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Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles are loaded on to an aircraft aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, to be shipped back to the states. Logistics Command Forward was resp... More

Lt. Col. Daniel Shipley, the commanding officer of

Lt. Col. Daniel Shipley, the commanding officer of

Lt. Col. Daniel Shipley, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), and Sgt. Maj. Rodolfo Sarino, the squadron sergeant major, case the VMFA-232 squadron c... More

Cpl. Christopher Jones, and unmanned aerial vehicle

Cpl. Christopher Jones, and unmanned aerial vehicle

Cpl. Christopher Jones, and unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, prepares an RQ-7B Shadow UAV for launch from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, April 30. Marine Unmanned Aer... More

Lance Cpl. Orlando Tovar, a squad automatic rifleman

Lance Cpl. Orlando Tovar, a squad automatic rifleman

Lance Cpl. Orlando Tovar, a squad automatic rifleman with Company Charlie, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Task Force Belleau Wood, patrols the streets of Zaranj during a visit from Maj. Gen. John A. Toola... More

The KC-130J Harvest Hawk with Marine Aerial Refueler

The KC-130J Harvest Hawk with Marine Aerial Refueler

The KC-130J Harvest Hawk with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, prepares for touch down here July 22. The Harvest Hawk landed here after its nine month deployment to Afghanistan. Twelve Marines dep... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, a a 1993 Salem High

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, a a 1993 Salem High

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, a a 1993 Salem High School graduate, sits down and talks with a junior Marine, Aug. 30. Terrell is known for both his understanding and his firmness as a leader of Marines.

Gunnery Sgt. Philip M. Collins, operations chief for

Gunnery Sgt. Philip M. Collins, operations chief for

Gunnery Sgt. Philip M. Collins, operations chief for Afghan National Security Forces Development and a native of Chicago, leads a patrol in Zaranj, Nimroz province. The Marines took extra security measures sinc... More

Col. Mike Lawrence (far left), Nimroz province coordinator,

Col. Mike Lawrence (far left), Nimroz province coordinator,

Col. Mike Lawrence (far left), Nimroz province coordinator, briefs the plan that Afghan provincial leaders reviewed concerning the security, development and managerial provisions within the province. The confer... More

US State Department representative & Senior Civilian

US State Department representative & Senior Civilian

US State Department representative & Senior Civilian Representative Paul Reid talks with Afghan Border Police Kandak Commander Colonel Jowhari regarding security provisions in Nimroz province, Dec. 2. Reid and ... More

Cpl. Josh Williams, a supply clerk currently assigned

Cpl. Josh Williams, a supply clerk currently assigned

Cpl. Josh Williams, a supply clerk currently assigned to an Afghan police mentoring team, and a native of Farrell, Pa., provides security alongside Afghan policemen in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Dec. 30.

Afghan leaders met in Zaranj, the capital city of Nimroz

Afghan leaders met in Zaranj, the capital city of Nimroz

Afghan leaders met in Zaranj, the capital city of Nimroz province, Afghanistan, to discuss future development and security in the province, Dec. 30, 2011. In attendance were key leaders to include Maj. Gen. Joh... More

Army retiree leads team to implement medical program

Army retiree leads team to implement medical program

Steven Palmer, a 21-year retired Sgt. 1st Class Army medic, led a team of Field Service Representatives to implement the Theater Medical Information Program in 2009. The TMIP is an electronic medical system use... More

Provincial leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces

Provincial leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces

Provincial leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces met with members of the United States Agency for International Development and the International Security Assistance Force, March 1, to discuss water mana... More

Optimism, thinking outside of the box, Mundy’s standard plan in Afghanistan

Optimism, thinking outside of the box, Mundy’s standard plan in Afghan...

Currently in charge of the future plans office for II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) at Camp Leatherneck, Col. Timothy Mundy directs the Enhanced Assessments Group, composed of subject matter experts at t... More

Chief of staff turns tables: constraining insurgents, engaging Afghan leadership

Chief of staff turns tables: constraining insurgents, engaging Afghan ...

