U.S. Army AH-64 "Apache" helicopters prepare for takeoff from Holloman...
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A nightscope view of night operations near a US Air Force (USAF) MC-13...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A nightscope view of night operations near a US Air Force (USAF) MC-130H Combat Talon II, 1ST Special Operation Squadron (SOS), ... More
Soldiers from D Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry
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A U.S. Army Ranger, assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd
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An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents
An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents during a security operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. The Taliban facilitator ... More
An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents
An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents during a security operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. The Taliban facilitator ... More
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban
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An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani
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A coalition security force member prepares to conduct
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An U.S. soldier prepares for mission in the Nahr-e
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An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani
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An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban
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An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest
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Afghan and coalition forces compare notes during an
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A coalition force member carries his comrade during
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A coalition security force member provides security
A coalition security force member provides security during a mission that detained a Taliban facilitator in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, Jan. 12, 2013. The detainee supplied various weapons to Taliba... More
Afghan and coalition forces search a room of a Taliban
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A coalition member provides security during a mission
A coalition member provides security during a mission that detained six insurgents in Nerkh district, Jan. 14, 2013. The detained Taliban leader facilitated the movement of weapons and improvised explosive devi... More
An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest
An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest a Taliban facilitator in Kandahar province, Jan. 17, 2013. The detained Taliban facilitator was responsible for coordinating and executing Improvised exp... More
Afghan and coalition security force members provide
Afghan and coalition security force members provide security on a mission that arrested a Taliban senior leader in Logar province, Jan. 19, 2013. The detained Taliban senior leader was a cross-provincial facili... More
Afghan and coalition security force members are in
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A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a mission that arrested a Haqqani leader in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan. 20, 2013. The detained Haqqani leader was responsible for coordinating at... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a mission that arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan. 21, 2013. The detained Haqqani facilitator was responsible for the a... More
Afghan and coalition force members provide security
Afghan and coalition force members provide security during a mission that arrested a Taliban facilitator in Kandahar province, Jan. 22, 2013. The detained Taliban facilitator was a vital part of the Taliban net... More
An Afghan and coalition force conduct a security operation
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Body armor, Departing a mission
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A member of an Afghan and coalition security force
A member of an Afghan and coalition security force provides security during a mission that arrested of a Taliban leader in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Jan. 27, 2013. The detained Taliban leader was re... More
Members of an Afghan and coalition security force check
Members of an Afghan and coalition security force check communications before a mission that arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan. 28, 2013. The detained Haqqani facilitat... More
Afghan security force member scans his sector during
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A coalition soldier provides security during an operation
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Body armor, Home search, operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan coalition security force members search a home during an operation in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province on Feb. 15, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Haqqani facilitator that was responsible ... More
A coalition security force member searches through
A coalition security force member searches through a home during an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Feb. 16. 2013. The Taliban leader commands a unit responsible for direct fire and improvised... More
An Afghan coalition force member passes in front of
An Afghan coalition force member passes in front of the moon during a night operation that led to the arrest of a senior Taliban leader and three other insurgents in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Feb. ... More
Coalition force members provide security during a night
Coalition force members provide security during a night operation that led to the arrest of a senior Taliban leader and three other insurgents in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Feb. 24, 2013. The Taliba... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a night operation that led to the arrest of a senior Taliban leader and three other insurgents in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Feb. 24, 2013. The Tali... More
Afghan and coalition security force members maneuver
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An Afghan security force member provides security during
An Afghan security force member provides security during an operation in Waghaz district, Ghazni province, March 1, 2013. The operation was focused on insurgents who conduct improvised explosive devise and comp... More
A coalition security force member provides security
A coalition security force member provides security during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Sherzad District, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, March 2, 2013. The leader was responsible for directin... More
Coalition security force members provide security during
Coalition security force members provide security during an operation in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, March 3, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of two insurgents and a Taliban facilitator th... More
Gainey Cup Competition - A couple of people standing on top of a rocky...
