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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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 load the

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 load the

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 load the back end of a trailer onto another trailer as they prepare to convoy back with the last supplies, equipment and team members of Security Force Assistance Advis... More

Courtesy photo - Marines, government civilians and

Courtesy photo - Marines, government civilians and

Courtesy photo - Marines, government civilians and contractors with Logistics Command Forward inventory communication equipment during their deployment to Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The un... 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), listens as Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) leaders talk about progress during Operation Maiwand 1... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan solider with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade say goodbye after boresight alignment class taught by Marine advisors with TFSW at Camp Shora... More

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps looks for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during a training day of the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. The ei... More

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

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

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest examines an empty shell casing to determine proper disposal procedures at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. Aside from ensuring the safety of the task force, Mari... 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 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ash... 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 and a Marine with Task Force Southwest locate grid coordinates during a map-reading class of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at ... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) tosses

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) tosses

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) tosses a RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial system (UAS) during a security patrol near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, March 12, 2018. Marines with TFSW use UAS assets to as... More

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

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

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) – A U.S. Marine Corps advisor, with Task Force Southwest, observes a Afghan National Army soldier, 215th Corps, as he fires a machine during a range on Camp Shorab... More

Cpl. Christopher Jones and Lance Cpl. Dustin K. Bergerom,

Cpl. Christopher Jones and Lance Cpl. Dustin K. Bergerom,

Cpl. Christopher Jones and Lance Cpl. Dustin K. Bergerom, both unmanned aerial vehicle technicians with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, wait as an RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle prepares for la... More

Lance Cpl. Redrick Dean, a field wireman with Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Redrick Dean, a field wireman with Headquarters

Lance Cpl. Redrick Dean, a field wireman with Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 8, inspects an identification card while standing post at an entry control point, Aug. 31. The Cleveland native looks f... More

Haji Khan Agha, director of the Helmand Arghandab Valley

Haji Khan Agha, director of the Helmand Arghandab Valley

Haji Khan Agha, director of the Helmand Arghandab Valley Authority, questions a presenter during a summit that brought leadership from Nimroz and Helmand provinces together with members of the United States Age... 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 during a counternarcotics operation in northern Nimroz province, Afghanistan, May 14.

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Theodore

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Theodore

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Theodore Hensley, left, and Captain Kevin Koyama, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), find the California Bearing Ration of the soil on the Zaranj Airfield, Nimroz prov... More

Staff Sgt. Osman Mendoza, left, the 8th Communications

Staff Sgt. Osman Mendoza, left, the 8th Communications

Staff Sgt. Osman Mendoza, left, the 8th Communications Battalion transmission chief, and Petty Officer 2nd Class David Rodriguez, a corpsman with the battalion, watch as tower climbers conduct preventative main... 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), talks with Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, Nimroz provincial governor, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Ma... 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

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 secure a

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 secure a

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 secure a generator on the back of a trailer as they prepare to convoy back with the last supplies, equipment and team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team ... More

Courtesy photo - Marines with Logistics Command Forward

Courtesy photo - Marines with Logistics Command Forward

Courtesy photo - Marines with Logistics Command Forward unload equipment from a truck during their deployment to Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The unit was comprised of an effective and effic... 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), speaks with leaders of the Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) about offensive operations across Helm... More

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade greet each other before a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advisors with TFSW ... More

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps signals to his group while they search for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 2... 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

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 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ash... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest halts during

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest halts during

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest halts during a security patrol near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, March 13, 2018. The patrol reinforced the unit’s commitment to assisting the ANP during constant combat op... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) – An

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) – An

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) – An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, 215th Corps, sets in behind a machine gun during a range on Camp Shorabak. The range allowed soldiers to hone their lethal ... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell is a native of Tylertown,

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell is a native of Tylertown,

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Terrell is a native of Tylertown, Miss., and joined the Marine Corps in 1993, shortly after graduating from Salem High School. Terrell, 38, is currently deployed with Headquarters Company, Reg... 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 and ... More