Col. Lawrence Killmeier, chief of staff for II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief of Staff, (C7) Engineers Col. Kurt A. Kempster sees the roads and bridges he and his team built, or repaired, as a network of opportunities for Afghans to... More

Burton sees sustainable progress for Afghanistan

Burton sees sustainable progress for Afghanistan

A great deal of sustainable improvement in Helmand province has been accomplished throughout the past decade according to Assistant Chief of Staff Col. Dave Burton, the II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) i... More

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance Battalion (-) Reinforced, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), receive a stab wound victim, April 6, 2012. The sailors with the STP act as a mobile emerge... More

Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine

Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine

Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, watches the propellers turn on an MV-22B Osprey to ensure the aircraft is ready for takeoff aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Ma... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kevin Koyama assigned to the

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kevin Koyama assigned to the

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kevin Koyama assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), waits outside the city of Zaranj to be transported to the Zaranj airfield, July 16, 2012 in the Nimroz province, Afghanis... More

Colonel Mahmood, left, the 6th Zone Afghan Border Police

Colonel Mahmood, left, the 6th Zone Afghan Border Police

Colonel Mahmood, left, the 6th Zone Afghan Border Police commander, points out an area of interest to Governor Naeem, the governor of Helmand province, during an operations brief in southern Helmand province, A... More

Gurganus thanks Coalition, Afghan counterparts during I MEF farewell dinner

Gurganus thanks Coalition, Afghan counterparts during I MEF farewell d...

The commander of Regional Command Southwest held a farewell dinner at the Afghan Cultural Center here, Feb. 24. Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) commanding general and Regi... More

Marines with 8th Communications Battalion check safety

Marines with 8th Communications Battalion check safety

Marines with 8th Communications Battalion check safety harnesses before climbing a communications tower at the battalion's compound at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 18. Four Marines are responsible for k... More

Marines and sailors attached to I Marine Expeditionary

Marines and sailors attached to I Marine Expeditionary

Marines and sailors attached to I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) listen during the Culture and Language class portion of the Predeployment Training Program. The cultural classes expand on the socio-econo... More

An Afghan checks televised programming in the newly-updated

An Afghan checks televised programming in the newly-updated

An Afghan checks televised programming in the newly-updated television control room, Oct. 12, at the Zaranj Media Station in Zaranj District, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. Through the assistance of Regional Com... More

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, I Marine

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, I Marine

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), stands in front of the colors during I MEF (Fwd)'s reactivation ceremony aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23, 2013. Durin... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, discusses the upcoming Afghan presidential elections with 215th Corps Chief of Staff, Brig. Gen. Zamen Hassan, left, during... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Regional

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Regional

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, Regional Command (Southwest), greets Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, Nimroz provincial governor, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 29, 201... More

British Army Col. David Madden, center, the Regional

British Army Col. David Madden, center, the Regional

British Army Col. David Madden, center, the Regional Command (Southwest) Assistant Chief of Staff for plans, and British Warrant Officer 1 Gary Main, the senior enlisted advisor of Task Force Helmand, recite th... More

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, center right, commanding general

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, center right, commanding general

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, center right, commanding general of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, talks to Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center left, commander, Regional Command (Southwest), about security opera... More

From left to right: Brig. Gen. Ghus Amanullah, commander,

From left to right: Brig. Gen. Ghus Amanullah, commander,

From left to right: Brig. Gen. Ghus Amanullah, commander, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps; Maj. Gen. Sayeed Malook, commanding general, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army; Col. Michael Langley, officer-in-charge, 215th... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 load a shipping

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 load a shipping

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 load a shipping container onto a trailer as they prepare to convoy back with the last supplies, equipment and team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-2... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps carefully makes adjustments to the D-30 122 mm howitzer during training aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 7, 2014. The training is part... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps stand in formation as they receive a brief prior to beginning their D-30 122 mm howitzer training during a course aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghan... More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest (TFSW), is greeted by the leaders of Afghan National Army, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps at Camp Delaram, Afghanistan Feb. 5, 201... More

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade works to boresight a heavy machine gun during a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest at Camp Shoraba... More

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest examine empty

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest examine empty

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest examine empty shell casings to determine proper disposal procedures at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. Aside from ensuring the safety of the task force, Marine e... More

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps examine communications equipment during a route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. The eight-week course enhances mounted and dismo... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings with Col. Abdull Latif, operations officer of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28... More

