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An Afghan man puts a piece of bread into the oven June

An Afghan man puts a piece of bread into the oven June

An Afghan man puts a piece of bread into the oven June 25, 2012, at a district center in Khas Kunar as he helps prepare lunch for Afghan National Policemen and U.S. soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th ... More

Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled

Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled

Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, held training on the 152 mm self-propelled howitzer, called “Dana,” Nov. 13. The 152 mm howitzer is ... More

U.S. Army Cpl. Brian Lewis with Headquarters Company,

U.S. Army Cpl. Brian Lewis with Headquarters Company,

U.S. Army Cpl. Brian Lewis with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, clears an M240B squad automatic weapon during an Expert Infantry ... More

101st Airborne Assumes Authority of RC-East From 82nd Airborne

101st Airborne Assumes Authority of RC-East From 82nd Airborne

Ma. Gen. Jefferey Schloessler and Command Sgt. Maj. Vincent Camacho of the 101st Airborne Division uncase the division colors during the Transfer of Authority ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on, April... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Hill, a native of Lyman, S.C.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Hill, a native of Lyman, S.C.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Hill, a native of Lyman, S.C., and a truck commander for the security force element of the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team’s Orgun Detachment, prepares his Mine Resistant Ambush Pr... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Devon Harris, a 24-year-old Mesquite,

U.S. Army Pfc. Devon Harris, a 24-year-old Mesquite,

U.S. Army Pfc. Devon Harris, a 24-year-old Mesquite, Texas, native born in Dallas assigned to Company A, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion and attached to 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment's Task Force Wa... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John C. Walker (center), native

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John C. Walker (center), native

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John C. Walker (center), native of Jacksonville, Ill., and the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, stands with Laghman Provincial Gov. Iqbal Azizi (right) at his compound i... More

U.S. Army Capt. Charles Choi, Task Force Med tactical

U.S. Army Capt. Charles Choi, Task Force Med tactical

U.S. Army Capt. Charles Choi, Task Force Med tactical operations center operations battle captain, and a native of Queens, N.Y., hands out bags of toys and clothes to Afghan children at Bagram Air field's Korea... More

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram Air Field Dec. 10.

U.S. Army Spc. Martin Jackson, a native of Clinton,

U.S. Army Spc. Martin Jackson, a native of Clinton,

U.S. Army Spc. Martin Jackson, a native of Clinton, S.C., and a driver for the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team, stands atop his Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle before a recent mission from Forwar... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Dyke and British Sgt.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Dyke and British Sgt.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Dyke and British Sgt. Jamie Ryan assess the living quarters of the Afghan army, April 21, at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Afghanistan's Paktya province. The sergeants are r... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles P. Espie, a public affairs operations

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles P. Espie, a public affairs operations

U.S. Army Sgt. Charles P. Espie, a public affairs operations sergeant with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), poses with Jonathan Hoffman, the director of the non-profit company Direct Aid Intern... More

Graduates of the Vertical Engineering Skills Development

Graduates of the Vertical Engineering Skills Development

Graduates of the Vertical Engineering Skills Development Workshop hold their certificates, July 5, while listening to Paktika Provincial Governor Moheebullah Samim speak here about the importance of keeping eng... More

U.S. Army Capt. Adam J. Bushey, a Syracuse, N.Y., resident

U.S. Army Capt. Adam J. Bushey, a Syracuse, N.Y., resident

U.S. Army Capt. Adam J. Bushey, a Syracuse, N.Y., resident and Rule of Law attorney for Task Force Wolverine, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Lt. Col. Howard E. VanBenthuysen, a Danville, Vt., resident a... More

The mortar section, attached to Company D, 1st Battalion,

The mortar section, attached to Company D, 1st Battalion,

The mortar section, attached to Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, fires to protect Combat Outpost Michigan here as it comes under enemy attack July 11. The section ran almos... More

U.S. Army soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st

U.S. Army soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st

U.S. Army soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, conduct a reconnaissance patrol through the village of Kolack in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province ... More

Mountain Warriors Capture Insurgent Leader

Mountain Warriors Capture Insurgent Leader

U.S. Army Spc. Chaz S. Shepard, a gunner for Troop A, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) stands near a vehicle at Bagram Airfield July 13. Shepard, a Montgomery, ... More

