Two young Afghan girls watch with apprehension as coalition
Two young Afghan girls watch with apprehension as coalition forces and Afghan Uniformed Police prepare to detonate an improvised explosive device near their home in the Sharana district, Paktika province, Afgha... More
Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1-2
Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infantry, return from a clearing operation outside Combat Outpost Deh Yah. U.S. forces and their Afghan National Security Forces partners worked together to ... More
Pfc. Erasmo Alarcon, Echo Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment,
Pfc. Erasmo Alarcon, Echo Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, takes his first sip of hot chai tea at a key leader engagement in the Sarobi district of Paktika province, Afghani... More
Spc. Tylor Calhoun, from California, provides security
Spc. Tylor Calhoun, from California, provides security while fellow soldiers work to recover their heavy expanded mobility tactical truck wrecker from thick mud during a company level clearing operation near Co... More
Soldiers of the Scout Platoon, Task Force 2-28, 172nd
Soldiers of the Scout Platoon, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, spread out to investigate a report of an improvised explosive device from the local Afghan police in the Orgun-E district of Paktika provi... More
Spc. Christopher Marsh, from Ventura, Calif., provides
Spc. Christopher Marsh, from Ventura, Calif., provides security while fellow soldiers collect biometric data during a company level clearing operation near Combat Outpost Deh Yak. The joint operation between so... More
Staff Sgt. Brandon Hilker, infantryman with 2nd Battalion,
Staff Sgt. Brandon Hilker, infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Black Lions, provides over watch for explosive ordinance disposal team members and local police in the Orgun-E distr... More
Spc. Benjamin Creed, from Kansas, demonstrates for
Spc. Benjamin Creed, from Kansas, demonstrates for Spc. Eric Robinson, from Wisconsin, how to test for explosive residue during a company level clearing operation near Combat Outpost Deh Yak. The joint operatio... More
Pfc. Graigory Porterfield and Pfc. Thomas Sasko, cavalry
Pfc. Graigory Porterfield and Pfc. Thomas Sasko, cavalry scouts with Echo Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment work to establish satellite communications with higher headquarters w... More
Spc. David King, from Kansas City, Mo., observes his
Spc. David King, from Kansas City, Mo., observes his tactical explosive detection dog, Marshall, as he locates a hand grenade during training at Combat Outpost Deh Yak. Assigned to Company C, Task Force 1-2 Inf... More
A young Afghan girl guards her new toy in the Sarobi
A young Afghan girl guards her new toy in the Sarobi district of Paktika province, Afghanistan. Afghan National Army soldiers handed out gifts to the local children on a patrol with coalition forces during a ci... More
First Lt. Nathan Wagner from Richmond, Va., quickly
First Lt. Nathan Wagner from Richmond, Va., quickly briefs his platoon as they prepare to move to contact outside of Combat Outpost Deh Yak. While collecting biometric data from locals, the unit began receiving... More
U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Bair and Afghan Army Sgt. 1st
U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Bair and Afghan Army Sgt. 1st Class Moheber Raman prepare to play a medical training game called "mortar attack."
Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1-2
Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infantry, stack on the door of an abandoned qualat to cover their Afghan partners. U.S. forces and their Afghan National Security Forces partners executed th... More
Staff Sgt. Brandon Jones, scout team leader, Task Force
Staff Sgt. Brandon Jones, scout team leader, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, scans the perimeter while soldiers from an explosive ordinance disposal team destroy an improvised explosive device in the O... More
Spc. David King from Kansas City, Mo., rewards his
Spc. David King from Kansas City, Mo., rewards his tactical explosive detection dog, Marshall, for locating a hidden grenade during training at Combat Outpost Deh Yak. Assigned to Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infa... More
Medical personnel from the 2nd Forward Surgical Team
Medical personnel from the 2nd Forward Surgical Team prepare Hukum Jang lays surgery after an insurgent improvised explosive device near her home critically injured her. The blast killed two and wounded eight o... More
Sgt. Billy Miller, from Nacogdoches, Texas, returns
Sgt. Billy Miller, from Nacogdoches, Texas, returns from a company level clearing operation near Combat Outpost Deh Yak. The joint operation between soldiers of Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infantry and their Afgh... More
Sgt. Crysta Cozelos, emergency room non-commissioned
Sgt. Crysta Cozelos, emergency room non-commissioned officer in charge at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, prepares a chart for patient Hukum Jang. Jang was injured in an insurgent improvised explosive device bl... More
Spc. David King, from Kansas City, Mo., dispatches
Spc. David King, from Kansas City, Mo., dispatches his tactical explosive detection dog Marshall into a search pattern during training at Combat Outpost Deh Yak. Assigned to Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infantry, ... More
Sgt. Crysta Cozelos, emergency room non-commissioned
Sgt. Crysta Cozelos, emergency room non-commissioned officer in charge at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, examines x-rays for patient Hukum Jang. Jang was injured in an insurgent improvised explosive device bla... More
An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior circles overhead as soldiers
An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior circles overhead as soldiers from Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infantry move to secure the site of an improvised explosive device strike outside Combat outpost Deh Yah during a company level... More
Hukum Jang lays in wait for surgery after an insurgent
Hukum Jang lays in wait for surgery after an insurgent improvised explosive device near her home critically injured her. The blast killed two and wounded eight others while they were driving near their family h... More
Sgt. Marc Dorval, from West Orange, N.J., clears the
Sgt. Marc Dorval, from West Orange, N.J., clears the roadside ahead of vehicles from Company C, Task Force 1-2 Infantry, as the company moves to secure the site of an improvised explosive device strike outside ... More
Afghan National Army soldiers return to Combat Outpost
Afghan National Army soldiers return to Combat Outpost Margah with after an insurgent ambush. The ANA patrol broke through the ambush and captured three insurgents.
A sniper/observer with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 28th
A sniper/observer with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, scans the fields surrounding Combat Outpost Margah after an insurgent ambush against an Afghan National Army patr... More
A sniper with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry
A sniper with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, scans the fields surrounding Combat Outpost Margah after an insurgent ambush against an Afghan National Army patrol. The A... More
Sgt. Bekzod Alimbekov scans the perimeter of Combat
Sgt. Bekzod Alimbekov scans the perimeter of Combat Outpost Margah in eastern Paktika province, Afghanistan, with a remote turret. On Oct. 15, Alimbekov and Pfc. Jorge Garcia, both of Company C, 2nd Battalion, ... More
Pfc. Ramses Ramirez from San Diego Calif., headquarters
Pfc. Ramses Ramirez from San Diego Calif., headquarters radio telephone operator for Company C, 3-66 Infantry, established communications with the battalion headquarters in the early morning light after air ass... More
Capt. Brad Vance, from Stuart, Fla., surveys the valley
Capt. Brad Vance, from Stuart, Fla., surveys the valley below in the early dawn light as he positions his infantrymen into blocking positions for the upcoming clearing operation. Afghan National Security Forces... More
Afghan infantrymen move across a mountain ridge to
Afghan infantrymen move across a mountain ridge to their blocking positions. Afghan National Security Forces and soldiers of Task Force Black Lions, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade... More
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned officer from Brooksville, Fla., directs a UH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a haste landing zone erected at dawn on a narrow mountainside to deliver the mortar... More
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned officer from Brooksville, Fla., directs a UH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a haste landing zone erected at dawn on a narrow mountainside to deliver the mortar... More
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section leader for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, leads his section off the back ramp of a CH-47 Chinook driving a modified Gator after inserting on... More
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section leader for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, leads his section off the back ramp of a CH-47 Chinook driving a modified Gator after inserting on... More
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section leader for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, drives a modified Gator across the side of a mountain to its firing position after inserting by ai... More
Capt. Nathan Gunter, from Dallas, Texas, task force
Capt. Nathan Gunter, from Dallas, Texas, task force fire support officer, refines graphical overlays after making first hand observations of the planned target reference points. Afghan National Security Forces ... More
Afghan civilians mill about the Charbaran Bazaar as
Afghan civilians mill about the Charbaran Bazaar as coalition forces prepare to enter and search the area. The wood piles in the foreground of the photo contain a cache of explosives later detonated by the clea... More
Cpl. Nick Arellano, military information support operations
Cpl. Nick Arellano, military information support operations assistant team leader from Englewood, Colo., detonates a cache of enemy explosives under the close supervision of explosive ordnance device in the Cha... More
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned officer from Brooksville, Fla., directs AH-64 Apache attack helicopters onto a suspected insurgent position after receiving accurate enemy mortar fire mome... More