U.S. cavalry scout contestants perform small-arms live night fire while competing in the Gainey Cup competition at Fort Benning, Ga., March 3, 2013. The five-day event tested 20 five-man teams on cavalry scout ... More
Body armor, Paktiya province operation
Afghan and coalition security force members prepare to depart for an operation in Sayyid Karam district, Paktiya province, March 6, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Haqqani facilitator that was respon... More
Body armor, Tanai district operation
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Afghan and coalition security force members prepare
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An Afghan and coalition security force secure a compound
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During an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar
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Members of an Afghan and coalition security force search
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Afghan and coalition security force members gather
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A coalition security force member searches the home
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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
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A coalition security force member scans for enemies
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Afghan and coalition security force members scan for
Afghan and coalition security force members scan for potential enemy in search of a senior Taliban leader in Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 30, 2013. The security force detained seven ... More
Coalition security force members go over the plan before
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A coalition security force member calls manifest prior
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An Afghan and coalition security force member provides
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An Afghan and coalition security force member searches
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Soldiers from D Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry
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U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion
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An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents
An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents during a security operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. The Taliban facilitator ... More
An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents
An Afghan and coalition force arrested 15 insurgents during a security operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan Dec. 20, 2012. The Taliban facilitator i... More
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Jan. 1, 2013. The detained Taliban leader facilitated lethal aid to insurgent fighters throughout c... More
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani leader in Logar province, Jan. 2, 2013. The detained Haqqani facilitator executed high-profile attack and assassination planning targeting the governmen... More
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Jan. 2, 2013. The detained Taliban leader was responsible for the planning and execution of vehicle... More
An U.S. soldier prepares for mission in the Nahr-e
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An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani leader in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan 4, 2013. The detained Haqqani facilitator executed high-profile attack planner and assassination and... More
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, Jan. 5, 2013. The detained Taliban leader coordinated the Nov. 23 vehicle-borne improvised explosive d... More
An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest
An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest the number one Taliban leader in Nad 'Ali district during a security operation in Now Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2013. The deta... More
Afghan and coalition forces prepare to leave the compound
Afghan and coalition forces prepare to leave the compound of killed Taliban leader, Khanjar, in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Jan. 8, 2013. Khanjar, also known as Izat and Abu Khaled, directed and exec... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
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Afghan and Coalition security force members provide
Afghan and Coalition security force members provide security during a mission that detained a Taliban facilitator in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, Jan. 12, 2013. The detainee supplied various weapons ... More
Coalition forces member searches a room of a Taliban
Coalition forces member searches a room of a Taliban leader in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Jan. 13, 2013. During the operation, the security force seized improvised explosive device-marking materials... More
An Afghan and coalition security force detained six
An Afghan and coalition security force detained six Taliban insurgents during an operation in Nerkh district, Wardak province, Jan. 14, 2013. The Taliban leader facilitated the movement of weapons and improvise... More
An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest
An Afghan and coalition security force prepare to arrest a Taliban facilitator in Kandahar province, Jan. 17, 2013. The detained Taliban facilitator was responsible for coordinating and executing Improvised exp... More
A coalition security force member provides security
A coalition security force member provides security on a mission that arrested a Taliban senior leader in Logar province, Jan. 19, 2013. The detained Taliban senior leader was a cross-provincial facilitator res... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a mission that led to the arrest of a Taliban senior leader in Logar province, Jan. 19, 2013. The detained Taliban senior leader was a cross-provincial facilita... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a mission that arrested a Haqqani leader in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan. 20, 2013. The detained Haqqani leader was responsible for coordinating at... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a mission that arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan. 21, 2013. The detained Haqqani facilitator was responsible for the a... More
Afghan and coalition force members provide security
Afghan and coalition force members provide security during a mission that arrested a Taliban facilitator in Kandahar province, Jan. 22, 2013. The detained Taliban facilitator was a vital part of the Taliban net... More
An Afghan and coalition force conduct a security operation
An Afghan and coalition force conduct a security operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Jan. 24, 2013. The Taliban facilitator coordinates improvised explosive (... More
Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide
Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide security during a mission that led to the arrest of a Taliban leader in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Jan. 27, 2013. The detained Taliban leader... More
Members of an Afghan and coalition security force prepare
Members of an Afghan and coalition security force prepare to depart on a mission that arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Jan. 28, 2013. The detained Haqqani facilitator was ... More
Afghan and coalition security force members stay vigilant
Afghan and coalition security force members stay vigilant during an operation in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Feb. 6, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Haqqani facilitator that was respon... More
A coalition soldier provides security during an operation
A coalition soldier provides security during an operation in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Feb. 8, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Taliban facilitator that ran the logistics involved in coordi... More
A coalition security force member searches through
A coalition security force member searches through a home during an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Feb. 16. 2013. The Taliban leader commands a unit responsible for direct fire and improvised... More
Coalition force members navigate through Khugyani district
Coalition force members navigate through Khugyani district during a night operation that led to the arrest of a senior Taliban leader and three other insurgents in Nangarhar province, Feb. 24, 2013. The Taliban... More
A coalition force member provides security during a
A coalition force member provides security during a night operation that led to the arrest of a senior Taliban leader and three other insurgents in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Feb. 24, 2013. The Tali... More
A coalition security force member waits to depart to
A coalition security force member waits to depart to an operation in Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Feb. 23, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Taliban fighter that was responsible for the ... More
An Afghan coalition force member searches through a
An Afghan coalition force member searches through a home of a detained senior Taliban leader during an operation in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, Feb. 24, 2013. The Taliban leader was responsible for c... More
Afghan and coalition security force members maneuver
Afghan and coalition security force members maneuver through Pul-e Alam district during an operation in Logar province, Feb. 27, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Haqqani high-profile attack facilitato... More
Coalition security force members provide security during
Coalition security force members provide security during an operation in Waghaz district, Ghazni province, March 1, 2013. The operation was focused on insurgents who conduct improvise explosive devise and comp... More
Coalition security force members provide security during
Coalition security force members provide security during an operation in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, March 3, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of two insurgents and a Taliban facilitator th... More
A coalition security force member provides security
A coalition security force member provides security during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Sherzad District, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, March 2, 2013. The leader was responsible for directin... More
A coalition security force member scans his sector
A coalition security force member scans his sector during an operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, March 15, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a number of ... More
A coalition security force member provides security
A coalition security force member provides security during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Dand district, Kandahar province, March 28, 2013. The insurgent leader allegedly has command and control ... More
During an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar
During an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, March 29, 2013, a coalition security force member provides security on a hill ridge line. The operation led to the arrest of a Taliban leader th... More
Afghan and coalition security force members navigate
Afghan and coalition security force members navigate through Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, during an operation on March 30, 2013. The operation resulted in the detainment of a senior Taliban leader and ... More