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A US Army (USA) Soldier from 3rd Battalion (BN), 187th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 3rd Brigade (BDE), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) (AD (AA)), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY), pulls security, with FNMI 5.56 mm M240 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), for the Soldiers during 0peration APACHE SNOW II as part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The operation staged from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. This was the longest air assault operation in military history taking place in Sulamain Khel region of Afghanistan. It was a total of 185 miles long, only 18 miles from the Pakistan border

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Keith D. Mcgrew, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

Canadian Forces Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) prepare to load a Bombardier Iltis (4x4) 500-kilogram light vehicle onto a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook Helicopter at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Robert Hyatt, USA Relea More

Two Canadian Forces Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI), use a Canadian Flag to mark the Landing Zone (LZ) for a helicopter extraction, in the hills near Qualat, Afghanistan, while participating in Operation Cherokee Sky, an operation to locate and destroy remaining pockets of Al Qaeda and Taliban forces, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Robert Hyatt, USA Relea More

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant Jeremiah Pray (background) 82nd Airborne Division, poses for a photograph holding a 7.62mm SGM medium machine gun, while USA Major (MAJ) Mike Richardson poses with a variety of weapons. Pictured left-to-right is a 7.62mm PPSh-41 sub-machinegun, a 7.62mm PK general-purpose machine gun, a .303 inch Vickers-Berthier light machine gun, a Colt 5.56mm M4 carbine and a 7.62mm Degtyarev DP light machine gun. The weapons are being held at a US Military compound near Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Robert Hyatt, USA Relea More

Afghanistan civilians from the town of De Rawod, Afghanistan, board a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook Helicopter at Kandahar Air Field (KAF), after receiving medical attention for injuries received during an accidental bombing incident, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Marshall Emerson, USA R More

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Ted M. Belcher, 175th Adjutant General (AG) Company Postal, Kandahar Army Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan, takes inventory and sorts through in-coming mail. The mail is for the Soldiers and military forces stationed here in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Sean A. Terry, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) James Jackson, C Company (C CO), 82nd Airborne Division (AD), Forward Support Battalion, tosses candy out to the children from the village of Alizai, Afghanistan (AFG), during a Medical Civilian Assistance Program (MEDCAP). USA Soldiers of Task Force Panther, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 3rd Brigade (BDE), 82nd AD, Kandahar Army Airfield, AFG, operate MEDCAP and offer medical and dental assistance as well as Humanitarian Aid (HA) such as food, clothing and school supplies during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina Jr., USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Pilgrims from all around Afghanistan arrive at the Kandahar Army Airfield, during the Hajj, which is part of the pilgrimage to Mecca, a principal religious obligation of adult Muslims

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Preston E. Cheeks, USA More

Afghani Pilgrims are processed through a security checkpoint as they prepare to board a Commercial Jet Liner at Kandahar Army Airfield, during the Hajj, which is part of the pilgrimage to Mecca, a principal religious obligation of adult Muslims

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Preston E. Cheeks, USA More

Military personnel assist Afghani Pilgrims as they board an Ariana Commercial Jet Liner at Kandahar Army Airfield, during the Hajj, which is part of the pilgrimage to Mecca, a principal religious obligation of adult Muslims

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Preston E. Cheeks, USA More

Pilgrims from all around Afghanistan arrive at the Kandahar Army Airfield, during the Hajj, which is part of the pilgrimage to Mecca, a principal religious obligation of adult Muslims

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Preston E. Cheeks, USA More

Two Afghani women dressed in pilgram attire arrive at the Kandahar Army Airfield, Afghanistan, during the Hajj, which is part of the pilgrimage to Mecca, a principal religious obligation of adult Muslims

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Preston E. Cheeks, USA More

Corporal (CPL) Marc Kelly of the Marine Air Control Squadron 4 (MACS-4) attached to Task Force "Devil," 82nd Airborne Division, Kandahar Army Airfield, grapples with Lance Corporal (LCPL) Aaron Hill as fellow Marines look on during sustained close combat training, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Sergeant (SGT) Adain Larduet of the Marine Air Control Squadron 4 (MCAS-4) attached to Task Force "Devil," 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Army Airfield, grapples with her opponent, Lance Corporal (LCPL) Aaron Hill, during close combat techniques training, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

