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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kachari Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA Release Status: Re More

An Afghan national army soldier of 3rd Company, 1st Kandak, 203rd Corps checks his shot group on a small arms range at Camp Clark, Afghanistan, on Dec. 11. Task Force Phoenix Embedded Training Team mentors were More

Marine Lt. Col. James F. Werth looks down a mountain to check on his embedded training team as it makes its way to an observation point on top of a mountain from a border checkpoint several hundred meters below More

3rd Marine Division Marines and sailors returned Apr. 10 from a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan as embedded training teams. The ETT members worked with the Afghanistan national army to teach things such as le More

U.S. Army soldiers from the Bamyan Embedded Training Team, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Wolverine, salute the flag as it is lowered at Romero base in the Cahmard District here Oct. 30. This sig More

Sarber, Pa., native Cpl. William Betush (center) and his interpreter talk with Afghan National Army soldiers about the plans for class that day. Betush is one of two Marine instructors giving a course on vehicl More

Corporal Juan Montoya (left), a motor transportation Marine with the Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 8, talks to Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Kam Aluddin (center), the supply officer with 2nd Bri More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, listen intently during the air interdiction force training brief here, Dec. 19. In preparation for future operations, Marines More

An Afghan National Army soldier with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps collects information from local Afghans while his fellow soldiers search their vehicle during an air interdiction mission wit More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and 32-year-old native of Garland, Texas, uses binoculars to determine target placement More

The Afghan National Army medic course focuses on teaching soldiers basic medical treatment, including evacuation procedures, hemorrhage control and emergency medicine. The Embedded Training Team, with Regimenta More

Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hai Neshat, executive officer, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, surveys the surrounding area of a check point built by ANA engineers March 21, 2012. The engineer tolai built approximate More

Pvt. Meriaj Kahn, driver with Route Clearance Tolay, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, salutes during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Kahn, 25, from Jalalabad, w More

Gunnery Sgt. Jordan Freeland, assistant operations officer for the embedded training team, from Chico Calif., eats a traditional Afghan meal with Afghan National Army soldiers, April 20, 2012. The Marines from More

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, patrol during a combat medic course on Camp Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26, 2012. The combat medic course was an eight-week c More

Afghan National Army (center) Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Sujaie, the 1st Brigade, 215th Corps commanding General, walks with U.S. Marine Col. Roger B. Turner, the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, to hi More

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps (1/215) receives a certificate of appreciation from Col. Mohammad Sarwar, executive officer, 1/215, during an awards ceremony aboard Camp Garm More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, applies a tourniquet on simulated casualty during a combat medic course here, April 26, 2012. This eight-week course instructed by ANA soldiers and More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps reports to an ANA commander with 1/215 during an awards ceremony here April 28, 2012. Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines with the Regimental Combat Te More

Captain Stephen Walker, operations advisor with the Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, uses 2-by-4s to form the outside edges of a terrain map, April 21, 2012. Walker learned to build a More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Weapons Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, wait for orders to move out, April 24, 2012. The kandak conducted Operation High Noon 15, a three-day clearing operation t More

An Afghan soldier slices tomatoes to arrange with sliced cucumbers as part of a meal, April 29, 2012. Two to three Afghan National Army soldiers eat from the same rice bowl during meals to show unity and build More

Afghan National Army Pvt. Azetullah, a soldier with 1st Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215 Corps, fires his M-16 assault rifle during an Afghan led range April 29, 2012. The range is part of the kandak’s 30-da More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nathan J. Torres with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 6 assists an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier with 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps adjust his gear o More

U.S. Marines with Regional Command (SouthWest) and Afghan National Army soldiers with 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps board a CH-53D Sea Stallion on Camp Delaram II, Nimroz province, Afghanistan May 26, 20 More

Colonel John R. Shafer, commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 6, shakes hands with Maj. Sadik, operations officer, 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, after a meeting July 27, 2012. Members of RCT-6 met More

Former Capt. William D. Swenson receives the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 15, 2013. In six hours of continuous fighting against more than 60 well-armed, More

