zabul

1,728 media by topicpage 1 of 18
Staff Sgt. Moldovan Ionut, operational mentor and Liaison

Staff Sgt. Moldovan Ionut, operational mentor and Liaison

Staff Sgt. Moldovan Ionut, operational mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian land forces, preforms weapons maintenance on Forward Operating Base Atghar, Zabul provi... More

U.S. Army LT. Gen. David Petraeus (far right) enjoys a cup of tea with a group of local Afghanis while Interpreter Nasir Ahmad (second to right) waits for his tea at a visit to Camp Kackeran in the province of Zabul, Sept. 13, 2005. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army LT. Gen. David Petraeus (far right) enjoys a cup of tea with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Kackeran State: Zabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA ... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, talks to U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Soldiers and thanks them for their hard work and sacrifice in helping the Afghan people during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Secretary is addressing the soldiers in the Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters, in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on July 11, 2006, while visiting to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Andre'Reynolds) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (left), speaking through his interpreter (center), talks with the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, about Qalat's future while seated in the Governor's palace in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on July 11, 2006. Secretary Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Gary Hillard) (Released)

Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (left), speaking through his ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (right) and his interpreter (center) escort the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, through an Afghan Army honor guard cordon at the Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters, in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on July 11, 2006. Secretary Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Andre'Reynolds) (Released)

Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (right) and his interpreter (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, talks to U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Soldiers and thanks them for their hard work and sacrifice in helping the Afghan people during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Secretary is addressing the soldiers in the Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters, in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on July 11, 2006, while visiting to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Andre'Reynolds) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (righ), U.S. Secreary of Defense, pins he Purple Hear Medal on U.S. Army SPC. James Allen (lef), Headquarers and Headquarers Company, 2nd Baalion, 4h Infanry Regimen, 10h Mounain Division, for bravery during an aack in which he susained injuries while coninuing wih his mission on April 18, 2006, during Operaion Enduring Freedom. The ceremony is being held in he Qala Provincial Reconsrucion Team headquarers, in he provincial capial ciy of Qala, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanisan on July 11, 2006, while he Secreary is visiing Afghanisan o check on he progress of he local communiy building effor in Qala and...

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (righ), U.S. Secreary of Defense, pin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, pins the Purple Heart Medal on U.S. Army SPC. James Allen (... More

Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (left), speaking through his interpreter (center), talks with the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, about Qalat's future while seated in the Governor's palace in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on July 11, 2006. Secretary Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Gary Hillard) (Released)

Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (left), speaking through his ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Gary Hillard, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Two young Afgan girls present the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (back to camera), U.S. Secretary of Defense, with floral bouquets as a goodwill gesture during his official visit to the Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters, in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on July 11, 2006. Secretary Rumsfeld is in Afghanistan to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Andre'Reynolds) (Released)

Two young Afgan girls present the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (back t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, meets Zabul Governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari (right), at the Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters, in the provincial capital city of Qalat, Zabul Provnice, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on July 11, 2006, while visiting to check on the progress of the local community building effort in Qalat and to speak with U.S. Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Andre'Reynolds) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, me...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qalat State: Zabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

ANSF and ISAF troops distribute aid in Zabul Province

ANSF and ISAF troops distribute aid in Zabul Province

Gen. Harm de Jonge, Regional Command South deputy commander, and Lt. Col. Adrian Soci, Task Force Zabul commander, speak with a village elder in Tarn-wa-Jaldek District, Zabul province, during a visit to the ar... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Kibbe replaces a rear

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Kibbe replaces a rear

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Kibbe replaces a rear shock absorber on an Army Humvee at Forward Operating Base Apache. Kibbe is one of five mechanics at the base, three of whom are sailors. They are responsible... More

Onward and upward, Afghanistan

Onward and upward, Afghanistan

Troopers of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment climb to the top of Alexander's castle near Qalat in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. The Dragoons made the journey to fullfil the dream of one of their own to be ... More

With the assistance of Lithuanian and Afghan forces,

With the assistance of Lithuanian and Afghan forces,

With the assistance of Lithuanian and Afghan forces, Task Force Eagle Assault conducted a medical seminar June 1 at the Surri Bazaar in Zabul province, Afghanistan to educate local nationals from the surroundin... More

Task Force Eagle Assault's OH-58 Kiowa pilots prepare

Task Force Eagle Assault's OH-58 Kiowa pilots prepare

Task Force Eagle Assault's OH-58 Kiowa pilots prepare for a mission in Zabul province June 10 to secure the area by air.