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps locates grid coordinates during a map-reading class of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 7, ... More

A U.S. Marine Corps adviser assigned to Task Force-Southwest

A U.S. Marine Corps adviser assigned to Task Force-Southwest

A U.S. Marine Corps adviser assigned to Task Force-Southwest coaches a soldier with the Afghan National Army during a M240B machine gun range at Camp Shorabak, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2018. T... More

Lt. Col. John Bolt, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. John Bolt, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. John Bolt, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), and Sgt. Maj. David Cadd, the squadron sergeant major, uncase the squadron colors during a t... More

Cpl. Christopher Jones, and unmanned aerial vehicle

Cpl. Christopher Jones, and unmanned aerial vehicle

Cpl. Christopher Jones, and unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, prepares an RQ-7B Shadow UAV for launch from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, April 30. Marine Unmanned Aer... More

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (center), commanding general

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (center), commanding general

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (center), commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, tours the city of Zaranj with the Nimroz provincial governor, Abdul Karim Brahawi, June 4. Toolan met with Brahawi to partici... More

The KC-130J Harvest Hawk with Marine Aerial Refueler

The KC-130J Harvest Hawk with Marine Aerial Refueler

The KC-130J Harvest Hawk with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, lands here July 22. The Harvest Hawk landed here after its nine month deployment to Afghanistan. Twelve Marines deployed with the air... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, a Tylertown, Miss. native,

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, a Tylertown, Miss. native,

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, a Tylertown, Miss. native, observes Marines during a live fire shooting range, Aug. 30. Terrell currently aspires to become a first sergeant, the next rank in unit leadership for ... More

Col. Michael J. Gann, operations officer of Regional

Col. Michael J. Gann, operations officer of Regional

Col. Michael J. Gann, operations officer of Regional Command Southwest’s Afghan National Security Forces Development and native of Wichita, Kan., walks with Afghan National Army Col. Khalilullah Jadid, commandi... More

Col. Mike Lawrence, Nimroz province coordinator, discusses

Col. Mike Lawrence, Nimroz province coordinator, discusses

Col. Mike Lawrence, Nimroz province coordinator, discusses the plan for the upcoming few days, during which Afghan provincial leaders will meet to review security, development and managerial provisions within t... More

ISAF coordinators and plans developers huddle as they

ISAF coordinators and plans developers huddle as they

ISAF coordinators and plans developers huddle as they review construction plans during a site visit to Zaranj in Nimroz province. The engagement between ISAF and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanista... More

Cpl. Joshua Hillyard, an instructor at the Joint Sustainment

Cpl. Joshua Hillyard, an instructor at the Joint Sustainment

Cpl. Joshua Hillyard, an instructor at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, and a native of Denton, N.C., provides security near the Iranian border in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Dec. 30.

Afghan National Security Forces and International Security

Afghan National Security Forces and International Security

Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces service members walk along the edge of a new construction site in Zaranj, Dec. 30, 2011. Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general... More

Leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces met with

Leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces met with

Leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces met with members of the United States Agency for International Development and the International Security Assistance Force, March 1, to discuss water management in t... More

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Assistant Chief of Staff, (C7) Engineers Col. Kurt A. Kempster sees the roads and bridges he and his team built, or repaired, as a network of opportunities for Afghans to... More

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance Battalion (-) Reinforced, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), prepare an Afghan stab wound victim for surgery, April 6, 2012. The sailors with the STP ac... More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 flies over northern Nimroz province, Afghanistan, May 14. Two aircraft from the squadron transported Marines from 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and memb... More

Major Gen. David Berger, the Task Force Leatherneck

Major Gen. David Berger, the Task Force Leatherneck

Major Gen. David Berger, the Task Force Leatherneck commanding general, speaks with Col. Hamidullah Sadiki, the 6th Zone Afghan Border Police chief of staff, during an operations brief in southern Helmand provi... More

Sergeant Nickolas Auvil, a radio operator and a

Sergeant Nickolas Auvil, a radio operator and a

Sergeant Nickolas Auvil, a radio operator and a Martinsville, Ill., native, climbs a 150-foot tower to conduct preventative maintenance at the 8th Communications Battalion compound at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanis... More