An Afghan National Army Engineer operates a HYEX as part of a training mission the 207th Corps Engineer Kandak is currently completing at Camp Zafar in Western Afghanistan. The project requires the use of sync More

170214-N-RM689-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 14, 2017) Gas Turbine System (Mechanical) Fireman Alfonzo Ellis, from St. Louis, Missouri, turns the crank on a motor hydraulic valve control during a damage control drill More

170817-N-RU971-170 CORAL SEA (Aug. 17, 2017) Fireman Robert Wade, From Fresno, Calif., dons fire protective garments during a boiler white smoke drill in the forward main machinery room of the amphibious assaul More

170817-N-RU971-040 CORAL SEA (Aug. 17, 2017) Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Xavier Sanchez, from New York, closes the feed water stop-check valve during a loss-of-main-feed-control drill in the aft main machinery r More

170912-N-QR145-035 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 12, 2017) Machinist’s Mate Fireman Dustin Rawls, front, and Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Nester Contreras look for simulated damage during e More

180626-N-DL434-007 SAN DIEGO, California (June 26, 2018) Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Fallon, left, from Melbourne, Fla., and Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Matthew Lacourse, from Bladensburg, Md., monito More

181002-N-QR145-012 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 2, 2018) - Damage Controlman 3rd Class Dilian LaCounte, left, and Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Craig Arsenault respond to a simulated electric More

190206-N-WK982-1001 EAST CHINA SEA (Feb. 6, 2019) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Eric Escobar, from Los Angeles, right, instructs Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Chr More

190320-N-QR145-017 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 20, 2019) - Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Tanya Riker Romano, left, gives man overboard and rigid-hull inflatable boat training during seamanship training aboard the Arl More

190429-N-QR145-011 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 29, 2019) - Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Tyler Scott, top, reports positive pitch as Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Ronald Manalo evaluates his r More

190501-N-QR145-016 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 1, 2019) - Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) Fireman Joshua Musich uses fire flag props during a main space fire drill for a mobility-engineering inspection a More

190611-N-QR145-009 NORTH SEA (June 11, 2019) - Damage Controlman 2nd Class Alyssa Wong, left, simulates firefighting as Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Jiselle Torres uses fire flag props More

190628-N-QD718-0027 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 28, 2019) Senior Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) Jesse Loyola prepares for an engineering training team evolution aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-m More

190628-N-DX072-1010 CORAL SEA (June 28, 2019) Senior Chief Electricians Mate Theodore Totten, right, from Murrieta, California observes Machinists Mate 1st Class Randy Rivera, left, from Bronx, New York, guide More

190708-N-DX072-1030 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 8, 2019) Engineman Fireman Landon Shera, left, from Westport, Indiana, and Engineman 3rd Class Danny Hernandez, from Reading, Pennsylvania, use a ruler to measure the dep More

190720-N-WK982-1007 CORAL SEA (July 20, 2019) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Sean McKeown, from Weatherford, Texas, right, trains Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Aundre Scates, from Riverside, More

190814-N-WK982-1014 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 14, 2019) The crew of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) fights a simulated fire during an engineering training team drill. Chance More

190820-N-NB544-1004 RED SEA (Aug. 20, 2019) Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Benjamin Cascario marks a gauge in preparation for an engineering exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. More

200107-N-GR168-1056 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jan. 7, 2020) Electricians Mate 3rd Class Patrick Dinsmore, left, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), tells Senior Chie More

200813-N-VF045-1004 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 13, 2020) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2rd Class Julius Douse, from New York, sets up a scenario for an engineering training team exercise aboard the Tico More

200813-N-VF045-1011 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 13, 2020) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Parker Fuller, from Exeter, Mo., reads through an engineering operational sequencing system aboard the Ti More

200929-N-IE405-1029 GULF OF OMAN (Sept. 29, 2020) - Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Bailey Fendley participates in an Engineering Training Team drill aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS More

An Afghan national army soldier of 3rd Company, 1st Kandak, 203rd Corps fires his AKM assault rifle on a small arms range at Camp Clark, Afghanistan, on Dec. 11. Task Force Phoenix Embedded Training Team mentor More