Dr. Mafooz, who works for the Kapisa Director of

Dr. Mafooz, who works for the Kapisa Director of

Dr. Mafooz, who works for the Kapisa Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, uncovers a bee hive here, July 6, to show the other DAIL members how well the hive has developed. The progress in the grow... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Stevens, Agribusiness Development

U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Stevens, Agribusiness Development

U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Stevens, Agribusiness Development Team orchardist and native of Lynchburg, Va., looks at the soil of the Chowkay District demonstration farm here July 19. This is the first demonstration fa... More

From left, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy L. Schumacher

From left, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy L. Schumacher

From left, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jimmy L. Schumacher of Savannah, Tenn., and U.S. Army Pfc. David B. James of Brooklyn, N.Y., with 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, climb to Observation... More

(left to right) Panjshir Provincial Deputy Gov. Abdul

(left to right) Panjshir Provincial Deputy Gov. Abdul

(left to right) Panjshir Provincial Deputy Gov. Abdul Rahman Kabiri, Bill Martin, U.S. Department of State and Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team director, and Panjshir Gov. Keramuddin Keram, participate i... More

Afghan Uniformed Police trainees conduct bounding movements

Afghan Uniformed Police trainees conduct bounding movements

Afghan Uniformed Police trainees conduct bounding movements during AUP basic training at Camp Parsa, Afghanistan, July 20. Their trainer, AUP 1st Lt. Mohammad Hilal, instructs them on the proper techniques duri... More

Children from Kandigal village in eastern Afghanistan's

Children from Kandigal village in eastern Afghanistan's

Children from Kandigal village in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province follow U.S. Army Pfc. Richard J. Sandoval of Fresno, Calif., radio operator for 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regim... More

U.S. Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, Clifton Park, N.Y.,

U.S. Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, Clifton Park, N.Y.,

U.S. Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, Clifton Park, N.Y., native and Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs member, assists Annisa Gul, District Development Assembly for women’s affairs in the Paryan... More

From left, The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman,

From left, The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman,

From left, The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen; Combined Joint Task Force-101 Commander, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Campbell; and Task Force Bastogne Commander, U.S. Army Col. Andrew P.... More

At left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryker R. Sentgeorge of Astoria,

At left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryker R. Sentgeorge of Astoria,

At left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryker R. Sentgeorge of Astoria, Ore., the platoon leader for 4th Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, takes part in a joint Afghan National ... More

U.S. Army Spc. LeAnn Kwait, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Spc. LeAnn Kwait, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Spc. LeAnn Kwait, Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir Civil Affairs and Levittown, Pa., native, talks about commander-approved projects during a weekly regional Community Development Council meeti... More

An Afghan family sits on a rooftop while the Ghazni

An Afghan family sits on a rooftop while the Ghazni

An Afghan family sits on a rooftop while the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team conducts a school assessment, July 31, in Ghazni City here. The purpose of the mission was to check ongoing projects at the Dep... More

Brandon Toliver (Left) and Lt. Cmdr. Sean Gillespie,

Brandon Toliver (Left) and Lt. Cmdr. Sean Gillespie,

Brandon Toliver (Left) and Lt. Cmdr. Sean Gillespie, Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team engineers, inspect the Chowkay Bridge for damage from flood waters here July 31. The Kunar PRT visited four bridges duri... More

Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineers

Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineers

Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team civil engineers visit Kamissari Road to assess road improvements in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, July 31. Flash flooding over the past several days cut away part of the land n... More

Afghan Uniformed Policemen line up to load onto CH-47

Afghan Uniformed Policemen line up to load onto CH-47

Afghan Uniformed Policemen line up to load onto CH-47 Chinook Helicopters prior to an air assault operation in support of Operation Shamshir in Ghazni province Aug 2.

Afghan National Security Forces help each other up

Afghan National Security Forces help each other up

Afghan National Security Forces help each other up as they move though farm fields to return to their positions in the town of Badmuk here, Aug. 2, as part of Operation Azmaray Fury.

