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An American flag waves in the wind outside a camp of US Special Forces soldiers. This is just outside of Kandahar City, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An American flag waves in the wind outside a camp of US Special Forces...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky... More

A local Afghani woman, in a Burka, walks along the street while an Afghani boy runs behind her in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This is outside the perimeter of Kandahar Air Base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A local Afghani woman, in a Burka, walks along the street while an Afg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SS... More

A view of a downtown street in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, seen from the roof of the governor's palace, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of a downtown street in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, seen from t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky ... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant first Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit, uses a flashlight to see if he can visually measure the depth of the cave that currently holds a large number boxes of former Soviet (Russian) rockets. This cave is located on an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), and the 789th EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant first Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, 789th Explosiv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brett Rogers (second from right), 451st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit takes pictures of the exterior of an ammunition storage building located on an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 451st EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brett Rogers (second from r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant first Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit, shouts to his team the final count of nearly 900 boxes of former Soviet (Russian) rockets stored in a cave located on an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 789th EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant first Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, 789th Explosiv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brett Rogers (front right) and other US military Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel wait for US Army (USA) Sergeant first Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit, to deliver the final count of the number of boxes of former Soviet (Russian) rockets stored in a cave located on an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 789th EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brett Rogers (front right) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brett Rogers, 451st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), surveys the remains of an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 451st EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brett Rogers, 451st Explosi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) Fontan (left), 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), holds a United Kingdom Army (UKA) 3-inch mortar round that he and his team found along with other ordnance in a weapons cache located at an old Soviet (Russian) Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 789th EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) Fontan (left), 789th Explosive Ordn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Land Forces Command (LFC) CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO) Shawn Croucher (far left), Squadron Sergeant Major, 13th Light Field Engineer Squadron and CAF Canadian Task Force Mine Information Center (CTF-MIC); and US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion (BN), 508th Infantry Regiment (1/508th); prepare to move out from an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). This Coalition team is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Land Forces Command (LFC) CHIEF Warrant O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers inspect a second weapons cache of former Soviet (Russian) RPG-7 (Rocket Propelled Grenade 7) High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds stored at an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG) by Taliban insurgent fighters of the 15th Taliban Division. These USA Soldiers are tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers inspect a second weapons cache of former Soviet...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers inspect a third weapons cache of former Soviet (Russian) RPG-7 (Rocket Propelled Grenade 7) High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds stored at an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG) by Taliban insurgent fighters of the 15th Taliban Division. These USA Soldiers are tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers inspect a third weapons cache of former Soviet ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

These are the remains of former Soviet (Russian) weapons systems found by the 451st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at an old Soviet Training Camp north of Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 451st EOD is tasked with locating, securing, assessing, and either relocating or destroying any ammunition, ordnance, and weapons found in old caches during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

These are the remains of former Soviet (Russian) weapons systems found...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, searches a villager heading into a bazaar at a local village Aug. 26 in the Arghandab District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. A U.S. Spec... More

An Afghan national civil order police checkpoint commander

An Afghan national civil order police checkpoint commander

An Afghan national civil order police checkpoint commander from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, shares a laugh with a team of U.S. Special Forces soldiers with Special Operations ... More

A policeman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, practices his rifle marksmanship during a day of training with U.S. Special Forces at a range in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, S... More

Spc. Samantha Romero (left), combat medic assigned

Spc. Samantha Romero (left), combat medic assigned

Spc. Samantha Romero (left), combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conducts a foot patrol with 1st STB’s p... More

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak stand with their backs to incoming aircraft prior to loading for a two-day operation Dec. 19 and 20, in Zhari District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan... More

Capt. Dwayne Gist, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters

Capt. Dwayne Gist, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters

Capt. Dwayne Gist, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1BCT, 4th Infantry Division, gives a congratulatory handshake to Sgt. Robby Lill, project non-commissioned off... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Tatem, 4th Brigade Support

Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Tatem, 4th Brigade Support

Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Tatem, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force ‘Packhorse,’ 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, welcomes 23 newly promoted sergeants from TF ‘Packhorse’ into the Corps of N... More

Sgt. Randi Esitty, all-wheel mechanic assigned to Company

Sgt. Randi Esitty, all-wheel mechanic assigned to Company

Sgt. Randi Esitty, all-wheel mechanic assigned to Company B, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force "Packhorse," 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, cleans an engine to one of the vehicles used t... More

A group of local children gather around a soldier from

A group of local children gather around a soldier from

A group of local children gather around a soldier from the Afghan national army to receive flyers promoting an active, healthy lifestyle June 8, before a ribbon cutting ceremony which signified the official ope... More

Local heroes hard at work in Afghanistan

Local heroes hard at work in Afghanistan

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Currier and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony McRoberts work diligently at Camp Nathan Smith behind the scenes in the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team’s (KPRT) pe... More

Local Service Member Recognized

Local Service Member Recognized

Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team leadership recognized U.S. Army Specialist William Blackburn at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, and has been selected as Emissary of the Month for the mo... More

Afghan and coalition force members provide security

Afghan and coalition force members provide security

Afghan and coalition force members provide security during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2013. The leader manages a network on Taliban in... More

An Afghan and coalition security force navigate through

An Afghan and coalition security force navigate through

An Afghan and coalition security force navigate through Kandahar city in search of a Taliban facilitator, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The facilitator was a key link in weapons trafficking op... More

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides security in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2013. The security force arrested a Taliban leader and one other afghan enemy during the... More

An Afghan and coalition security force member searches

An Afghan and coalition security force member searches

An Afghan and coalition security force member searches through a compound during an operation in search of a Taliban leader, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 31, 2013. The Taliban leader maint... More

Doctor Ahmed Attieg, the U.S. Agency for International

Doctor Ahmed Attieg, the U.S. Agency for International

Doctor Ahmed Attieg, the U.S. Agency for International Development health and education adviser in Kandahar, presents Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic affairs at Kandahar University, a c... More

Policeman Shah Slahuden, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan

Policeman Shah Slahuden, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan

Policeman Shah Slahuden, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, talks to village children during a joint patrol Aug. 26 with members of Special Operations Task Force-South at a bazaar in... More

A young girl receives a cold bottle of water from a

A young girl receives a cold bottle of water from a

A young girl receives a cold bottle of water from a Special Operations Task Force-South team member while her brother looks on anxiously Aug. 28 in a village in the Arghandab River Valley, Kandahar province, Af... More

Spc. Samantha Romero, combat medic assigned to Headquarters

Spc. Samantha Romero, combat medic assigned to Headquarters

Spc. Samantha Romero, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shows Rafi his new Chemlite mobile, handmade b... More

A U.S. Special Forces engineering sergeant checks an

A U.S. Special Forces engineering sergeant checks an

A U.S. Special Forces engineering sergeant checks an abandoned compound for explosives during a two-day operation Dec. 19 and 20, in Zhari District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Command Sgt. Maj. Albert V. Nelson, 504th Military

Command Sgt. Maj. Albert V. Nelson, 504th Military

Command Sgt. Maj. Albert V. Nelson, 504th Military Police Battalion, currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gives a speech to sergeants being inducted into the Noncommissioned Off... More

Capt. Jerome Russell, battalion executive officer,

Capt. Jerome Russell, battalion executive officer,

Capt. Jerome Russell, battalion executive officer, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stands in a newly constructed Morale, Welfare and Recreation pavilion on Forward... More

Spc. Joshua Chipps, quartermaster assigned to Company

Spc. Joshua Chipps, quartermaster assigned to Company

Spc. Joshua Chipps, quartermaster assigned to Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force "Packhorse," 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, escorts local workers around Forward Operating Bas... More

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi speaks with Lt. Col.