Jonathon Taylor, counter-improvised explosive device

Jonathon Taylor, counter-improvised explosive device

Jonathon Taylor, counter-improvised explosive device instructor, shows Marines and sailors a type of IED and its different components during the counter-IED class given as part of the Predeployment Training Pro... More

An Afghan checks televised programming in the newly-

An Afghan checks televised programming in the newly-

An Afghan checks televised programming in the newly- updated television control room, Oct. 12, at the Zaranj Media Station in Zaranj District, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. Through the assistance of Regional Co... More

Lieutenant Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general,

Lieutenant Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general,

Lieutenant Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to the Marines, sailors and coalition force members of I MEF (Fwd) during the unit's reactivation ceremony aboard Camp Pe... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, observes a formation of Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 215th Corps soldiers held during a security shura aboard Forwar... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, left, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, left, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, left, commanding general, Regional Command (Southwest), talks with Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, Nimroz provincial governor, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Mar... More

Brigadier James Woodham, commander of Task Force Helmand,

Brigadier James Woodham, commander of Task Force Helmand,

Brigadier James Woodham, commander of Task Force Helmand, gives his parting remarks as the final commander of TFH during the merger ceremony for the task force and Regional Command (Southwest) aboard Camp Basti... More

Afghan Air Force service members utilize an Afghan

Afghan Air Force service members utilize an Afghan

Afghan Air Force service members utilize an Afghan Mi-17 helicopter to securely deliver election materials to Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. More than 200 polling sites were open o... More

The last of the U.S. Army medical evacuation crews

The last of the U.S. Army medical evacuation crews

The last of the U.S. Army medical evacuation crews with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-215 lifts off to head back to Camp Bastion from Forward Operating Base Delaram II, April 8, 2014. The Marines and... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 await their

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 await their

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 await their evening brief as they prepare to convoy back with the last supplies, equipment and team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-215 from Forward... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps carefully makes adjustments to the D-30 122 mm howitzer during training aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 7, 2014. The training is part... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps begin to set up the D-30 122 mm howitzer during training aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 7, 2014. The training is part of a six-week co... More

Courtesy photo - A Marine, government civilians and

Courtesy photo - A Marine, government civilians and

Courtesy photo - A Marine, government civilians and contractors with Logistics Command Forward inventory communication equipment during their deployment to Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The u... More

Afghan soldier Command Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command

Afghan soldier Command Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command

Afghan soldier Command Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command sergeant major of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps (left), and Sgt. Maj. Jason K. Jones, sergeant major of Task Force Southwest (right), address... More

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade checks the aim of a heavy machine gun while performing a boresight during a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advisors with Task For... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest examines empty

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest examines empty

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest examines empty shell casings to determine proper disposal procedures at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. Aside from ensuring the safety of the task force, Marine... More

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps wait to begin searching for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during a training day of the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb.... More

Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command sergeant major of

Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command sergeant major of

Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command sergeant major of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, and a Marine with Task Force Southwest, socialize before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28... More

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps locate grid coordinates during a map-reading class of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 7, 20... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest drinks chai

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest drinks chai

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest drinks chai with policemen from the 505th Zone Afghan National Police (ANP) during a security patrol near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, March 12, 2018. The encounter reinfo... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) –A soldier

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) –A soldier

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) –A soldier assigned to the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps sets in behind a M240B machine gun during a range at Camp Shorabak. The range allowed soldiers to ... More

Lt. Col. John Bolt, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. John Bolt, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. John Bolt, the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), gives a short speech during a transfer of authority ceremony held at Kandahar Air Field, Afg... More

Cpl. Christopher Jones, an unmanned aerial vehicle

Cpl. Christopher Jones, an unmanned aerial vehicle

Cpl. Christopher Jones, an unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, operates the controls of a RQ-7B Shadow UAV, preparing it for launch from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, A... More

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, speaks with members of the Nimroz Health Department inside Zaranj's new hospital emergency room, June 4. Toolan met with the Nimroz pr... More

Capt. David Dodge, a KC-130J Harvest Hawk pilot with

Capt. David Dodge, a KC-130J Harvest Hawk pilot with

Capt. David Dodge, a KC-130J Harvest Hawk pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, hugs his 3-year-old son, Liam, at a welcome home ceremony held on the flightline here July 22. Dodge and 11 ot... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, the company gunnery