US Marine (USMC) Brian Garcia of the Marine Air Control Squadron 4 (MACS-4) attached to Task Force "Devil," 82nd Airborne Division, from Kandahar Army Airfield, puts a hand lock on Corporal (CPL) Christopher Avalos during close combat techniques training, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) James Camp, with the 1ST Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, speaks about his friend and soldier, Sergeant (SGT) Steven Checo, during a memorial ceremony in his honor at Kandahar Army Airfield, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, stand fast with their weapons during the playing of "Taps" during a memorial ceremony for Sergeant (SGT) Steven Checo, at Kandahar Army Airfield, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), organize their combat gear during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM 2003

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. More

Armed with an FNMI 7.62mm M240B medium machine gun a soldier with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, patrols during a search for Taliban fighters, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbines, First Sergeant (1SG) Jimmy Carabello of "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), stands alert at the Kandahar Army Airfield, during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

A soldier with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, maintains tactical satellite telephone communication, during a search for Taliban fighters, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM 2003

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. More

A soldier with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, maintains tactical satellite telephone communication, during a search for Taliban fighters, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Soldiers of Task Force Devil, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, Kandahar Army Airfield, set up their 120mm mortar in support the soldiers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) during their combat patrols, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbines, soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbines, soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), board CH47 Chinook helicopters at Kandahar Army Airfield, during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbines, soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

A soldier with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

A soldier with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, maintains tactical satellite telephone communication, during a search for Taliban fighters, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina, Jr. USA More

A Romanian Army B33 (8X8) Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) leads a convoy of multi-national vehicles from Kandahar Airfield to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The purpose of the convoy is to gather information and to help with a road reconstruction project in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Vernell Hall, USA Relea More

A Romanian Army Soldiers enter the top and side hatches of their B33 (8X8) Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), as they prepare to lead a convoy of multi-national vehicles from Kandahar Airfield to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The purpose of the convoy is to gather information and to help with a road reconstruction project in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Vernell Hall, USA Relea More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Franco R. Frisan, 376th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (EAES), prepares pizza during the morale boosting "Friday Pizza Night" for US Army and US Air Force personnel deployed to Kandahar Air Field (AF), Afghanistan. The 376th EAES prepares 40-45 pizzas every Friday using Afghani bread and an old oven found at a local scrap yard during ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Greg M. Kobashigawa, US More

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Jefferson D. Davis, Special Operations Command (SOC) catches up on some reading at Kandahar Airfield (AF) while he waits for his flight during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Greg M. Kobashigawa, US More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (A1C) Ronnie M. George, left, Major (MAJ) Alva Lee Cook and SPECIALIST (SPC) Kyle R. Qualls, right, all from the 486th Civil Affairs Reserve Battalion (CARB) meet with Afghani policemen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene C More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (A1C) Ronnie M. George, left and Major (MAJ) Alva Lee Cook, with the 486th Civil Affairs Reserve Battalion (CARB) meet with Afghani policemen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene C More

An Afghani villager shows his pet bird to US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Dendy, from the Air Force News Agency (AFNA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene C More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Nathan A. Sorenson, left, from the 486th Civil Affairs Reserve Battalion (CARB), meets with local Afghani villagers

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene C More

US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) personnel are served at a formal dinner as invited guests of Afgan Major General (MGEN) Razik of the Afghanistan Militia Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND Scene C More

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Elizabeth St. Germaine (foreground), 303rd Adjutant General Company (Postal), helps to secure outgoing mail and parcels onto an aircraft pallet at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Patrick Tharpe, USA Rel More

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter 2-10 Aviation, 10th Mountain Division, departs Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Patrick Tharpe, USA Rel More