Staff Sgt. Guillermo Rodriguez, Task Force Eagle Assault's

Staff Sgt. Guillermo Rodriguez, Task Force Eagle Assault's

Staff Sgt. Guillermo Rodriguez, Task Force Eagle Assault's OH-58 Kiowa maintenance platoon sergeant, inspects a Kiowa in preparation for a mission to secure an area of Zabul province, Afghanistan, June 10.

PRT Zabul Partners With Afghan Government to Assist Flood Victims

PRT Zabul Partners With Afghan Government to Assist Flood Victims

Humanitarian assistance supplies are loaded for transport from Forward Operation Base Smart to the Shinkai District, Zabul province, Aug. 6, 2010. Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul worked alongsid... More

Local Afghan men work on reconstructing the Tarnak

Local Afghan men work on reconstructing the Tarnak

Local Afghan men work on reconstructing the Tarnak Bridge in Qalat City, Zabul province, Aug. 17. More than 450 locals are employed for the reconstruction project which is sponsored by Provincial Reconstruction... More

Mission Accomplished: The Medical Engagement Team poses

Mission Accomplished: The Medical Engagement Team poses

Mission Accomplished: The Medical Engagement Team poses for a photo with some of the children they treated during their recent clinic in Masruf.

Well Done: Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jason Hines

Well Done: Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jason Hines

Well Done: Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jason Hines presents a student with a certificate of training from the Explosive Search and Recognition Course during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Base Eagle.

Patience: Children wait patiently as the ANP set up

Patience: Children wait patiently as the ANP set up

Patience: Children wait patiently as the ANP set up to pass out new shoes to the children of Qalat as part of Eid ul-Fitr.

Dragoons Establish In-Country Care for Injured Warriors

Dragoons Establish In-Country Care for Injured Warriors

Listening: Col. James Blackburn, the 2SCR Commander (left) and Regimental Command Sgt. Major Mark Morris (right) listen to one Soldier’s story at the DCMP during a recent visit to Kandahar Air Field. (courtesy photo)

Entry: ANA non-commissioned officers practice room

Entry: ANA non-commissioned officers practice room

Entry: ANA non-commissioned officers practice room clearing procedures during their final training exercise of the ANA NCO Improvement Course.

Soldiers Fill Out Forms For Holiday Greetings

Soldiers Fill Out Forms For Holiday Greetings

Soldiers of Task Force Eagle Assault, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division at Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul province, Afghanistan fill out forms before recording their holiday gree... More

Helping Hands: 2SCR Regimental Command Sgt. Major Mark

Helping Hands: 2SCR Regimental Command Sgt. Major Mark

Helping Hands: 2SCR Regimental Command Sgt. Major Mark Morris poses for a photo with some of the students who volunteer their time to fill care packages for all the Wounded Warriors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

Giving Peace a Chance - A man sitting in a chair next to another man

Giving Peace a Chance - A man sitting in a chair next to another man

MJ Jones talks with the Zabul Provincial Governor Naseri about the Peace and Reintegration process.

Recruits place one hand on the Quran and the other

Recruits place one hand on the Quran and the other

Recruits place one hand on the Quran and the other on their weapon as they take their oath to becomae members of the Afghan National Police at the Police Training Center in Zabul province.

The governor's spokesman, Mohammed Rasolyaar, speaks

The governor's spokesman, Mohammed Rasolyaar, speaks

The governor's spokesman, Mohammed Rasolyaar, speaks to attendees about the progress made in the Zabul province during the Regional Communications Conference held in Qalat Jan. 13.

Victory: A graduate of the ANA Academy at Forward Operating

Victory: A graduate of the ANA Academy at Forward Operating

Victory: A graduate of the ANA Academy at Forward Operating Base Eagle proudly displays his diploma to his classmates.