Afghan national army soldiers gather at an observation point on top of a mountain in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan. Embedded Training Team 7-2 is deployed to Afghanistan from Okinawa, Japan, to work with More

Marine Sgt. Seth E. Lewis, left, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Marine 1st Sgt. Matthew S. Seamans, of Shorewood, Minn., stand at an observation point on top of a mountain and look over a border checkpoint 500 mete More

U.S. Army Maj. John McArthur, Bamyan Embedded Training Team, Cahmard District team chief, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and a Williamsburg, N.C., resident, lowers the American flag at Romero Base here Oct. More

Sarber, Pa., native Cpl. William Betush (left) works through an interpreter to talk with an Afghan National Army soldier about the functions of the truck’s parts. Betush is one of two Marine instructors giving More

Corporal Juan Montoya, 26, a motor transportation operator with Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 8, instructs an Afghan National Army soldier with the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, in supply inventory, Aug. 21.

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, listen intently to Maj. Shannon Neller, the Regimental Combat Team 5 Embedded Training Team executive officer, and 38-year-old More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps search a vehicle during an air interdiction mission with U.S. Marines from the Regimental Combat Team 5 embedded training team More

Afghan National Army Staff Sgt. Islamadin Mohmand (left) and fellow machine gunners with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, fill sandbags to secure targets for a machine gun range with U.S. Marines assigned More

Afghan National Army Staff Sgt. Asmatullah, the medical platoon sergeant with Headquarters Tolai, 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, demonstrates the proper procedures for inserting an intravenous during an More

Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hai Neshat, executive officer, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, address ANA soldiers with 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, during a visit to a newly built check point. The engineer More

Sgt. Abdul Khaleq, squad leader with Route Clearance Tolay, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, receives his diploma during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Khaleq, More

First Lt. Richard Marcantonio, operations officer for the embedded training team, from Corpus Christi, Texas, checks out an Afghan National Army soldier’s weapon, April 20, 2012. The Marines from the ETT spend More

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, patrol during a combat medic course on Camp Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26, 2012. The combat medic course was an eight-week c More

Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdoul Ghani (right), the 1st Brigade, 215th Corps operations officer, reports to Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Sujaie, the 1/215 commanding general, during a Mujahideen Victory Day cele More

An Afghan serves chai tea to a Marine before dinner, April 29, 2012. Marines with the Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, eat with their Afghan National Army counterparts to build trust.

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps (1/215) reports to the ANA commander with 1/215, during an awards ceremony aboard Camp Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2012. More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps displays his certificate of appreciation during an awards ceremony here, April 28, 2012. Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines with the Regimental Combat More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, applies a tourniquet on a simulated casualty during a combat medic course here, April 26, 2012. This eight-week course instructed by ANA soldiers a More

An Afghan boy watches a Marine post security during a partnered patrol with the Afghan National Army, April 24, 2012. The patrol was part of Operation High Noon 15, a clearing operation through the area. The AN More

Captain Stephen Walker, operations advisor with the Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine regiment explains how the grid system for a terrain map is built to Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, t More

Afghan National Army Pvt. Azetullah, a soldier with 1st Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215 Corps, fires his M16 assault rifle during an Afghan led range April 29, 2012. Afghan soldiers shot in three different More

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Raymond M. Stopinski, operations chief with 4th Kandak Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 6, briefs Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 2 More

Soldiers from the 857th Construction Company, Task Force Diehard, prepare to evaluate a medical training exercise conducted by the Afghan engineers of 4th Kandak, 4th Brigade, 203rd Corp.

Medal of Honor recipient, former Capt. William D. Swenson, addresses the media outside of the White House, Oct. 15, 2013. In six hours of continuous fighting against more than 60 well-armed, well-positioned ene More

Afghan National Army leaders with the 207th Corps Engineer Kandak discuss with the 207th Corps Planner, ANA Col. Khairizada Zainuddin (center), the progress of a project they are currently completing to increas More

INDIAN OCEAN (NOV. 4, 2015) Damage Controlman 1st Class Kyle Buck, left, a damage control training team member, observes as a fire attack team simulates indirect firefighting during an engineering training team More