Two Flag draped transfer cases carrying the remains of US Army (USA) Soldiers rest atop their sepulchral during a Fallen Soldier Ceremony, held on the flight line at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Anthony Lagman and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Esposito, both assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, were Killed In Action in Afghanistan, supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Patrick Tharpe, USA Rel More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, transport a flag draped transfer case carrying the remains of fellow Soldier, during a Fallen Soldier Ceremony, held on the flight line at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Anthony Lagman and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Esposito, both assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, were Killed In Action in Afghanistan, supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Patrick Tharpe, USA Rel More

A view from the door gunners position aboard a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter, as it departs Kandahar Air Field, to continue operations in Afghanistan for Operation Mountain Storm, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. A second CH-47 is visible in the background

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC. Patrick Tharpe, USA Re More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marine waves from the back seat of a M1116 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Up-Armored Troop Carrier as a 22nd MEU (SOC) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

US Army National Guard (USARNG) Soldiers, attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), smile at the camera as their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), in convoy enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), convoy drives past an armed, jogging US Army (USA) Soldier as it leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marine waves from the back end of the cargo bay of a MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton cargo truck as a 22nd MEU (SOC) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) is part of a 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), convoy leaving Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marine gives the Thumbs-up from the back end of the cargo bay of a MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton cargo truck as a 22nd MEU (SOC) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

US Army (USA) Sergeant Miguel Puga (seated) and Private First Class (PFC) Joseph Pederson, both assigned to C/Battery, 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, fire a M119A1 105mm Lightweight Towed Howitzer during a live fire exercise at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Christopher Kaufmann, US More

US Army (USA) Major General (MGEN) Eric Olson (seated second from right), Commander, Combined Task Force, listens with other members of the official party during an Award Ceremony for Soldier serving with the 25th Infantry Division Tropic Lightning, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Soldiers of the 25th ID were presented with, Global War on Terrorism Medals, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Combat Medic's Badge and Combat Patches, during the Ceremony

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins Jr, US More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company (H&HC), Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF-76), C-3 Information Operations, exit the Freedom Chapel at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, after attending a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jerry T. Combes, USA Re More

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Richard Gonzalez (right), leads a team of skilled Surgeons and Technicians form the 325th Field Surgical Team, through a surgery procedure on a local national at the Kandahar Airfield Hospital, in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Joseph P. Collins Jr, U More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Alpha/Company, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, fire a M119A1 105mm Lightweight Towed Howitzer during a live fire exercise at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jerry T. Combes, USA Re More

SGT. 1ST Class Jill Chalfant (left) from 362nd Battalion PSYOP (Psychological Operations) and CHIEF Warrant Officer 3 Michael Squillini from 173rd Airborne Brigade, drop leaflets from a Black Hawk Helicopter near the villages of Shirin and Adam Khan in Afghanistan, August 29, 2005. Because of the upcoming parliamentary elections, leaflet drops have been a very resourceful method to promote messages of no fighting and support to the government of Afghanistan. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Lesli Angulo, USA Relea More

Corporal Jessica Stevenson (left to right), SGT. 1ST Class Jill Chalfant, CHIEF Warrant Officer 3 Michael Squillini and Captain Tedd Jacobs pose for a camera shot before departing from Kandahar Airfield to Shirin Village in Afghanistan on August 29, 2005. Shirin Village is the starting leaflet drop point, on a route that goes up to Adam Khan Village, on a campaign to stop the fighting and more support to the government. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Lesli Angulo, USA Relea More

CHIEF Warrant Officer 3 Michael Squillini from 173rd Airborne Brigade pass down some copies of the leaflets dropped on the villages of Shirin and Adam Khan to Corporal Jessica Stevenson from 362nd Battalion PSYOP (Psychological Operations), Afghanistan, August 29, 2005. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Lesli Angulo, USA Relea More

An Afghan father (upper left) watches closely as his little boy is being examined by 1ST LT. Scott Donoughe from the 319th Bayonet Battalion at the Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) point at Zaker-e-Sharif village in Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2005. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

