Army Capt. Jon Cochran, platoon leader, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, scans an area in the Mazgarey Mountains in Nawa Valley, Afghanistan for cave More
Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Marcum, infantryman, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, shows an Afghan Customs Police officer from the Kandahar inland customs d More
Spc. Nicholas De La Flor, intelligence analyst, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, stands next to a guard tower at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, April 14. The 21-year old, Valencia, Calif., native wa More
Sgt. Logan Robbins, assistant team leader speaks to Col. James Edwards, commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade and Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, director of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organ More
Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, brace against flying dirt and debris following the departure of a UH-60 helicopter at the Weesh bor More
Army Capt. Jon Cochran, platoon leader, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, takes a short break inside a cave after searching and securing an area in th More
Spc. Christian Brown, data support team chief, and Spc. Ryan Pierce, satellite communications operator, both assigned to 586th Network Support Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, install a Very Sma More
Personnel from 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, talk to family members using the Cheetah system, a new morale satellite at Operational Coordination Center District, S More
Spc. Paul Flores and Spc. Nicholas Pledge, infantrymen assigned to Blue Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, set up the Military Mobile Vehicle and More
Spc. Kinsasha Johnson, a human resources specialist for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, poses next to a photo of her brother, Kenderick Johnson, at Spin Boldak, Af More
Capt. Christian Bono, information operations officer, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, talks to English-speaking students who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for More
Soldiers from Bravo Platoon, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, practice boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during cold-load training at Forward Operating Base, Spi More
Pfc. Brandon Fender, enabler response team member, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides security at a reconstruction project along Highway 4 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, April 8. The highway is an e More
Col. James Edwards, commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, and representatives from the U.S. department of State, Canada and the Weesh district government, plunge shovels into the ground during a gr More
Spc. Jason Gutierrez, an infantryman assigned to Blue Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, waits to signal a delivery truck through a checkpoint at More
U.S. Army Sgt. Calista Walker, right, promotes her twin sister, U.S. Army Sgt. Cassandra Walker, left, both assigned to the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. The sisters, serving in separate locations in More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jarod Sank of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade makes his way back from a 24-hour mission where he and his team searched the Mazgar More
U.S. Army Capt. Jon Cochran of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade assesses his vehicle for recovery after an IED strike, Nawa Valley, Afghanistan, April 28.
U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade connect tow cables to their Max Pro Military vehicles to recover one of their vehicles that got More
U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Estilow of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade provides security during a morning patrol through a village after two locals had been More
U.S. Army Sgt. Shane Ludwig of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade patrols through an open field near Nawa Valley, Afghanistan, May 10, 2011.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Fetherson of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade observes a Kiowa at Spin Kariz, Afghanistan, during a search of the village, April 28.
U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade make their way back from patrolling through Khwazha Bana Village in Loi Cariz, Afghanistan, May 9, 2011.
U.S. Army Capt. Vivian Chiu, Combined Task Force Lighting, give fliers for Afghan 1000 at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011. Combined Task Force Light More
Abdul Ghani, Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak, and U.S. Army Col. James D. Edwards, commander, Combined Task Force Lightning walk toward the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at the Weesh Border Crossi More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Task Force Lighting, stand guard at the entrance to the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak district, Afghanistan, Kandahar prov More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Task Force Lighting, stand guard outside the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility, Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan, Kandahar province, June 9. Combine More
Afghan boys shake U.S. Army soldiers hand after a ribbon ceremony and graduation at the Weesh Boys High school in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined Task Force Lightning off More
U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Shouse, 1st Squadron 38th Cavalry Regiment, S-9, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, walks up to present an award at the Weesh Boys High School, in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar provi More
An Afghan boy smiles during a ribbon cutting ceremony and graduation at the Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined Task Force Lightning officially tran More
Afghan boys laugh and smile during a ribbon cutting ceremony and graduation at the Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined Task Force Lightning official More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lightning, prepare to give out shoes and soccer balls to the Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandah More
A local Afghan man poses for a picture while he waits for the ribbon cutting and graduation ceremony at the new Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined More
A member of the United States Agency for International Development speak to Afghan senior development chairman for the local shura, Abdul Razaqt, about the new Weesh boys high school facility in Spin Boldak Dis More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lightning, prepare to give out shoes and soccer balls to the Weesh boys high school in Spin Boldak District, Kandah More
An Afghan man is directed to use the fingerprint scanner by a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Headquarter and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, durin More
A member of the Afghan National Police speaks to a local resident a the Operations Coordination Center - District in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 16, 2011.