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi speaks with Lt. Col.

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi speaks with Lt. Col. Christopher Beck, commander, 1st Special Troops Battalion, Task Force "Phoenix," 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, June 8, before a ribbon cu... More

A coalition security force member stays vigilant during

A coalition security force member stays vigilant during

A coalition security force member stays vigilant during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2013. The leader manages a network on Taliban infor... More

An Afghan and coalition security force navigate through

An Afghan and coalition security force navigate through

An Afghan and coalition security force navigate through Kandahar city in search of a Taliban facilitator, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The facilitator was a key link in weapons trafficking op... More

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides security in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2013. The security force arrested a Taliban leader and one other afghan enemy during the... More

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides

An Afghan and coalition security force member provides security during an operation in search of a Taliban leader, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 31, 2013. The Taliban leader maintained oper... More

Solar panels line the top of a rooftop at Kandahar

Solar panels line the top of a rooftop at Kandahar

Solar panels line the top of a rooftop at Kandahar University, Oct. 22, 2013. The University of Arizona donated these solar panels, and the braces that mount them to the roofs were designed and built by enginee... More

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, sets up a security checkpoint heading into a bazaar at a local village Aug. 26 in the Arghandab District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. A... More

A young Afghan shepherd looks on as coalition forces

A young Afghan shepherd looks on as coalition forces

A young Afghan shepherd looks on as coalition forces from Special Operations Task Force-South stop to talk with policemen from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, who are manning a ch... More

Spc. Samantha Romero, combat medic assigned to Headquarters

Spc. Samantha Romero, combat medic assigned to Headquarters

Spc. Samantha Romero, combat medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, provides security, Dec. 19, 2010, at the ribbo... More

Sgt. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old native of Afghanistan's Baghlan province and a squad leader with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, provides security overwatch during a two-day operation Dec. 19 and 20, ... More

Sgt. Justin Archuletta, trauma team leader assigned

Sgt. Justin Archuletta, trauma team leader assigned

Sgt. Justin Archuletta, trauma team leader assigned to Company C, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stands at attention to hear the recital of ‘request to the squad ... More

Soldiers from 322nd Engineer Company, 368th Engineer

Soldiers from 322nd Engineer Company, 368th Engineer

Soldiers from 322nd Engineer Company, 368th Engineer Battalion, currently attached to 1BCT, 4th Infantry Division, sit on benches in a Morale, Welfare and Recreation pavilion on Forward Operating Base Walton Ma... More

Sgt. Eric Cassity, assistant mayor’s cell non-commissioned

Sgt. Eric Cassity, assistant mayor’s cell non-commissioned

Sgt. Eric Cassity, assistant mayor’s cell non-commissioned officer in charge, assigned to Company B, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force "Packhorse," 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shakes... More

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi speaks to local residents

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi speaks to local residents

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi speaks to local residents and members of two opposing soccer teams June 8, during a ribbon cutting ceremony which signified the official opening of a new soccer field in subdis... More

A coalition security force member stays vigilant during

A coalition security force member stays vigilant during

A coalition security force member stays vigilant during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2013. The leader manages a network on Taliban infor... More

An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to enter

An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to enter

An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to enter a suspected location in Kandahar city to detain a Taliban facilitator, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The facilitator was a key link in w... More

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide security during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Taliban facilitator that... More

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide security in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2013. The security force arrested a Taliban leader and one other afghan enemy during the op... More

Afghan and coalition force members provide security

Afghan and coalition force members provide security

Afghan and coalition force members provide security during an operation in search of a Taliban leader, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 31, 2013. The Taliban leader maintained operational cont... More

Construction is underway as this residence hall at

Construction is underway as this residence hall at

Construction is underway as this residence hall at Kandahar University starts to take shape, Oct. 22, 2013. This residence hall is among several structures being built on the university’s campus. (U.S. Army pho... More

