The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. Roger Daigle, a Pomfret, Conn., native stands next to Col. James Edwards 525th BfSB commander as he salutes Capt. Christian Johnson, (right) brigade More
U.S. Army Sgt. David Masaitis (foreground) a native of Ocracoke Island, N.C., and Sgt. Payton Westerfield, a native of Ridgeland, S.C., both assigned to Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525 More
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
Pakistani army Brig. Gen. Abdul Rasheed, sector commander, north sector, Pishin Scouts commandant, review a slide on the screen during the Border Flag meeting held at the Joint Border Coordination Center at For 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
A U.S. soldier assigned to Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, based in Fort Bragg, N.C., observes as an Afghan Border Police officer search Afghan men More
The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade commander Col. James Edwards (left) presents the Purple Heart Medal to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Misner a Cortez, Colo., native assigned to Headquarters and Headqu More
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
U.S. Army Sgt. James Stewart assigned to Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, based in Fort Bragg, N.C., a native of Kokomo, Ind., processes an Afghan ma More
The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. Roger Daigle, (left) a Pomfret, Conn. native stands next to Col. James Edwards 525th BfSB commander as he salutes U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Mi More
Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak, Abdul Ghani, sign official documents for the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 9. Combined Task Force Lig More
U.S. Army Col. James D. Edwards, commander, Combined Task Force Lightning greet a senior tribal shura member at the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jun More
Two Afghan boys laugh at a joke a U.S. soldier told while helping with the ribbon cutting ceremony and graduation of the Weesh boys high school in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12, More
A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides evening overwatch at the Operations Coordination Center - District in Spin Bol More
Afghan National Police Lt. Ismatullay Bibarak waits to brief U.S. soldiers at the Operations Coordination Center - District in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 17, 2011.
U.S. Army soldiers gave out new shoes and scarfs to women and young children during a meeting at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 20, 2011. A female engagement team from C More
U.S. Army soldier assigned to 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lighting, stand guard outside the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at Weesh border crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghan More
A member of the Pakistani military take notes while Col. James Edwards, commander, Combined Task Force Lightning speak during the border flag meeting at the Joint Border Coordination Center at Forward Operating More
U.S. Army Col. James Edwards, commander, Combined Task Force Lightning, speak to members of International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, and Pakistan military officials during a border flag meeting at More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Misner (left) a Cortez, Colo., native stands next to Staff Sgt. Christopher Milo (right) a native of Granite Bay, Calif., both assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters C More
U.S. Army Sgt. Payton Westerfield, assigned to Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, based in Fort Bragg, N.C., a native of Ridgeland, S.C., processes an A More
Local Afghan citizens use the Biometric Eye Scanner as he enter the Weesh Border Crossing facility in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011. Combined Task Force Lightning officially More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. James Gaylord, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment commander, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, speak to an Afghan boy at the Weesh boys high school in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar pr More
An Afghan boy stares into the camera 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 with wo More
A U.S. Air Force airman and Beni stand guard outside the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at Weesh border crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan, Kandahar province, June 21, 2011.
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Michael Reilly, J2, speak to members of International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, and Pakistan military officials during a border flag meeting at the Joint Border Coordination More
Combined Task Force Lightning soldiers; Capt. Christian Johnson, (left to right) a Rockford, Ill., native, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Misner a Cortez, Colo., native and Staff Sgt. Christopher Milo a native o More
A member of the Afghan Border Police review the information flier about the Afghan 1000 at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 9. Combined Task Force Lightning More
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lightning, and Afghan border police stand guard outside the Weesh boys high school in Spin Boldak District, Kandaha 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.
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
Afghan Lt. Col. Gholam Rasoul, operations officer, 3rd Zone Afghan border police, speak to members of International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, and Pakistan military officials during a border flag m More
Capt. Christian Johnson, a native of Rockford, Ill. assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade based in Fort Bragg, N.C. holds his Purple Heart Medal in his hand a More
U.S. Army Capt. Vivian Chiu, plays with a baby during a meeting at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 20, 2011. A female engagement team from Combined Task Force Lightning, More
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Norman Cooling, G-3, Regional Command South West, speak to members of International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, and Pakistan military officials at the Joint Border Coordinatio More
An Afghan man stands on a truck full of chickens, while waiting for entry at the Weesh border crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan, Kandahar province, June 21, 2011.
A happy Afghan baby during a meeting at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 20. A female engagement team from Combined Task Force Lightning, met with women and girls to focus More
U.S. Army soldier assigned to 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Combined Task Force Lighting, speaks to Afghan Border Policemen outside the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at Weesh Border Crossing, Spin B More
Members of the Afghan National Army review 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, Afghanista More