A group of Afghan mothers and their little kids wait for their turn to be examine by a military physician, at the Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) point set up by Romanian, Canadian and American soldiers at the village of Zaker-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2005. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

An Afghan boy gets ready to get a tooth remove; the boy asked 1ST LT. Dana Abrudan from the 151st Romanian Black Wolf Infantry Battalion to remove it since the tooth was almost completely eaten by cavity, on Sept. 1, 2005. 1ST. LT. Abrudan is part of the Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) team that is giving support to the people at Zaker-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

An Afghan boy pays attention to what an Afghan interpreter (right) had to translate to him as CAPT. David Gann explains to him about his heaLT.h at the Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) point located at the Village of Zaker-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2005. The VMO movements have aid the people from different villages to seek for medical and dental treatment for their physical problems. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

SGT. Thomas Phillips from 492nd Civilian Affairs (CA) Battalion gets the last toothbrush grab from his hand at a Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) point set up at Zaker-e-Sharif village in Afghanistan. Zaker-e-Sharif is one of the many villages that CA Battalion are visiting to provide medical and dental assistance to the local people who needs it the most, on Sept. 1, 2005. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

An Afghan little boy holds on to his clothes while his father (bottom left), an interpreter and 1ST LT. Cristian Badiu (behind the little boy) from the 151st Romanian Black Wolf Infantry Battalion examines a wound on the little boy's back, at the Zaker-e-Sharif Village in Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2005. LT.. Badiu is part of the Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) team that is giving support to the people who need the medical and dental assistance the most. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) John Newland from the 492nd Civilian Affairs Battalion (CAB), Phoenix, Arizona (AZ), gives away toothbrushes to Afghan children at a Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) point. Romanian, Canadian and American Soldiers have set up at the village of Zaker-e-Sharif, Afghanistan (AFG), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Michael Roberts (right) and SPECIALIST (SPC) Toby Isaacs from the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion Heavy (ECBH), hold some of the remaining pieces of a half inch thick metal armor that was tested using two 105 mm mortars warheads. This is a simulation of what a land mine does to the metal armor that is going to be placed on the floor of a vehicle, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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An explosion of two 105 mm mortar warheads used to test a half inch thick metal armor for vehicles, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Hodge (left) from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and US Army (USA) SFC Victor Fontan from the789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EODC), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), connect the cable wires used to detonate two 105 mm Mortars. This is a simulation of what a land mine does to half-inch thick metal armor, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Bryan Brown (left) and SPECIALIST (SPC) Toby Isaacs from the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion Heavy (ECBH), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), dig a hole to plant two 105 mm mortar shells which will be detonated to study the resistance of a half inch thick metal armor. The armor plate will be placed on the floor of a Vehicle, near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Hodge from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) places two 105 mm mortars underneath a half inch thick metal armor plate. The plate will be tested for strength, while US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Andre Reynolds from the 55th Signal Company Combat Camera, Fort Meade, Maryland (MD), video documents the event, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Hodge (left) from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and US Army (USA) SFC Victor Fontan from the789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EODC), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), connect the cable wires used to detonate two 105 mm Mortars. This is a simulation of what a land mine does to half-inch thick metal armor, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Victor Fontan (left to right) from the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EODC), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), SFC Michael Roberts, Sergeant (SGT) Bryan Brown, SPECIALIST (SPC) Isaacs Toby and First Lieutenant (1LT) Brandy West from the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion Heavy (ECBH), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), listen closely while SFC Fontan briefs the operation, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Julio Carmona inspects the teeth of an Afghan boy at the Village Medical Out-reach (VMO) point set up by Romanian, Canadian and American Soldiers to assist the people of Zaker-e-Sharif, Afghanistan (AFG), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Bryan Brown (left) and SPECIALIST (SPC) Toby Isaacs from the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion Heavy (ECBH), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), arrange an armor plate over two 105 mm mortar shells which will be detonated to study the resistance of a half inch thick metal armor. The armor plate will be placed on the floor of a Vehicle, near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion (Heavy), 555th Engineer Group, use a M984A1 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), 10-ton, (8x8) Recovery Vehicle to positing a 31.5-ton traffic barrier, used to add weight to a quarter inch thick metal plate, as Soldier assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), prepare two 105mm Mortar Projectiles for use in a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), examines ballistic fragmentation evidence, following the detonation of two 105mm Mortar Projectiles used to simulate the explosion of a land mine, during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), prepare 105mm Mortar Projectiles for use in a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion (Heavy), 555th Engineer Group, comment on and review pictures, taken on a digital camera, of a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), is videotaped by USA Sergeant (SGT) Andre Reynolds, 55th Signal Company Combat Camera, as he explains the what the power of the blast and what the power of the 105mm Mortar Projectiles will do to the quarter inch thick metal as Soldiers assigned to his Unit prepare two105mm Mortar Projectiles for use in a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Andre Reynolds (left), a Videographer assigned to the 55th Signal Company Combat Camera, document activities as US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Victor Fontan, assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), explains the results after two 105mm Mortar Projectiles were detonated to simulate the explosion of a land mine, during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Victor Fontan (foreground left), assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), spools wire cables away from the detonation site, during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion (Heavy), 555th Engineer Group, use a M984A1 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), 10-ton, (8x8) Recovery Vehicle to remove the fragments of a 31.5-ton traffic barrier, used to add weight to a quarter inch thick metal plate, during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating, conducted by USA Soldiers assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Victor Fontan (foreground left), assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), drops some discarding wire cables on top of the 105mm Mortar Projectiles that will be detonated to simulate the explosion of a land mine, as Soldiers assigned to his Unit prepare two 105mm Mortar Projectiles for use in a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Brandy West (foreground), 864th Engineers Combat Battalion (Heavy), 555th Engineer Group, observes the explosion as two 105mm Mortar Projectiles are detonated to simulate the explosion of a land mine, during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion (Heavy), 555th Engineer Group, use a M984A1 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), 10-ton, (8x8) Recovery Vehicle to remove the fragments of a 31.5-ton traffic barrier, used to add weight to a quarter inch thick metal plate, during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating, conducted by USA Soldiers assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Adam Whitman, 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), prepares a 105mm Mortar Projectile for use in a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 864th Engineers Combat Battalion (Heavy), 555th Engineer Group, use a M984A1 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), 10-ton, (8x8) Recovery Vehicle to positing a 31.5-ton traffic barrier, used to add weight to a quarter inch thick metal plate, as Soldier assigned to the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), prepare two 105mm Mortar Projectiles for use in a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Adam Whitman, 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG), partially buries a 105mm Mortar Projectile during a metal armor ballistics resistance test demonstration for military vehicles floor plating at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (A3588)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David A. Gerig, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), checks the NX22, a device used to detonate explosives, in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Santiago Lampon, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), attach blasting caps into blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) stacks 2.75 rocket warheads on top of three boxes of 30mm cruiser rounds, in preparation for a disposal detonation, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), uses blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amber East (left), Signal Communications Technician, assigned to the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG),holds a NX22 transmitter radio device used to detonate explosives, in preparation for a disposal detonation on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

A stack of 2.75 rocket warheads, laced with 7.62mm ammunition rounds blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation, conducted by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

Sunrise over the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Range operated by the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), adds 7.62mm ammunition to the blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), uses blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), uses blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

A plume of smoke rises into the air as US Air Force (USAF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians assigned to the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), detonate explosives, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING

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

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) stacks 2.75 rocket warheads, in preparation for a disposal detonation, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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

A view of the different ambassadors participating in a NATO convention at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2005. The purpose of the convention is to review the historic National Assembly Elections, the role ISAF (International Security Asisitance Forces) play in helping to bring about success and receive briefings on exceptional funding to support Deployed Operating Bases. (U.S. Army PHOTO by PFC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Rele More