The Afghan Border Patrol was able to conduct their

The Afghan Border Patrol was able to conduct their

The Afghan Border Patrol was able to conduct their first large-scale independent convoy, transporting 42 up-armored Humvees on locally-hired “jingle” trucks Aug 3. The convoy, which included three UAH security ... More

A malik from the Shinwari tribe addresses fellow tribal,

A malik from the Shinwari tribe addresses fellow tribal,

A malik from the Shinwari tribe addresses fellow tribal, coalition forces and provincial government leaders during a tribal shura in the Shinwar District here Aug. 4. The shura was called to discuss ways that t... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, project manager,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, project manager,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, project manager, Texas Agribusiness Development Team; Donagh Houlihan, country director for Flag International; and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matt Machacek, Texas ADT, discuss the fin... More

Codey M. Johnson, a native of Eau Claire, Wis., and

Codey M. Johnson, a native of Eau Claire, Wis., and

Codey M. Johnson, a native of Eau Claire, Wis., and instructor of the Husky-Mounted Detection System Operators Course, describes various parts and functions of a Husky vehicle equipped with new ground penetrati... More

Jericho, Vt., native Spc. Travis Hale, an engineer

Jericho, Vt., native Spc. Travis Hale, an engineer

Jericho, Vt., native Spc. Travis Hale, an engineer for Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), observes a fire chief with the Afghan National Police adjust a pump throt... More

The 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps Afghan National Army engineers

The 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps Afghan National Army engineers

The 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps Afghan National Army engineers and an interpreter continue repairs on the Dab Bridge Aug. 8 in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. The bridge was damaged during a flood and limite... More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Charles Evans, platoon leader for

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Charles Evans, platoon leader for

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Charles Evans, platoon leader for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., gives a mission briefing to a group of Afghan National Arm... More

Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance

Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance

Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance Forces with Task Force Iron Gray clear and search houses in Hendor village as part of Operation Badpesh Kam Dergiin in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman pr... More

An Afghan boy works on a computer at the community

An Afghan boy works on a computer at the community

An Afghan boy works on a computer at the community center in Tokhchi village, Aug. 11. Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, visited the center to provide techni... More

Members of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team

Members of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team

Members of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team inspect the Lahor Dag School, Aug. 12. The school is the next in the province scheduled to open and will be equipped with solar panels for electricity.

Medical personnel from the 655th Forward Surgical Team

Medical personnel from the 655th Forward Surgical Team

Medical personnel from the 655th Forward Surgical Team and Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team read an ultrasound for 3-year-old Samiya’s heart while her father holds her hand Aug. 12 at Forward Operating Bas... More

Meky, a patrol explosives detector dog from Naval Base

Meky, a patrol explosives detector dog from Naval Base

Meky, a patrol explosives detector dog from Naval Base Guam, locates a simulated explosive between some rocks at Forward Operating Base Fenty here, Aug. 13. Meky assists U.S. Army Master-at-Arms Sgt. Evan Desro... More

U.S. Army Spc. Brian O. Mieszala of Lockport, Ill.,

U.S. Army Spc. Brian O. Mieszala of Lockport, Ill.,

U.S. Army Spc. Brian O. Mieszala of Lockport, Ill., a grenadier with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, stands on Combat Outpost Monti in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar provinc... More

Mujahed, an elected provincial council member from

Mujahed, an elected provincial council member from

Mujahed, an elected provincial council member from Khwost province addresses nearly 50 local tribal elders and leaders during a peace shura at Combat Outpost Musa Kheyl, Aug. 15. The historic meeting was the fi... More

Members of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team

Members of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team

Members of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team and Agribusiness Development Team sit down alongside local Mullahs and provincial leaders during iftar at the governor’s compound in eastern Afghanistan’s Kun... More

Shoes and sandals litter the entrance of a peace jirga

Shoes and sandals litter the entrance of a peace jirga

Shoes and sandals litter the entrance of a peace jirga held by Paktika Gov. Moheebullah Samim in the Khayr Kot Castle District center here Aug. 17. Gov. Samim, who was escorted by the Paktika Provincial Reconst... More

Iowa Agribusiness Development Team Helps Widows, Orphans, Schoolgirls

Iowa Agribusiness Development Team Helps Widows, Orphans, Schoolgirls

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brumley of Stewart, Iowa, Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, speaks through an interpreter to staff members of the Kunar province director of Women's Aff... More

Afghan local leaders listen as speakers express local

Afghan local leaders listen as speakers express local

Afghan local leaders listen as speakers express local concerns in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province during an Aug. 21 Iftar. The 426th Brigade Support Battalion, Task Force Taskmaster invited local Afgha... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Timpson, a supply sergeant and