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Headquarter and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, review documents received from a local Afghan man during guard du More
An Afghan man is directed to use the fingerprint scanner by a U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Headquarter and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, durin More
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides overwatch at the Operations Coordination Center - District in Spin Boldak, Kand More
Afghan National Police Lt. Ismatullay Bibarak briefs Coalition forces at the Operations Coordination Center - District in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 17, 2011.
An Afghan girl stares at a U.S. Army soldier during a meeting at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 20, 2011. A female engagement team from Combined Task Force Lightning, met More
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Thomas Williams, (center) Joint border coordination center director, speak to members of International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, and Pakistan military officials during a bor More
Coalition soldiers speak to an Afghan man coming through the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at Weesh border crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan, Kandahar province, June 21, 2011.
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lightning, stand guard outside the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afgh More
Members from International Security Assistance Forces, Afghan border patrol police, Afghan military, and Pakistan military meet at the Joint Border Coordination Center for a border flag meeting at Forward Opera More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lightning, pull security in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 23.
U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controller airmen, assigned to the, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operation Squadron, brace the rotor wind from a CH-47 Chinook, as they pull security in the Shorabak Dist More
Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Jones from 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade marks the target on the range in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 1, 2011.
A soldier from the 205th, Afghan National Army, Military Intelligence Company, shoots his target on the range in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 1, 2011.
First Lt. Matthew Work, a team leader with Company A, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, participates in a physical fitness test, the first event of the two-day 525th More
An Armenian soldier plants a boot against a fellow soldier’s riot shield as a part of crowd and riot control training May 4 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels, Germany. The multinational t More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Kerman with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade receives a demonstration flyer from a soldier with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regime More
Slovenian soldiers pull security during a Kosovo Force mission rehearsal exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 9, 2013. The KFOR MRE is based on the current operational More
U.S. Army soldiers and multinational senior leaders conduct a commanders brief to Lt. Gen. Donald M. Campbell Jr., commanding general of U.S. Army Europe at Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Ba More
Slovenian Soldiers with the 10th Motorized Battalion form a riot wall in preparation for a simulated riot during a Kosovo Force mission rehearsal exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfel More
Slovenian soldiers conduct riot control operations during a Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 12, 2013. The KFOR MRE is More
Gen. David Petraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force and Col. James Edwards, commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade speak to Afghan Border Police at the new biometrics facility at More
(Left to right) Army Sgt. Logan Robbins, team leader, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Spc. Johnny Walker, technician, 720th Explosive Ordnance Dispo More
Spc. Robert Morton, satellite operations maintainer, 586th Network Support Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, disassembles a satellite during Operation Signal Warrior at Forward Operating Base Spi More
Col. James Edwards, commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, director of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Burnett, JIEDDO and Com More
Pfc. Robert Kilgore, signal support system specialist, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, and Raymond Ortiz, contractor, run a systems check on the morale satellite, ca More
Soldiers from Bravo Platoon, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, and joint terminal attack controller airmen, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operation Squadron, uses pr More
Army Sgt. Anthony Valdez, infantryman, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, and an Afghan Customs Police officer from the Kandahar inland customs depot, More
Col. James Edwards, commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, addresses an audience during a groundbreaking ceremony for the customs depot expansion project in Weesh, Afghanistan, July 6. The expansion More
Spc. Kinsasha Johnson, an awards clerk for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, performs push-ups, March 30, 2010, at Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, in order to prepare for More
The new Weesh boys’ school officially opened with help from soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, after a ribbon cutting ceremony in Weesh, Afghanista More
Sgt. Brian Emmons and Pfc. Brandt Adams, infantrymen, assigned to Blue Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, inspect a vehicle’s cargo before it pass More
Gen. David Petraeus, International Security Assistance Force commander, and Col. James Edwards, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade commander, speak to Afghan Border Police at the new biometrics facility at More
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kurt Bennett, tactical operations officer, enabler security team, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, secures a reconstruction project along Highway 4 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Ap More
U.S. Army Sgt. Logan Robbins of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade provides security during a morning patrol through a village after two locals had been More
U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Beckley of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade provides security during a morning patrol through a village in Gangre, Afghanistan, April 28.