Dragoons for life : Regimental Command Sgt Major Mark

Dragoons for life : Regimental Command Sgt Major Mark

Dragoons for life : Regimental Command Sgt Major Mark Morris (left), Gen David Petraeus and 2/2SCR Squadron Commander, Lt. Col. Omar Jones (right) proudly display their unit patches following Petraeus’ inducti... More

Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of International

Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of International

Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of International Security Assistance Force and commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, shakes hands with 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Trooper, Sgt. Alexis Means of Durham, N.C. ... More

On Guard: An ANA soldier pulls security for a partnered

On Guard: An ANA soldier pulls security for a partnered

On Guard: An ANA soldier pulls security for a partnered team as they enter the village of Tulak during an air Assault mission on Sunday, Feb 6. (Photo by: Sgt. Jerry Wilson)

Graduates place their hands on the Holy Quran as they

Graduates place their hands on the Holy Quran as they

Graduates place their hands on the Holy Quran as they recite the Afghan National Police oath during an ANP graduation at the Qalat Academy, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19. More than 250 officers graduated... More

The CTZ Choir sings a stirring rendition of “Go Down

The CTZ Choir sings a stirring rendition of “Go Down

The CTZ Choir sings a stirring rendition of “Go Down Moses” during the Black History Month celebration at Forward Operating Base Laghman.

Tech. Sgt. Latha Caillouette, Provincial Reconstruction

Tech. Sgt. Latha Caillouette, Provincial Reconstruction

Tech. Sgt. Latha Caillouette, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul structures engineer, talks with contractors during a site visit to a proposed bridge erosion control project near Shah Joy, Afghanistan, March ... More

Air Force 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg and Army Sgt. Steven

Air Force 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg and Army Sgt. Steven

Air Force 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg and Army Sgt. Steven Jones walk with local Afghan children during a site survey to inspect a street drainage project in Qalat, Afghanistan, April 14. Provincial Reconstruction ... More

Members of the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany and

Members of the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany and

Members of the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany and 49th Mine Dog Detection Detachment search a compound in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, April 18. The team was asked to perform a ground ... More

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul personnel walk

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul personnel walk

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul personnel walk through a Qalat street on the way to Forward Operating Base Smart after a mission to the Qalat Nursery, Afghanistan, April 19. The PRT works with the nursery ... More

Col. Todd. R. Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade

Col. Todd. R. Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade

Col. Todd. R. Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and the senior non-commissioned officer in charge, Command Sgt. Maj. Bernie Knight, salute the colors during the nat... More

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul engineers perform

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul engineers perform

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul engineers perform a quality assurance, quality control inspection of a construction project in Qalat City, Afghanistan, June 9.

An Afghan local national assists in the construction

An Afghan local national assists in the construction

An Afghan local national assists in the construction of a dam near Combat Operating Post Mizan in Zabul, Afghanistan, July 1, 2011. The dam is being built to control the flow of water to various irrigation syst... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Farrell, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Farrell, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Farrell, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul team leader, secures his sector of fire as PRT Zabul engineers conduct a qualty assessment inspection on a construction project in Qalat City,... More

U.S. Army Spc. Charles Griswold, rifleman, secures

U.S. Army Spc. Charles Griswold, rifleman, secures

U.S. Army Spc. Charles Griswold, rifleman, secures a construction site during a quality assurance visit in Qalat City, Afghanistan, July 12. Griswold is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's securi... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Leslee Kane (left), doctor, discusses

U.S. Air Force Capt. Leslee Kane (left), doctor, discusses

U.S. Air Force Capt. Leslee Kane (left), doctor, discusses a gardening project with a local woman in Qalat, Afghanistan, July 22, 2011. Kane is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and is deployed f... More

Afghan Local Police candidates practice marksmanship

Afghan Local Police candidates practice marksmanship

Afghan Local Police candidates practice marksmanship during the first day of basic training in the village of Sayagez, Arghandab district, July 24. The candidates are participating in the first ALP basic traini... More

Photographer on watch, Afghanistan

Photographer on watch, Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul combat photographer, rests for a moment after documenting an Afghan's emergency medical treatment at Forward Operatin... More

Village stability operations, Afghanistan

Village stability operations, Afghanistan

A C-130 to drops its cargo during a supply air drop in Zabul province, Afghanistan, to Special Operations Forces conducting village stability operations Aug. 19.

Soldiers from 124th Infantry, Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon,

Soldiers from 124th Infantry, Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon,

Soldiers from 124th Infantry, Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon, prepare to search and secure the city of Sarizi, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2011. The purpose of their mission was to search and secure the cities of Jafareo... More

Burhanuddin Rabbani, the chief professor for Afghanistan's

Burhanuddin Rabbani, the chief professor for Afghanistan's

Burhanuddin Rabbani, the chief professor for Afghanistan's High Peace Council, encourages leaders from throughout southern Afghanistan to work at the community level to ensure Afghan peace during a peace and re... More