U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Timpson, a supply sergeant and

U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Timpson, a supply sergeant and Elizabeth City, N.C., resident with Company A, 30th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 86th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Te... More

A candidate in the upcoming Panjshiri parliamentary

A candidate in the upcoming Panjshiri parliamentary

A candidate in the upcoming Panjshiri parliamentary election speaks on his security concerns during a meeting at the Panjshir Operations Coordination Center-Provincial, Aug. 22. The Afghan National Security For... More

U.S. Army Col. James Floyd, the Kentucky Agribusiness

U.S. Army Col. James Floyd, the Kentucky Agribusiness

U.S. Army Col. James Floyd, the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team veterinarian, asks Bamyan University animal science students to hold a goat cadaver and guess its age based on the length of its teeth. Flo... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lyon, Air Component

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lyon, Air Component

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lyon, Air Component Coordination Element director, Air Forces Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, visits Ahmad Shah Massoud’s tomb during a visit to Forward Operating Base L... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy N. Easton from Buffalo,

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy N. Easton from Buffalo,

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy N. Easton from Buffalo, N.Y., and a combat engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Bastogne, puts up his notes after examining the defenses of Combat Out... More

Students who attend the Kur Petab boys middle school

Students who attend the Kur Petab boys middle school

Students who attend the Kur Petab boys middle school in Khenj District, Afghanistan, receive a new notebook from members of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team’s civil affairs team Aug. 23. The notebook... More

An Apache with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task

An Apache with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task

An Apache with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon, leads two Mi-35 helicopters with the Afghan National Army Air Corps during joint training over Kabul Aug. 25.

A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle fires an

A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle fires an

A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle fires an automatic grenade launcher at insurgents attacking Combat Outpost Badel in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province the evening of Aug. 25. Neither International S... More

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Drake, a team leader with the

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Drake, a team leader with the

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Drake, a team leader with the Bamyan Embedded Training Team, uses a pick axe, Aug. 30, to smash into a wall where a weapons cache is hidden. Drake, a resident of Lewes, Del., members of t... More

The 2nd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, graduate

The 2nd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, graduate

The 2nd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, graduate from Consolidated Fielding Center training here Sept. 1. This is the final phase of 2nd Kandak’s training. After graduation, they will be stationed in Kabul.

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Pastor, a native of New York

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Pastor, a native of New York

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Pastor, a native of New York City and 372nd Engineer Brigade surgeon, points to a slide during a presentation to Afghan medical workers on the human immunodeficiency virus at Sharana Hosp... More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Cale Genenbacker, from Quincy, Ill.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Cale Genenbacker, from Quincy, Ill.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Cale Genenbacker, from Quincy, Ill., an Afghan national security force advisor and trainer with 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, verifies an Afghan polling site in the village of Chapa ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Marchegiani, a cavalry scout with

U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Marchegiani, a cavalry scout with

U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Marchegiani, a cavalry scout with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, shows an Afghan National Police officer how to use the laser sight on his rifle in Pul-e-Sayad, Afghanistan,... More

Soldiers from Task Force Red Knight’s 3rd Battalion,

Soldiers from Task Force Red Knight’s 3rd Battalion,

Soldiers from Task Force Red Knight’s 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment shave each other’s heads in a show of support for two of the regiment’s family members who have been diagnosed with cancer. Ap... More

An Afghan National Army soldier looks into a room during

An Afghan National Army soldier looks into a room during

An Afghan National Army soldier looks into a room during a Joint Air Assault to disrupt insurgent activities in a Koh-e Safi District village here Sept. 8. The ANA, which led the search operation in the village... More

TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier

TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier

U.S. Army Pfc. Ira B. Laningham IV was a 21-year-old Zapata, Texas native assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment’s Task Force Storm, when he was killed during complex attack using an impro... More

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, watches over an area in the Waza Kwah District here during dismounted operations. The Iron Rakkasans passed the responsi... More

A milk collection center employee shows off some of

A milk collection center employee shows off some of

A milk collection center employee shows off some of the equipment the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team provided for the dairy here, Sept. 9. Local Afghan farmers and families bring the milk from their cows ... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Ashley N. Crim, a Valley, Ala., native