U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade patrol through a local village near Nawa Valley, Afghanistan, May 10, 2011.
A U.S. Army Soldier of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade uses a metal detector to search the grounds for any IEDs near the Nawa Valley, Afghanistan, May 11, 2011.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Fetherson of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade pulls security while the village is searched after receiving information that More
U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Giardina of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade provides medical attention to a villager who had just suffered from a seizure at Sp More
U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade look over the surrounding area through the scopes of their M4s at Loi Cariz, Afghanistan, May 9, 2011.
U.S. Army Col. James D. Edwards, commander, Combined Task Force Lightning and Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak, cut the ribbon to the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spi More
Abdul Ghani, Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak, test out the new Afghan 1000 at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 9. Combined Task Force Lightning offic More
Two Afghan boys open the door to the the new Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined Task Force Lightning officially transferred over the new Weesh Boys More
Afghan senior development chairman for the local shura, Abdul Razaq, speak to Afghans and other invited guest during a ribbon cutting ceromony and graduation at the Weesh boys high school in Spin Boldak Distrct More
An Afghan boy stands at the front door of the new Weesh boys high school in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12, 2011. Combined Task Force Lightning officially transferred over the new More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Headquarter and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, conduct guard duty in support of the Combined Task Force Lighting More
An Afghan man has his iris scanned by a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Headquarter and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, during guard duty in suppor More
U.S. Army Pfc. Hector Contreras, assigned to 2nd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides evening overwatch at the Operations Coordination Cent More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Alfa Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provide gate security in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected all-terrain vehicle at the Op More
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides overwatch at the Operations Coordination Center - District in Spin Boldak, Kanda More
A female engagement team from Combined Task Force Lightning, met with women and girls to focus on health education at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 20, 2011.
An Afghan Border Policeman asks questions to an Afghan man entering the the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at Weesh border crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan, Kandahar province, June 21, 2011.
Pakistani army Brig. Gen. Abdul Rasheed, sector commander, north sector, Pishin Scouts commandant, speak to members of International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, and Pakistan military officials at th More
Two members from the Pakistani military look closely at a slide during the border flag meeting at the Joint Border Coordination Center at Forward Operating Base, Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jun More
Pakistani army Col. Amir studies a slide on the screen during the border flag meeting held at the Joint Border Coordination Center at Forward Operating Base, Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 21 More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lightning, brace the rotor wind from a CH-47 Chinook, as they pull security in the Shorabak District, Kandahar pro More
Soldiers from the 205th, Afghan National Army, Military Intelligence Company, shoot their targets on the range in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 1, 2011.
First Lt. William Hughes, a platoon leader for Company C, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, completes the Reality Oriented Physical Experiential Situation Course dur More
Capt. Brian Fitzgerald, a native of Fort Bragg, N.C. and the commander of C Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, and Fort Washington, Md. native 1st Sgt Eugenio Mendoza, the 1st Sgt. of C. Co., 1-38 Ca More