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, the company gunnery

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell, 38, the company gunnery sergeant for Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 8, inspects the rifle of Cpl. John Underhill, a radio operator with the company, after a battle sight... More

Col. Michael J. Gann, operations officer of Regional

Col. Michael J. Gann, operations officer of Regional

Col. Michael J. Gann, operations officer of Regional Command Southwest’s Afghan National Security Forces Development and native of Wichita, Kan., sits inside a downed Afghan aircraft in Zaranj, Nimroz province,... More

NATO ISAF and Government of the Islamic Republic of

NATO ISAF and Government of the Islamic Republic of

NATO ISAF and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan leaders meet for lunch before a meeting aboard Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province.

David Farcht, a member of the Regional Platform Southwest's

David Farcht, a member of the Regional Platform Southwest's

David Farcht, a member of the Regional Platform Southwest's Border Management Task Force explains the need for border protection measures like opium detection kits and ordnance detection devices. These measures... More

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, discusses future construction plans in Zaranj with Nimroz provincial governor Karim Brahawi, Maj. Gen. Sayed Malouk. Zaranj, the capit... More

Cpl. William Cox, an armorer at the Joint Sustainment

Cpl. William Cox, an armorer at the Joint Sustainment

Cpl. William Cox, an armorer at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, and a native of Amory, Miss., provides security as an MV-22 Osprey prepares to take off in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Dec. 30.

Dr. L.J. Palmer-Maloney, a water resources management/human

Dr. L.J. Palmer-Maloney, a water resources management/human

Dr. L.J. Palmer-Maloney, a water resources management/human geography subject matter expert with RC(SW), presented at March 1 summit that brought leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces together to meet wi... More

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance

Sailors with the Shock Trauma Platoon, 1st Maintenance Battalion (-) Reinforced, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), begin surgery on a stab wound victim, April 6, 2012. The sailors did an exploratory surgery... More

Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine

Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine

Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, scans the surrounding area for activity while manning a M240 machine gun during an operation in northern Nimroz province, Afgha... More

An Afghan National Policemen catches a grasshopper

An Afghan National Policemen catches a grasshopper

An Afghan National Policemen catches a grasshopper on the Zaranj Airfield, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, July 16, 2012. ANP were part of the security detail during the assessment of the airfield by U.S. Marines... More

Colonel Hamidullah Sadiki, 6th Zone Afghan Border Police

Colonel Hamidullah Sadiki, 6th Zone Afghan Border Police

Colonel Hamidullah Sadiki, 6th Zone Afghan Border Police chief of staff, receives a status update via radio in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 9. During the past five days, Sadiki and his soldiers ... More

A receiver for a simulated remote-controlled improvised

A receiver for a simulated remote-controlled improvised

A receiver for a simulated remote-controlled improvised explosive device is attached to a telephone pole showing Marines and sailors in the Predeployment Training Program that IEDs are not just on the ground. C... More

An Afghan radio show host pauses during a break, Oct.

An Afghan radio show host pauses during a break, Oct.

An Afghan radio show host pauses during a break, Oct. 12, at the Zaranj Media Station in Zaranj District, Nimroz Province, Afghanistan. Through the assistance of Regional Command Southwest’s Civil Affairs, rece... More

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, I Marine

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, I Marine

Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd), and Sgt. Maj. Douglas E. Berry, sergeant major, I MEF (Fwd), salute the colors as the national anthem plays during I MEF (Fwd)'s... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, observes a formation of Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 215th Corps soldiers held during a security shura aboard Forwar... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general, Regional Command (Southwest), sits with Maj. Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqazai, Helmand provincial chief of police, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afg... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel Yoo, commander of Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel Yoo, commander of Regional Command

Brigadier Gen. Daniel Yoo, commander of Regional Command (Southwest), gives his remarks about the great achievements made by Task Force Helmand during the merger ceremony for the task force and Regional Command... More

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, commanding general of the

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, commanding general of the

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, commanding general of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, shows a purple fingertip as he walks back to the Operational Coordination Center- Regional aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand pr... More

Team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-215 stand by their vehicles ready to leave Forward Operating Base Delaram II for the last time, April 8, 2014. The Marines and sailors of SFAAT 4-215 hav... More

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