Re-enlistment ceremony, Afghanistan

Re-enlistment ceremony, Afghanistan

U.S. Army Spc. Nathan Simmons, assigned to the 284th Artillery Battalion, repeats the Oath of Enlistment after Capt. Wolf Hendricks at Zabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2011. Simmons re-enlisted in the Army to beco... More

Capt. Wolf Hendricks, 284th Artillery Battalion, conducts

Capt. Wolf Hendricks, 284th Artillery Battalion, conducts

Capt. Wolf Hendricks, 284th Artillery Battalion, conducts a re-enlistment ceremony for Spc. Nathan Simmons, Sept. 19, 2011, Zabul, Afghanistan. Capt. Hendricks begins the ceremony by speaking about Spc. Simmon'... More

Master Sgt. Charles Horton, 284th Artillery, 3rd Platoon

Master Sgt. Charles Horton, 284th Artillery, 3rd Platoon

Master Sgt. Charles Horton, 284th Artillery, 3rd Platoon Punishers, and interpreter "Z" listens as an Afghan National Policeman tells them a tracking story of his own, during class about criminal investigation ... More

Mr. Gray, law enforcement profession, teaches Afghan

Mr. Gray, law enforcement profession, teaches Afghan

Mr. Gray, law enforcement profession, teaches Afghan National Police about criminal investigation techniques, Zabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2011. Mr. Gray, as well as other individuals, show the Afghan National... More

Training effort, Afghanistan

Training effort, Afghanistan

Interpreter Sayede translates to the class while Mr. Gray, teaches Afghan National Police about criminal investigation techniques, Zabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2011. Gray as well as other individuals, show the... More

Peace and reintegration airman mentor brings hope

Peace and reintegration airman mentor brings hope

A young Afghan boy holding his even younger brother waiting for their father to come out of a shura. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force Maj. John Matthews)

Zabul provincial leaders address the media during a

Zabul provincial leaders address the media during a

Zabul provincial leaders address the media during a foundation-laying ceremony for the newest expansion to Zabul Provincial Hospital in Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 4, 2011. Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul wor... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Palmore (right), Provincial

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Palmore (right), Provincial

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Palmore (right), Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul communications officer, speaks with Haji Mangal (center), Zabul Provincial Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs deputy dire... More

Soldiers, 124th Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon, and Afghan

Soldiers, 124th Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon, and Afghan

Soldiers, 124th Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon, and Afghan National Police head for a secure location that they will be staying for the evening, Faraeolia, Afghanistan, Oct. 10. The purpose of this mission was to ... More

ANP wait for mission - Defense imagery management operations center

ANP wait for mission - Defense imagery management operations center

Afghan National Police, attached to 1-24 BCO, prepare for the up coming mission through Sarizi after dropping their gear in a secured location, Sarizi, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2011. The purpose of this mission wa... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brenda Laun, Forward Operating

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brenda Laun, Forward Operating

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brenda Laun, Forward Operating Base Smart mayor, calmly waits for the doctor's signal to place a blanket on an Afghan patient during emergency medical treatment at Forward Operating B... More

PRT convoy shares the road

PRT convoy shares the road

Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul convoys along Highway 1 while sharing the road with local traffic, Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2011. PRT Zabul's mission is to conduct civil-military operations in Zabul pr... More

Soldiers from ADT, Arkansas, conduct a dismounted patrol

Soldiers from ADT, Arkansas, conduct a dismounted patrol

Soldiers from ADT, Arkansas, conduct a dismounted patrol to the local farm that is being built, Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Oct. 16. The purpose of this mission was to deliver supplies to the farm.

Senior Airman Jared Shavrnoch, Provincial Reconstruction

Senior Airman Jared Shavrnoch, Provincial Reconstruction

Senior Airman Jared Shavrnoch, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul communications technician, inventories a recent shipment of computers, Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2011. PRT Zabul's c... More

Local farmers gather at the district center for a seminar

Local farmers gather at the district center for a seminar

Local farmers gather at the district center for a seminar held by the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock staff member, Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. The purpose of this mission was so... More

This is the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and

This is the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and

This is the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) Compound, Zabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2011. The DAIL purpose is to teach farmers how to properly care for their crops, animals, and to dis... More

Freshly delivered Afghan cookies await consumption

Freshly delivered Afghan cookies await consumption

Freshly delivered Afghan cookies await consumption before a Women's shura in Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2011. In Afghanistan it is considered good form to serve Afghan refreshments during meetings.

