Task Force 51 during exercise Vibrant Response 13-2 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 31, 2013. Vibrant R More

Small American flags flutter where people placed them, on the fence that surrounds the former Soldier Readiness Processing Center, where the Nov. 5, 2009, Fort Hood shootings took place. The center was fenced i More

Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler, his wife, Jessica, and their son, Liam, enjoy a moment in the sun together outside Fort Hood's Survivor Outreach Services building while waiting for the verdict in the court martial More

A veteran paints himself in a painting that echoes one of Norman Rockwell's most famous self-portraits, and that is featured in the Combat Arts exhibit in the Southwestern University art gallery, Sept. 14, 2013 More

The Army Black Knights charge onto the field with American and 1st Cavalry Division flags for their game against Louisiana Tech at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Sept. 29, 2013. The Black Knights went on to win the game More

Students of the Fort Hood Air Assault School attach a sling load to a UH-60 Black Hawk during testing for class 02-14, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies soldiers to conduct airmobile and air assault h More

Members of the Fort Hood Arrival-Departure Airfield Control Group off-load an AH-64D Apache helicopter out of a C-17 Globemaster on Robert Gray Airfield Nov. 14, 2013. The A/DACG consists of 13 civilians - all More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Jackson, a course chief at the Fort Hood Air Assault School who is from New Orleans, stabilizes a rope from the ground as four of his instructors rappel out of a UH-60 Black Hawk More