U.S. Army Pfc. Ashley N. Crim, a Valley, Ala., native

U.S. Army Pfc. Ashley N. Crim, a Valley, Ala., native and a food service specialist from 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, prepares freshly cut pineapple ... More

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip C. Brosch, a Houston native and

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip C. Brosch, a Houston native and

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip C. Brosch, a Houston native and motor-transport operator and helicopter landing zone specialist from 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Divisio... More

FOB Gardez Remembers Why We Are Here

FOB Gardez Remembers Why We Are Here

U.S. Army Capt. Kurt Geib, Task Force Avalanche chaplain and a resident of Burlington, Vt., leads a minute of silence during the 9/11 memorial service at Forward Operating Base Gardez here, Sept. 11. Most of th... More

Syracuse, N.Y., resident, U.S. Air Force Senior Master

Syracuse, N.Y., resident, U.S. Air Force Senior Master

Syracuse, N.Y., resident, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Scanlin, an emergency manager with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing from Brigdgeport, N.Y., tells U.S. Army Spc. Aquilla Reed, a broadcaster fro... More

Texas ARNG Engineers Receive Combat Patch

Texas ARNG Engineers Receive Combat Patch

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lester Simpson, 176th Engineer Brigade commander, Texas Army National Guard, places a combat patch on the right sleeve of Burnet, Texas, native U.S. Army Capt. Thomas Loftis, Headquarters a... More

The American and Green Mountain Boy Battle flags fly

The American and Green Mountain Boy Battle flags fly

The American and Green Mountain Boy Battle flags fly at Forward Operating base Gardez here at sunset Sept. 11, the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Coalition forces from Task Force Nashmi, a Jordanian

Coalition forces from Task Force Nashmi, a Jordanian

Coalition forces from Task Force Nashmi, a Jordanian Ranger Battalion, and Sky soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team welcome home participants of the Voices of Moderate Islam program Sept. 13. Th... More

U.S. Army Spc. DeShawn McCray, Ghazni Provincial

U.S. Army Spc. DeShawn McCray, Ghazni Provincial

U.S. Army Spc. DeShawn McCray, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team security force member from Lake City, S.C., provides security for his halted convoy and watches Afghan drivers pass the team Sept. 13. The PR... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Zaradhe Yach, Ghazni Provincial

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Zaradhe Yach, Ghazni Provincial

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Zaradhe Yach, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team senior medical officer, meets with Afghan doctors at the Qarah Bagh hospital in Afghanistan, Sept. 13. Yach visited an emergency room, pha... More

Government and community leaders from around Kapisa

Government and community leaders from around Kapisa

Government and community leaders from around Kapisa province were invited to Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier Sept. 13 for a lunchtime Eid al-Fitr meal cohosted by Task Force La Fayette and Kapisa Provinc... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles White, the

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles White, the

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles White, the maintenance noncommissioned officer in charge with the Civil Military Support Team and an Oak Harbor, Wash., resident, provides security Sept. 13 during a Ke... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Chase, hospital

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Chase, hospital

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Chase, hospital corpsman, of Dayton, Ohio, who is assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team Field Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, prepares to ta... More

Governor Abdul Jabar Naeemi, governor of Khowst province,

Governor Abdul Jabar Naeemi, governor of Khowst province,

Governor Abdul Jabar Naeemi, governor of Khowst province, takes a few moments to speak with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Campbell, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, following a Khowst Election Comb... More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John H. Faris of Fort Collins, Colo.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John H. Faris of Fort Collins, Colo.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John H. Faris of Fort Collins, Colo., the Afghan National Army liaison for Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, leaves the Watapur District Center following a... More

Khowst Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar Naeemi talks to

Khowst Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar Naeemi talks to

Khowst Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar Naeemi talks to Afghan media Sept. 18 after voting at the Khowst Tuberculosis Clinic here. Naeemi was one of thousands of Afghans who voted in the country's nation-wide parlia... More

Afghan National Army doctors and nurses tend to the

Afghan National Army doctors and nurses tend to the

Afghan National Army doctors and nurses tend to the wounds of an 8-year-old mortar attack victim at the Ghazni Regional Hospital on Forward Operating Base Thunder Sept. 18. The child was transferred to a French... More

Afghan Commandos Get Behind-scenes Look at TF Rakkasan Election Security Coordination

Afghan Commandos Get Behind-scenes Look at TF Rakkasan Election Securi...