U.S. Army soldiers, Arkansas ADT, are greeted by the

U.S. Army soldiers, Arkansas ADT, are greeted by the

U.S. Army soldiers, Arkansas ADT, are greeted by the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock members, Qalat, Afghanistan, Nov. 1, 2011. This mission was to communicate with the DAIL staff to ensure ... More

Soldiers from the 495th Romanian Infantry conduct a

Soldiers from the 495th Romanian Infantry conduct a

Soldiers from the 495th Romanian Infantry conduct a dismounted patrol through Shah Joy villages, Zabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2011. The purpose of this mission was to search and secure the villages.

Capt. Drew Billingsley, chaplain, 1st Battalion, 24th

Capt. Drew Billingsley, chaplain, 1st Battalion, 24th

Capt. Drew Billingsley, chaplain, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, leads the singing during a service at the chapel on Forward Operation Base Lagma... More

Members of 2nd Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th

Members of 2nd Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th

Members of 2nd Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghanistan National Army, pose for a photo on Combat Outpost Shamulzai, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Nov. 29, 2011. Combat Outpost Shamulzai provid... More

Sgt. Teletin Catalin, Operational Mentor and Liaison

Sgt. Teletin Catalin, Operational Mentor and Liaison

Sgt. Teletin Catalin, Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian Land Forces, prepares for a mission to provide security at a crossroads near Shamulzai, Zabu... More

Master Sgt. Vamanu Florin, Operational Mentor and Liaison

Master Sgt. Vamanu Florin, Operational Mentor and Liaison

Master Sgt. Vamanu Florin, Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian Land Forces, celebrates Romanian Grand Union Day on Combat Outpost Shamulzai, Zabul pro... More

Shamulzai residents near Combat Outpost Shamulzai

Shamulzai residents near Combat Outpost Shamulzai

Shamulzai residents drive a donkey cart past Combat Outpost Shamulzai, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011. Combat Outpost Shamulzai provides security for Shamulzai District, the southeast portion of Zabu... More

A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicle of 2nd

A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicle of 2nd

A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicle of 2nd Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghanistan National Army, drives through an interior gate on Combat Outpost Shamulzai, Zabul province, Afghani... More

Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized

Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized

Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian Land Forces, and 2nd Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghanistan National Army, conduct a range nea... More

US. Army Capt. Iajaira Perez, Female Engagement Team

US. Army Capt. Iajaira Perez, Female Engagement Team

US. Army Capt. Iajaira Perez, Female Engagement Team commander, HHC, 116th Infantry Battalion, speaks with Be-Be, one of the Female National Police working in Qalat, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2011. Capt. Perez's tea... More

A member of 1st Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th

A member of 1st Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th

A member of 1st Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, helps US Soldiers move equipment on Forward Operating Base Atghar, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2011. Forward Operating Base Atghar provid... More

Cap. Balan Cladiu, operational mentor and Liaison Team

Cap. Balan Cladiu, operational mentor and Liaison Team

Cap. Balan Cladiu, operational mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian land forces, removes waste from a latrine on Forward Operating Base Atghar, Zabul province, Afg... More

Capt. Alexa Marius, operational mentor and Liaison

Capt. Alexa Marius, operational mentor and Liaison

Capt. Alexa Marius, operational mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian land forces, takes a photograph of mortar training on Forward Operating Base Atghar, Zabul pro... More

Master Sgt. Galan Gabriel, operational mentor and Liaison

Master Sgt. Galan Gabriel, operational mentor and Liaison

Master Sgt. Galan Gabriel, operational mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian land forces, demonstrates the use of the Israeli bandage to soldiers of 1st Company, 1s... More

Lt. Stanikzay, executive officer, 1st Company, 1st

Lt. Stanikzay, executive officer, 1st Company, 1st

Lt. Stanikzay, executive officer, 1st Company, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, and Warrant Officer Gavriloaea Constantin, Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Divis... More

U.S. Army soldiers, 116th Infantry Battalion, assisted

U.S. Army soldiers, 116th Infantry Battalion, assisted

U.S. Army soldiers, 116th Infantry Battalion, assisted by Romanians make the effort in setting up a shortwave antenna, Forward Operating Base Lagman, Dec. 6, 2011. The short wave antenna is part of the effort t... More

Sgt. 1st Class Baicenu Tiberius, Operational Mentor

Sgt. 1st Class Baicenu Tiberius, Operational Mentor

Sgt. 1st Class Baicenu Tiberius, Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian Land Forces, prepares for a dismounted patrol to Nyalak Kalay, Zabul province, Af... More

Pfc. Daniel Saltzman, a medic with B Company, 1-24

Pfc. Daniel Saltzman, a medic with B Company, 1-24

Pfc. Daniel Saltzman, a medic with B Company, 1-24 Infantry, takes a knee during a halt while on a joint patrol near Jamalkhel with the soldiers from the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.

