War In Afghanistan 2001 2021

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William “Willy” Reibsome III, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire noncommissioned officer in charge, cleans and inspects an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft wheel at B More

Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Griffin, 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, and Airman 1st Class Melissa Bradley, 439 AEAS, mix shredded paper, sawdust and water together to make fuel pucks and bricks at Kabul Inte More

Navy Lt. Frank G. Percy, the assistant battalion surgeon for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, cleans the burnt foot of a child at Patrol Base Gorgak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2010. Providing m More

An Afghan construction worker places tiles to construct the floor of the Showat basic health clinic in Paktya province, July 12. The clinic, a project approved by the Paktya Provincial Development Council in su More

Maj. Paul Tolbert, the brigade chaplain for the 1st Infantry Division Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade, paints a rock in honor of Suicide Awareness month at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, September 3, 2019. More

Afghan contractors and Soldiers of Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, comprised of the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fi More

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Lance Cpl. Robert Lemont speaks to local shop owners during a security patrol here, July 26. Lemont, a native of a Mansfield Ind., is a squad leader with C More

Support Marines attached to 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) helped to construct a museum on the EOD compound at Camp Leatherneck, Af More

Pfc. Jonathan Foster, an Omaha, Neb. native, now a combat engineer with 623rd Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard, smoothes out wet cement in a wooden square mold with fellow engineers Spc. Dillan Hebert More

The Helmand Governor's Media Center has reported that the National Department of Security has arrested two insurgents and captured a significant amount of contraband in Lashkar-Gah and Nad-e-Ali districts, Helm More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Yuli Talyanski of Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team from Sunnyvale, Calif., (left), U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rewa Price, Forward Surgical Team from Harrisburg, Pa., (cente More

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Terry Chapel and Ralph Perkuhn, volunteers with Steak Team Mission, grill appetizers while preparing to serve a home-cooked meal for the Mar More

Afghan Local Police candidates serve food to elders during a shura being held in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 19, 2013. The shura was held to decide who would command the ALP in the area. Afghan Local P More

Local villagers unload a truck full of materials delivered by a local contractor and Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs members to assist in the re-creation of a solid Dehe Kalan irrigation c More

Members of the Afghan Border Police pose with anti-personnel mines discovered in a tractor-trailer combination vehicle during an inspection at the Wesh-Chaman border crossing, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, More

Spc. Xanthin Luptak, a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, teaches an Afghan Uniformed Police officer how to deactivate an improvised explo More

Large quantities of opium recovered during a recent Afghan National Security Forces-led counter-narcotics operation in the Marjah district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The total amount of suspected narcoti More

Cpl. Mary Warren and Waheed Mohammed teach Afghan boys during class at the Forward Operating Base Geronimo schoolhouse, July 18. Most of the kids who attend school are younger than the current war. The children More

An Afghan man with a wounded hand waits for medicine to kick in while lying in the aid station at Forward Operating Base Bostick in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 2. Soldiers assigned to 102nd Forward Surgical Team a More

An Afghan man puts a piece of bread into the oven June 25, 2012, at a district center in Khas Kunar as he helps prepare lunch for Afghan National Policemen and U.S. soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th More

Staff Sgt. Moldovan Ionut, operational mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian land forces, preforms weapons maintenance on Forward Operating Base Atghar, Zabul provi More

Local villagers unload a truck full of materials delivered by a local contractor and Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs members to assist in the recreation of a solid Dehe Kalan irrigation ca More

Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or tent-pegging, which is a traditional Afghan game where cavalrymen on horseback attempt to remove a small wooden tent-peg from the ground using a lance or sword More

Gwen Bridges (front) and Ella Dixon paint pillow cases for deployed paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at the battalion headqua More

Fifty citizens of Afghanistan's Paktika province learn how to use tools and safety equipment issued to them at a labor workshop at Forward Operating Base Sharana. (Photo/1st Lt. Kenya Virginia Saenz)

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 9, 2015) Women serving in the 503rd Zone Afghan Border Police and Train, Advise and Assist Command - South conducted a shura at the Kandahar International Airport to discuss More