U.S. Army Maj. Mark Leslie (left), operations officer and native of Chattanooga, Tenn., 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and Staff Sgt. Mitchell Burns, battle captain and native of Tioga, La., 3rd Bde., 10... More

Afghan contractor, Amin Kapisa Construction and Road

Afghan contractor, Amin Kapisa Construction and Road

Afghan contractor, Amin Kapisa Construction and Road Building Company, and Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team hosted the Malikar High School ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 20 to celebrate the completion of Ma... More

John R. Crosby, U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy field

John R. Crosby, U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy field

John R. Crosby, U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy field director, and Musa Khan, governor of Ghazni Province, sign a memorandum of understanding for the proposed Lincoln Learning Center, Sept. 20, at the governor’s... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Tressler from Chicago, Ill.,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Tressler from Chicago, Ill.,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Tressler from Chicago, Ill., Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs officer, laughs while the Sabari District governor, Zermaed Muhklas, tells an Afghan proverb, Sept. 21, d... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Claudio J. Wilson of Brooklyn, N.Y.,

U.S. Army Pfc. Claudio J. Wilson of Brooklyn, N.Y.,

U.S. Army Pfc. Claudio J. Wilson of Brooklyn, N.Y., a grenadier with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, scans a nearby ridgeline after returning fire against an ... More

U.S. Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, a Clifton Park, N.Y.,

U.S. Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, a Clifton Park, N.Y.,

U.S. Army Spc. Allison Cherkosly, a Clifton Park, N.Y., native and Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs member, hands out humanitarian assistance to the village elder of Sange Khan Village Sept... More

TF Patriot honors fallen comrade

TF Patriot honors fallen comrade

A photo of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Milley (2nd Lt. rank in photo).

U.S. Air Force Col. Gary Grape of Holcombe, Wis., combined

U.S. Air Force Col. Gary Grape of Holcombe, Wis., combined

U.S. Air Force Col. Gary Grape of Holcombe, Wis., combined joint operations liaison, sits among senior leaders of the Pakistan Army during a border engagement held at the Khyber Border Coordination Center in ea... More

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, moves from his vehicles outside Dag Afghan National Police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar ... More

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Eric Davis, base operations mayor

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Eric Davis, base operations mayor

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Eric Davis, base operations mayor for Forward Operating Base Salerno and company first sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, supervises loc... More

Kapisa PRT Opens Courthouse in Key Terrain District

Kapisa PRT Opens Courthouse in Key Terrain District

Afghan contractor, Kapisa Kohnadi Construction Company, Task Force La Fayette, and the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team co-hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tagab District Courthouse Sept. 25. The Ta... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. David J. Goetze of Roseau, Minn.,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. David J. Goetze of Roseau, Minn.,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. David J. Goetze of Roseau, Minn., listens to officers during a Sept. 25 visit to Dag Afghan National Police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. Goetze commands the Kunar Secur... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dan J. Konopa, of Kokomo, Ind., a

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dan J. Konopa, of Kokomo, Ind., a

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dan J. Konopa, of Kokomo, Ind., a platoon leader, directs his soldiers while U.S. Army Spc. Jeremy R. Tetrick, of Glennville, Ga., a forward observer, provides security Sept. 27. Both men are ... More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John H. Faris of Fort Collins, Colo.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John H. Faris of Fort Collins, Colo.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. John H. Faris of Fort Collins, Colo., the Afghan National Army liaison for Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, conducts training with Afghan police officers ... More

U.S. Army Maj. Bobby Mayes, women’s empowerment coordinator

U.S. Army Maj. Bobby Mayes, women’s empowerment coordinator

U.S. Army Maj. Bobby Mayes, women’s empowerment coordinator with the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team and a Lawrenceburg, Ky., resident; and U.S. Army Sfc. Maureen Houston, a Female Engagement Team member... More

An Afghan National Army doctor records the names of

An Afghan National Army doctor records the names of

An Afghan National Army doctor records the names of basic trainees before they receive vaccinations for Meningitis, Typhoid, Hepatitis B, and Tetanus, Sept. 28 at Camp Parsa. Every basic trainee receives the sa... More

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