U.S. Army Capt. Iajaira Perez, HHC, 116th Infantry

U.S. Army Capt. Iajaira Perez, HHC, 116th Infantry

U.S. Army Capt. Iajaira Perez, HHC, 116th Infantry Battalion, Female Engagement Team, visit woman in the city that are supported by the Female Afghan Police, Qalat, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2011. Capt. Perez accomp... More

A member of Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2,

A member of Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2,

A member of Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian Land Forces, prepares to provide security for a shura, Atghar, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 20... More

The ‘Voice of Shinkai’: Rock Star status in a box

The ‘Voice of Shinkai’: Rock Star status in a box

The Radio Literacy package includes one hand-crank radio and one handbook per family. This radio can receive AM, FM or shortwave radio frequencies and can be charged via hand-crank, solar panel, or operated off... More

Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's medical

Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's medical

Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's medical team transfer an Afghan National Police member to a medical evacuation helicopter at Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2011. PRT Zabul... More

Ashraf Naseri, provincial governor for Zabul province,

Ashraf Naseri, provincial governor for Zabul province,

Ashraf Naseri, provincial governor for Zabul province, speaks with Maj. Gen. Jim Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command (South) commanding general before a transfer of authority ceremony on Forwar... More

Purple smoke marks a landing zone for an MH-60 Black

Purple smoke marks a landing zone for an MH-60 Black

Purple smoke marks a landing zone for an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Walan Rabat, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 28. Helicopters provide coalition special operations forces an effective and efficient mean... More

Radio Literacy package, Afghanistan

Radio Literacy package, Afghanistan

The Radio Literacy package includes one hand-crank radio and one handbook per family. This radio can receive AM, FM or shortwave radio frequencies and can be charged via hand-crank, solar panel, or operated off... More

Afghan National Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kafayatullah,

Afghan National Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kafayatullah,

Afghan National Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kafayatullah, 205th Corps command sergeant major, greets Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, ISAF Joint Command command sergeant major, upon his arrival on Forward Operatin... More

Romanian army soldiers from 300th Mechanized Infantry

Romanian army soldiers from 300th Mechanized Infantry

Romanian army soldiers from 300th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, St. Andrew, 2nd Infantry Company, stationed at Patrol Base 19 and officers from the Afghan National Police visit Golabsah Kalay, Zabul province, ... More

A soldier from Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry

A soldier from Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry

A soldier from Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment, Task Force 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment, removes nails from what little lumber was available to build with at Forward Operating Base Sw... More

Capt. Joe Mickley, commanding officer, Battle Company,

Capt. Joe Mickley, commanding officer, Battle Company,

Capt. Joe Mickley, commanding officer, Battle Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Task Force 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, has a word with some of his soldiers, Jan. 13, 2012, about their mov... More

Afghan Local Police load bundles of humanitarian assistance

Afghan Local Police load bundles of humanitarian assistance

Afghan Local Police load bundles of humanitarian assistance supplies for distribution to local villagers in the Shah Joy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 14. The ALP is a defensive, community-oriente... More

Spc. Mark Davison, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,

Spc. Mark Davison, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,

Spc. Mark Davison, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Task Force 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment, prepares the final lunch dish at Forward Operating Base Sweeney’s dining facility, Jan. 14, 2012. Though th... More

Col. Gadda Muhammad Dost, commander, Afghan National

Col. Gadda Muhammad Dost, commander, Afghan National

Col. Gadda Muhammad Dost, commander, Afghan National Army, Shinkai district, speaks with Capt. Joe Mickley, commander, Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment, Task Force 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry ... More

Capt. Joe Mickley, commander, Battle Company, 5th Battalion

Capt. Joe Mickley, commander, Battle Company, 5th Battalion

Capt. Joe Mickley, commander, Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment, 1st Squadron 14th Cavalry Regiment, gets situated in the co-pilot’s seat aboard an AS355N “Twinstar” helicopter at Forward Ope... More

Third Platoon, Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry

Third Platoon, Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry

Third Platoon, Battle Company, 5th Battalion 20th Infantry Regiment, Task Force 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, steps out on their first patrol to the village of Shinkai, Jan. 16, 2012. The patrol is the c... More

Previous

of 18

Next