Sgt. Ricky Johnson, 24, an Assault Breacher Vehicle maintainer from Ganado, Ariz., repairs a wheel on an ABV, March 12. Marines with the ABV platoon, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion have had to work late nights i More

Allahadin Shah, 11, has his bandage changed by a U.S. Special Operations Forces medic in a clinic in Khak-e Safed, Farah province, Feb. 23. Coalition SOF treated Shah after his hand became badly infected from a More

The GA ADT I Women’s Initiative Training Team traveled to the Mohammad Agha District Center to evaluate the progress of a two-day training session on making and storing fruit jams. The first day of training con More

The Afghan Women’s Bazaar, a weekly event, was held at the North Kabul, Afghanistan International Airport (NKAIA) today. The event presented an opportunity for local Afghan women to provide financial support fo More

The color guard conducts pass and review during the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 7th Marine Regiment deactivation ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field, May 30, 2014. The battalion, nicknamed ‘Darkside,’ w More

A group of Afghan National Army cadets attend classroom training at Regional Military Training Center-West at Camp Zafar, Herat Dec. 11. They are the first females to attend an ANA training center other than Ka More

An Afghan National Army soldier proudly shows off his mechanic school certificate following a graduation ceremony from basic mechanic training at the 4th Regional Logistics Support Command Dec. 1. The class was More

Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues shares a light moment with International Security Assistance Force service members and civilian gender advisors during a Veteran’s Day break More

Brig. Gen. Jean-Fancois Hogand, Task Force La Fayette commanding general and Col Henry de Medlege, Task Force La Fayette Chief salute during the playing of the U.S., French and Afghan national anthems during a More

An Apache Gunship from 1st Cavalry Division conducts route recon near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, as the sun sets over the Hindu Kush Mountain Range.

The commander and first sergeant of Company G, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion case their guidon during a transfer of authority ceremony July 19 at Shindand Airfield, Afghanistan, where they passed o More

Yeoman 2nd Class Jordan Guevara, center, salutes a flag flown in honor of her late grandfather, Woodrow “Woody” Duffin, on Pearl Harbor Day aboard Resolute Support Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan. Duffin, a ch More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Barracks Washington (MBW) greets guests prior to the start of an evening parade at MBW, Washington D.C., May 22, 2015. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work was the guest of honor fo More

Afghan National Army soldiers and Australian Capt. Jason Mildone, 2nd in command Engineer Squadron, Mentoring Task Force 2, work together at the construction site of a new ANA patrol base inn the Uruzgan provin More

180602-N-BK435-0006 DEVESELU, Romania (June 2, 2018) Capt. Charlos Washington, commanding officer for Naval Support Facility Deveselu, and Col. Răzvan Brătulescu, Romanian 99th Military Base commander, take a g More

Command Sgt. Maj. Ismael Rodriguez, the command sergeant major of Deputy Command Support Operations in Kabul, Afghanistan, explains the significance of the combat patch before presenting his son, Francisco Rodr More

Col. Darren Werner, deputy commander for Deputy Command Support Operations, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, reviews the certificate of transition for the Afghan National Army General Staff G4 Mobile Training More

U.S. CH-47F Chinook helicopter crew chiefs from Task Force Flying Dragons conduct aerial door gunnery training at a training site in Southern Afghanistan. The Soldiers, which are stationed at Kandahar Airfield More

Royal Netherlands Air Force Lt. Col. Marten “Jimi” Hendriksma, (front), of Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, commander, Air Task Force-17, based out of Volkel Airbase, Netherlands, performs a pre-flight inspecti More

Army Sgt. Savana Smith, Arkansas Agricultural Development Team 2, and Ahmed Mohammad, a beekeeper, stand in front of his new hives March 24, 2011, at a Qalat City nursery. Mohammad received eight new hives for More

Soldiers and Sailors of Task Force Protector pose for a group photo after presenting donated items to Afghan children and families at a hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Maj. Donna R. King, the operations sergeants major with the 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, and a native of Monticello, Ariz., stands with Command Sgt. Maj. Zahara Nufy, from th More

Australian Army Lt. Christian J. Johnston, Afghan mentor team leader for Combat Team B, 2nd Mentoring Task Force, Combined Team Uruzgan, discusses movement plans with an Afghan National Army soldier March 2, in More