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, conduct a patrol under the tutelage of a Special Operations Task Force-South team during a training session Aug. 25 outside Fire Bas... More

Afghan national civil order police from 3rd Battalion,

Afghan national civil order police from 3rd Battalion,

Afghan national civil order police from 3rd Battalion, 3rd ANCOP Brigade, stationed in the Arghandab River Valley, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, provide security during a joint patrol with members of Special ... More

Sgt. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Ibrahim, a 23-year-old native of Afghanistan's Baghlan province and a squad leader with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, secures a compound during a two-day operation Dec. 19 and 20, in Zhari ... More

Sgt. Derek Bergeron, petroleum specialist assigned

Sgt. Derek Bergeron, petroleum specialist assigned

Sgt. Derek Bergeron, petroleum specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, signs the official Noncommissioned Off... More

Staff Sgt. Keith Rogers, intelligence analyst, assigned

Staff Sgt. Keith Rogers, intelligence analyst, assigned

Staff Sgt. Keith Rogers, intelligence analyst, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force "Packhorse," 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speaks wi... More

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi stands with members

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi stands with members

Kandahar City mayor Haider Hamedi stands with members of two opposing soccer teams June 8 to cut a ribbon during a ceremony which signified the official opening of a new soccer field in sub district one of Kand... More

A coalition security force member illuminates the ground

A coalition security force member illuminates the ground

A coalition security force member illuminates the ground to verify a safe path during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2013. The leader mana... More

A coalition security force member uses a wall for cover

A coalition security force member uses a wall for cover

A coalition security force member uses a wall for cover during an operation in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The facilitator was a key link in weapons trafficking operations thr... More

A coalition security force member provides security

A coalition security force member provides security

A coalition security force member provides security during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Taliban facilitator that provided... More

Afghan and coalition security force members stack up

Afghan and coalition security force members stack up

Afghan and coalition security force members stack up on a wall during an operation in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2013. The security force arrested a Taliban leader and one other afgh... More

Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic

Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic

Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic affairs at Kandahar University, speaks with State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development health and education officials about the solar... More

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, come to a security halt during a training patrol Aug. 25 with members of Special Operations Task Force-South at Fire Base Sakari Bag... More

A pair of Afghan children run towards the partnered

A pair of Afghan children run towards the partnered

A pair of Afghan children run towards the partnered force of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, and a U.S. Special Forces Team from Special Operations Task Force-South during a joint... More

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak provide overwatch security in the morning light as Commandos and Afghan Border Police secure explosives-making facilities during a two-day operation D... More

A group of service members from 1st Brigade Combat

A group of service members from 1st Brigade Combat

A group of service members from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, relax after a long day of work by playing a volleyball match May 15 on Forward Operating Base Walton, in Kandahar City. FOB Walton... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st

Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st

Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, plays soccer with a group of local children June 8, during a ribbon cutting ceremony which signified the official o... More

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide security during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Taliban facilitator that... More

Afghan and coalition security force members stack up

Afghan and coalition security force members stack up

Afghan and coalition security force members stack up on a wall during an operation in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2013. The security force arrested a Taliban leader and one other afgh... More

Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic

Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic

Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic affairs at Kandahar University, speaks with Dr. Ahmed Attieg, the U.S. Agency for International Development health and education adviser in Kandahar, and... More

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

A policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, provides security at a route leading into a bazaar at a local village Aug. 26 in the Arghandab District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. A ... More

Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, discusses a broken weapon mount with a Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant during a routine stop Aug. 29 by t... More

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's Parwan province and squad leader with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, helps his commandos climb through rutted grape fields during a two-day c... More

Spc. John Garten, all-wheel mechanic assigned to Company

Spc. John Garten, all-wheel mechanic assigned to Company

Spc. John Garten, all-wheel mechanic assigned to Company B, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force ‘Packhorse’, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, works on a truck May 16 at Forward Operating Ba... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st

Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st

Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, hands a bag of new soccer balls to Afghan national army soldiers June 8, after a ribbon cutting ceremony which sign... More

A coalition security force member scans for potential

A coalition security force member scans for potential

A coalition security force member scans for potential enemy during an operation in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The operation resulted in the detention of a Taliban facilitator... More

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide

Afghan and coalition security force members provide security during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Taliban facilitator that... More

Construction workers work on a wing on the second floor

Construction workers work on a wing on the second floor

Construction workers work on a wing on the second floor of the new library building at Kandahar University, Oct. 22, 2013. The library has four floors and elevator access, and many rooms for students to study. ... More

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil

Policemen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, conduct a patrol under the tutelage of a Special Operations Task Force-South team during a training session Aug. 25 outside Fire Bas... More

A Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant

A Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant

A Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant mans the top of an Afghan national civil order police checkpoint while his team leader talks with the ANCOP checkpoint commander Aug. 29 in the Arghandab R... More

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak check abandoned compounds for explosives during a two-day operation, Dec. 19 and 20, in Zhari District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The Commandos ... More

Spc. Cornelius Tidwell, supply specialist assigned

Spc. Cornelius Tidwell, supply specialist assigned

Spc. Cornelius Tidwell, supply specialist assigned to Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force ‘Packhorse’, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, unloads food supplies from a field freezer... More

A young Afghan man stands behind a soldier from the

A young Afghan man stands behind a soldier from the

A young Afghan man stands behind a soldier from the Afghan national army to watch a soccer match June 8, after a ribbon cutting ceremony which signified the official opening of a new soccer field in subdistrict... More

A coalition security force member scans for potential

A coalition security force member scans for potential

A coalition security force member scans for potential enemy during an operation in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The operation resulted in the detention of a Taliban facilitator... More

Afghan and coalition security force members move to

Afghan and coalition security force members move to

Afghan and coalition security force members move to communicate to higher command during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Tal... More

A Special Operations Task Force-South engineer sergeant

A Special Operations Task Force-South engineer sergeant

A Special Operations Task Force-South engineer sergeant gives guidance to a policeman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, during a joint patrol Aug. 26 through a bazaar in the Ar... More

An Afghan man talks with a U.S. Special Forces team

An Afghan man talks with a U.S. Special Forces team

An Afghan man talks with a U.S. Special Forces team leader from Special Operations Task Force-South Aug. 28 in the Arghandab River Valley during a joint patrol between the SF team and policemen from 3rd Battali... More

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's Parwan province and squad leader with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, keeps his squad’s fire going throughout the night during a two-day opera... More

Spc. Melisha Mitchener, supply specialist assigned

Spc. Melisha Mitchener, supply specialist assigned

Spc. Melisha Mitchener, supply specialist assigned to Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force ‘Packhorse’, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes inventory of a field freezer May 16 ... More

Soldiers from 202nd Military Police Company, 504th

Soldiers from 202nd Military Police Company, 504th

Soldiers from 202nd Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force "Raider," 4th Infantry Division, prepare to conduct a dismounted foot patr... More

A coalition security force member provides rear security

A coalition security force member provides rear security

A coalition security force member provides rear security during an operation in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The operation resulted in the detention of a Taliban facilitator th... More

Afghan and coalition security force members scan for

Afghan and coalition security force members scan for

Afghan and coalition security force members scan for enemy during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Taliban facilitator that p... More

Policeman Shah Slahuden, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan

Policeman Shah Slahuden, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan

Policeman Shah Slahuden, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, comes to a security halt during a training patrol Aug. 25 with members of Special Operations Task Force-South at Fire Base... More

Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National

Sgt. Amomuddin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, discusses a broken weapon mount with a Special Operations Task Force-South weapons sergeant during a routine stop Aug. 29 by t... More

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando

Commandos with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak meet with a member of the Afghan Border Police during a two-day operation to secure explosives-making facilities, Dec. 19 and 20, in Zhari District, K... More

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