170214-N-RM689-019 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 14, 2017) Gas Turbine System (Mechanical) Fireman Alfonzo Ellis, from St. Louis, Missouri, turns the crank on a motor hydraulic valve control during a damage control drill More

170817-N-RU971-096 CORAL SEA (Aug. 17, 2017) Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Cody Brown, from Akron, Ohio, inspects a burner barrel before a boiler white smoke drill in the forward main machinery room of the amphibi More

170817-N-RU971-269 CORAL SEA (Aug. 17, 2017) Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class John Pope, from Columbia, S.C., removes a burner barrel during a boiler white smoke drill in the forward main machinery room of the amphib More

170912-N-QR145-045 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 12, 2017) Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class John Mason relays a simulated damage report to the central control station during engineering training drills aboard the Arlei More

180626-N-DL434-019 SAN DIEGO, California (June 26, 2018) Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Jared Alessi, from Buffalo, N.Y., relays information during an engineering casualty drill in the forward main machinery room o More

181002-N-QR145-020 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 2, 2018) - Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Francis Murray opens an electrical panel for Sailors to simulate firefighting an electrical fire during engineering training ab More

190206-N-WK982-1055 EAST CHINA SEA (Feb. 6, 2019) The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) train on a hot line shaft bearing during an engineering training team drill More

190320-N-QR145-019 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 20, 2019) - Lt. j.g. Nicholas McGrath searches for a simulated man overboard during seamanship training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ro More

190429-N-QR145-020 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 29, 2019) - Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Jiselle Torres hangs a sea water flag prop during a mobility-engineering inspection aboard the Arlei More

190501-N-QR145-017 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 1, 2019) - Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Aaron Reynolds, left, simulates firefighting as Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Ronald Manalo eva More

190611-N-QR145-014 NORTH SEA (June 11, 2019) - Operations Specialist 1st Class Marcus Craig investigates surrounding areas of a simulated fire during a main space fire drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guide More

190628-N-DX072-1019 CORAL SEA (June 28, 2019) Electricians Mate 3rd Class David Pestoff, from Asheville, North Carolina, inputs simulated scenarios into a console in central control station during an engineerin More

190628-N-QD718-0033 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 28, 2019) Fireman Rizaldy Gabay, right, works with Senior Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) Jesse Loyola before starting an engineering training team evo More

190708-N-DX072-1047 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 8, 2019) Engineman Fireman Landon Shera, from Westport, Indiana, closes a valve during an engineering training team evolution aboard the amphibious transport dock ship US More

190720-N-WK982-1025 CORAL SEA (July 20, 2019) Lt. Keren Allen, from Port Angeles, Wash., right, and Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) Carlo Pamintuan, from San Mateo, Calif., make casualty repor More

190814-N-WK982-1030 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 14, 2019) Machinist’s Mate Fireman Ronald Hill, from Fort Worth, Texas, right, and Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Raymond Koerner, from Fort Worth, Texas, watch for reflash More

190820-N-NB544-1039 RED SEA (Aug. 20, 2019) Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Benjamin Cascario uses a mallet to simulate a casualty during an engineering exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship More

200107-N-GR168-1078 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jan. 7, 2020) Electricians Mate 3rd Class Patrick Dinsmore, left, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), verifies valve po More

200813-N-VF045-1038 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 13, 2020) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Julius Douse, from New York, sets up a scenario for an engineering training team exercise aboard the Tico More

An Afghan national army soldier of 3rd Company, 1st Kandak, 203rd Corps fires a PKM machine gun on a small arms range at Camp Clark, Afghanistan, on Dec. 11. Task Force Phoenix Embedded Training Team mentors we More

Marine Sgt. Seth E. Lewis, left, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Marine 1st Sgt. Matthew S. Seamans, of Shorewood, Minn., stand at an observation point on top of a mountain and look over a border checkpoint 500 mete More

U.S. Army Maj. John McArthur, Bamyan Embedded Training Team, Cahmard District team chief, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and a Williamsburg, N.C., resident, and U.S. Army Master Sgt. Michael Jones, an Afgha More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, and U.S. Marines with the Regimental Combat Team 5 Embedded Training Team, search a vehicle during an air interdiction force t More