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, meets with Col. Robert McLaughlin, U.S. Forces Afghanistan chief of staff, during a visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2013. The A More

Army Capt. Jon Cochran, platoon leader, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, scans an area in the Mazgarey Mountains in Nawa Valley, Afghanistan for cave More

Fazel Mohammad (center), Takhteh Pol District governor, cuts a ceremonial ribbon during the Afghan Nation Police station’s reopening in Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan, April 11. The newly renovated police station hou More

Marines hold streamers during a battle color rededication ceremony on the division parade field here, Aug. 30. Bailey fastened 25 streamers to the battle color signifying various campaigns, expeditions, battles More

From left, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green, retired U.S. Marine Gen. Walter E. Boomer, retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, retired Army Col. Glenn Harned, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert More

Wrangler Soldiers from the 4th Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade paid tribute to the brave men and women, past, present, and current who have volunteered to defend freedom all over the world during a moment More

Rct. Jonathan T. Rodgers, Platoon 3066, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, takes notes during a Marine Corps history class June 26, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits receive six history classes More

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew assigned to Task Force Flying Dragon, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepares for a flight at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 1, 2017. The F More

Afghanistan Border Police Capt. Haji Janan (left), U.S. Army Lt. Col. Andrew Green, commanding officer of 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, based in Vilseck, Germany, American interpreter Najib Fazel More

Soldiers and civilians assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C. gathered together, April 20, 2016, to celebrate 108th anniversary of the of the U.S. Army Reserve. The U.S. Army More

Command Sgt. Maj. Ismael Rodriguez, the command sergeant major of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 16th Sustainment Brigade and a native of Bronx, N.Y., leads the formation during a transfer of authority More

Maj. Gen. Mark Palzer, commanding general of the 79th Sustainment Support Command, speaks with Ramsey Flynn III, grandson of Col. Flynn, during a Memorial Day event at St. Paul’s Church in Mount Vernon, N.Y., M More

U.S. military personnel stand in line at the Kandahar Airfield Post Office, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 29, 2011. Personnel regularly wait an hour or more to mail packages in the summer heat, which can More

Capt. Jozef Bačko, a native of Žilina, Slovakia, who serves as a force protection officer with a Mobile Strike Force, Security Force Advisory Team, Regional Command-South, salutes the Slovak flag while the Slov More

Afghan National Security Forces members and their Australian mentors receive training Feb. 17 in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan on counterinsurgency tactics as a part of an ongoing effort to give the Afghan military th More

Lt. Col. Mohammed Ali, commissar, Afghan Border Police/Weesh border crossing, has his iris scanned following the opening of a new biometrics facility in Weesh, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011. Travelers passing throu More

(From left) Sgt. Chris Sexton, a heavy equipment operator, Spc. Zachariah Buckner, a plumber and Sgt. Aaron Duford, an election with the 1151st Engineering Company, Alabama National Guard, 82nd Sustainment Brig More

U.S. Army Pfc. Anthony Berry, Sgt. Antwone Coverdale and Pfc. Brandon Parsons, all from the Security Forces Advisory Team 4, 1st Heavy Combat Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, check their computers shortly after More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian VanNote, platoon sergeant for Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team, from Brockport, N.Y., receives the Yankee Division patch from U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael J. Sierco, Kapis More

Staff Sgt. Mark Reheard, a Marine musician with the 1st Marine Division (Forward) Band rehearses with his trumpet aboard Camp Leatherneck, Aug. 28. Reheard is one of 12 bandsmen from the 1st Marine Division (Fw More

A U.S. Marine traverses a barrier while competing in the 10th Mountain Combat Relay Run held on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 17. Teams competing in the event consisted of five members who, one at a time More

U.S. Army Cpl. Brian Lewis with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, clears an M240B squad automatic weapon during an Expert Infantry More

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, visits with soldiers in Kandahar, Afghanistan on April 26, 2013. The Army Reserve, founded in 1908 as a reserve corps of medical personnel More

Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Marcum, infantryman, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, shows an Afghan Customs Police officer from the Kandahar inland customs d More

Sgt. Marshall R. Meeks, an allied trade specialist with Task Force Bellator, prepares pieces June 7 at Kandahar Airfield to create cart for transporting heavy equipment. TF Bellator is the aviation support batt More