Sgt. Thomas DeBaker, a team leader with Bravo Company,

Sgt. Thomas DeBaker, a team leader with Bravo Company,

Sgt. Thomas DeBaker, a team leader with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, counts Marines and members of the Afghan National Security Forces’ National Interdiction Unit, a specialized counternarcotics... More

From left, U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer

From left, U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer

From left, U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 4 Stephen Rudinski, Capt. Kevin Koyama, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Theodore Hensley, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) measure the length of the Zaranj Airfi... More

Lance Cpl. Jerrol Guidry climbs a communications tower

Lance Cpl. Jerrol Guidry climbs a communications tower

Lance Cpl. Jerrol Guidry climbs a communications tower to conduct preventative maintenance at the 8th Communication Battalion compound at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 18. Guidry, along with three other ... More

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

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

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, left, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, sits with 215th Corps Chief of Staff, Brig. Gen. Zamen Hassan, left, as they discuss the upcoming Afghan presidential electio... More

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

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

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, commanding general, Regional Command (Southwest), listens to Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Sayeed Malook, left, address Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, center-right, Nimroz prov... More

The last of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

The last of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

The last of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-215 vehicles and medical evacuation helicopters are in place ready to leave Forward Operating Base Delaram II for the last time, April 8, 2014. The Marines a... More

Multiple vehicles with Combat Logistics Battalion 7

Multiple vehicles with Combat Logistics Battalion 7

Multiple vehicles with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 line up as they prepare to convoy back with the last supplies, equipment and team members of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-215 from Forward Operati... More

Courtesy photo - A Marine and contractor with Logistics

Courtesy photo - A Marine and contractor with Logistics

Courtesy photo - A Marine and contractor with Logistics Command Forward receive a tactical vehicle during their deployment to Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan. LOGCOM Forward was responsible for ... More

Local elders from Delaram share a meal prepared by

Local elders from Delaram share a meal prepared by

Local elders from Delaram share a meal prepared by the Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) with leaders from Task Force Southwest (TFSW) at Camp Delaram, Afghanistan Feb. 5, 2018. Key leaders fro... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade asses a boresight of a heavy machine gun during a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advi... More

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps sweeps for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. The eight-week course e... More

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan National Army (ANA) Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, started ANA Day in 2017... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest mans his post

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest mans his post

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest mans his post on Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, March 15, 2018. The Marines helped to provide security alongside the 505th Zone Afghan National Police (ANP) to help the ANP ... More

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

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

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 5, 2018) – A Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, 215th Corps, loads a machine gun during a range on Camp Shorabak. The range allowed soldiers to hone their lethal and accura... 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. Aft... More

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, sprint to an MV-22B Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 during an extraction in Nimroz province, Afghanistan, May 14. The Marines, along w... More

Lance Cpl. Jerrol Guidry climbs a communications tower

Lance Cpl. Jerrol Guidry climbs a communications tower

Lance Cpl. Jerrol Guidry climbs a communications tower to conduct preventative maintenance at the 8th Communication Battalion compound at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 18. Guidry, along with three other ... More

Maj. Scott Morrison is from Charlotte, N.C.

Maj. Scott Morrison is from Charlotte, N.C.

Maj. Scott Morrison is from Charlotte, N.C.

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center-right, Regional

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center-right, Regional

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center-right, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, sits with 215th Corps Chief of Staff, Brig. Gen. Zamen Hassan, right of Brig. Gen. Yoo, Marine Expeditionary Brigade ... More

One of the two U.S. Army medical evacuation crews with

One of the two U.S. Army medical evacuation crews with

One of the two U.S. Army medical evacuation crews with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 4-215 readies their helicopter and equipment to leave Forward Operating Base Delaram II, April 8, 2014. The SFAAT ha... More

A forklift moves to make last-minute adjustments to

A forklift moves to make last-minute adjustments to

A forklift moves to make last-minute adjustments to cargo on Combat Logistics Battalion 7 trailers as they prepare to convoy back with the last supplies, equipment and team members of Security Force Assistance ... More

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