An Australian soldier raises his country's flag during a service commemorating Anzac Day at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 24, 2013. The observance, which falls on April 25 each year More

Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward) train as members of the Color Guard while aboard Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 24. Sgt. Carl Evans, Cpl. Carlos Moreno, Lance Cpl. Joshua Kaibel and L More

Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, U.S. Army Africa commander, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Daniel Dee Ziankahn, Armed Forces of Liberia chief of staff, during a welcoming ceremony at USARAF’s headquarters building, More

Director of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, and his team fire AK-74 assault rifles during exercise Saber Guardian 2016, July 31 at the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center in Cincu, Rom More

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jeffery Pinnel and Soldiers of C Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regimient salute the nation's colors during a deployment ceremony held in Hangar 6 on Fort Wainwright, Jan. 25. The comp More

The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. Roger Daigle, a Pomfret, Conn., native stands next to Col. James Edwards 525th BfSB commander as he salutes Capt. Christian Johnson, (right) brigade More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 4th Cannon Battery, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 4th Brigade, Afghan National Army, fire a 122 mm D-30 Towed howitzer, Oct. 13, during live-fire training, at Multi National More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Travis Habhab, Task Force Gunfighters commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. James Whittenton, TF Gunfighters command sergeant major, case their colors during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Op More

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Patraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, administers the oath of re-affirmation and re-enlistment to service members during an Independen More

Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard participate in a Wreaths Across America ceremony in the Registry Room, also called the Great Hall at Ellis Island, Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2014. Each yea More

Canadian army medical technician, Cpl. Pamela Plante, assigned to 5th Field Ambulance, 5 Area Support Group, based out of Valcartier, Quebec, Canada, provides simulated medical treatment to a mock casualty duri More

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) escort a horse-drawn caisson provided by the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association bringing the remains of Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. to the Camp More

CH-47F Chinook helicopter pilots and crew chiefs from Task Force Flying Dragons unload Task Force Mountain Warrior Soldiers and equipment Aug. 24 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of U.S. retrograde More

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visits Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4.

New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Timothy J. LaBarge, the NewYork National Guard Director of Joint Staff, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Maureen Dooley, the senior ranking noncommissioned officer for the Ne More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. JT Thomson, U.S. Forces Afghanistan deputy commanding general for support, speaks to attendees during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 10, 2017. Task F More

Sgt. Summer Woode, a broadcast journalist with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, records video in a convoy staging yard at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2014. The 1st TSC public affairs primary mis More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Todd Zwickle and Staff Sgt. Aaron Davey, 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, assist members of the Afghanistan National Army Air Force's 305th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in load More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Kendall, Kandahar Airfield commander, welcomes Muslims on Kandahar Airfield to the newly constructed KAF Islamic Center July 21. The KAF Islamic Center was converted from a cha More

Sfc. Idaeth Behar, 368th Engineer Battalion, keeps up a jogging pace during the 26-mile Bataan Memorial Death March at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistna, March 27. The original Bataan Death March took place durin More

Sgt. Maj. Donna King, the Deputy Command-Support Operations, NATO Training Mission Afghanistan’s operations sergeant major, and a native of Monticello, Ark., stands with Command Sgt. Maj. Maryam Tabish, from th More

An Afghan National Police officers, work closely with their U.S. Army mentors from 1st Platoon, Bull Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, out of Vilseck, Germany, Oct. 27, to conduct joint patrols More

Maj. Jack Owens, of Moore, Okla., senior instructor assigned to the 162nd Infantry Brigade, based in Fort Polk, La., speaks to a group of officers and non-commissioned officers in a classroom at the Security Fo More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, left, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, speaks with Brig. Gen. Phil Churn, the commander of Task Force Titan, before a 5K run commemorating the 105th bi More

Afghan firefighters from the Kandahar Air Wing and Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Berry, 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group fire protection advisor, tackle a fire in a portable storage container, during the KA More

Capt. Wesley R. Ogden, a fixed wing planner with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), wears a Texas patch on his flight suit during a remembrance ceremony for San Jacinto Day at the 2nd MAW (Fwd.) headquarters c More