The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram Air Field Dec. 10.
U.S. Army sniper Spc. James Wanser of Los Angeles and other members of Company C, Task Force 2-28, 172nd Infantry Brigade, and the Afghan National Army ruck march toward Observation Post #4 near Forward Operati More
U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, admires the Afghan landscape out the back door of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter as another Chinook More
Elders who are members of provincial peace councils are greeted by members of the provincial High Peace Council and Gul Agha Sherzai (far right), governor of Nangarhar province, at the governor's palace in Jala More
French Army Cpl. Ghurzoule pulls guard at the landing zone on Forward Operating Base Tagab-Kutschbach, Dec. 24.
"Santa," aka U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Lausier, from Swampscott, Mass., listens with a group of fellow soldiers attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team- Kapisa, Task Force Lafayette, as Brig. Gen. More
Birds fly over a cement blast barrier into Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar)
Najibullah, 10, pauses at the exit the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital Jan. 9. He was severely injured in the stomach July 20, in Ghazni province and had been under the hospital’s care ever since.
A U.S. Army mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle makes its way down Disney Drive, past the crosswalk to the Khole dining facility, during a snowstorm the night of Jan. 22.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas, 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, calls for a member of the Afghan Border Police to slo More
Camp Clark dining facility manager George Piccardi, from Diamond Bar, Calif., serves up roast beef to hungry soldiers, Feb. 6. Piccardi goes above and beyond for the soldiers of Camp Clark by throwing movie and More
Afghan boys check out a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle belonging to the U.S. Army's 3rd Platoon, Troop A, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, in a small settlement near Camp Clark, More
U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron Wilson, a native of Moreno Valley, Calif., with the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment,Task Force Spartan, prepares 120 mm mortar rounds to More
Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, gets a fire started for U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Fo More
Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan observe while members of the local Afghan Uniformed Police conduct a vehicle se More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Clayton Smith, from Oxford, Maine, Scout Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, looks on as an Afghan Uniform Police More
Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border Police observe a demonstration in a preventative maintenance, checks and services class conducted by the maintenance platoon from Headquarters and Headqu More
U.S. Army 1st Lt.'s Mathew Mraz, from Polatello, Idaho, and Omar Williams, from Yonkers, N.Y., who are with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, bri More
U.S. Army Spc. Jarred Stoffel from Nichols, Wis., and Staff Sgt. Steven Howard from Ash Fork, Ariz., toss the pigskin around in the snow near the passenger terminal building while waiting for flights to come in More
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter lifts off from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Feb. 29.
U.S. Army Pfc. Grant Lloyd, from Sylvester, Ga., assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blackhawk, scans the horizon as the sun rises in the below-freezing morning More
A U.S. Army soldier from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blackhawk, pulls security from the turret of a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle in the small village of Y More
U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Blackhawk, patrol through the small village of Yahya Khel March 10. Members of Company A More
Maksud, an Afghan National Army soldier, pulls guard during a traffic checkpoint with U.S. soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Blackhaw More
Three Afghan National Army soldiers take a break while conducting a traffic check point with U.S. soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force B More
A security guard for the Lebanese company Nassar Group International pulls guard duty on their living compound, which is inside the Forward Operating Base Super FOB construction site. In addition to a contingen More
U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Davies, a medic for Company C, 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Blackhawk, and a native of Longview, Wash., sits on the bumper of one of the emergency vehicles used by the For More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Laura Comacho, of New Braunfels, Texas, the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of the new mild traumatic brain injury recovery clinic on Forward Operating Base Sharana, stands next to the a More
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler addresses soldiers at the clamshell on Bagram Air Field April 2. Chandler spoke about the importance of the anti-hazing and sexual harassment policies, and then fielded qu More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jessica Utley, from Gasport, N.Y., earns a coin from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler by explaining to him the proper definition of corrective training at the clamshell on Bagram Air Field More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Paul Funk (left), deputy commanding general for Combined Arms Center-Training, is escorted off the tarmac at Bagram Air Field by U.S. Army Col. Douglas Gabram, 1st Cavalry Division chief of More
The flight line is reflected in the windows of the air traffic control tower on Forward Operating Base Shank as U.S. Army Spcs. David Hamilton, Quentin Bradford, and Spencer Smith, all air traffic controller sp More
U.S. Army Pfc. Roddirick Noel, from Atlanta, and Spc. Logan Mize, from Far West, Utah, both with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Corsair, assemble a Grey Eagle unmanned aerial vehic More
U.S. Army Spc. Paul Nickens, a native of Cameron, N.C., who is serving as a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief for Task Force Corsair, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, mans the gunner’s seat in his UH-60 Black Hawk durin More
A U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over a row of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters parked on Forward Operating Base Shank April 13.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Muna Nur, who was born in Somalia but is a native of St. Paul, Minn., currently serving as the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of the 10th Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Muleskinner Tro More
U.S. Army Sgt. Emmanuel Seals of Homer, La., a truck commander with the 1086th Transportation Company, Louisiana Army National Guard, Task Force Muleskinner, checks the oil of his palletized load system truck M More
U.S. Army Spc. Robin Morgan, of Pine Prairy, La., a gunner with the 1086 Transportation Company, Louisiana Army National Guard, prepares the gunner's nest of her mine resistant ambush protected vehicle on Bagra More
U.S. Army Spc. Austin Fontenot, of Port Barre, La., a gunner with the 1086th Transportation Company, Louisiana Army National Guard, Task Force Muleskinner, feeds rounds of linked ammunition into place in the gu More
U.S. Army Spc. Helen Jeschow, a native of Greensboro, N.C., hugs Sode Jan, an Afghan girl she has befriended over the course of several months of volunteer work at the Egyptian Field Hospital on Bagram Air Fiel More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Edgar Cerrillo, from Covina, Cali., an advanced designated marksman for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Task Force Reaper, takes in the view of the Panjshir valley above an old Ru More
The cavity where the largest of the Buddha's of Bamiyan statues, known as the "Father Buddha," used to stand, as seen from above, June 14, 2012. The monumental statues were built in A.D. 507 and 554 and were th More
New Zealand Sgt. Maj. Paxworthy, a native of Palmerston North, pulls security under an airplane wing at the Forward Operating Base Bamyan airfield, June 15, 2012. The smaller of the two famous “Buddha's of Bamy More
New Zealand soldiers, Malaysian soldiers, and civilian contractors with Task Unit Crib play a game of dodge ball on Forward Operating Base Bamyan, June 19, 2012. Soldiers from New Zealand and Malaysia have been More
A local boy who was serving tea at a meeting of local farmers flashes a shy smile through the grass blades in an orchard near the town of Bamyan June 16, 2012.
Bamyan Governor Habiba Sarabi's security detail escorts her as she leaves a meeting at the Bamyan Cultural Heritage Center June 18, 2012. Sarabi is the only female Governor of an Afghan province in history.
Several young women weave a large rug at the Arzu Studio Hope compound in the Dragon Valley, about five miles west of the town of Bamyan June 20, 2012. Women enrolled the program receive higher than average com More
A girl and her brother enjoy the amazing scenery at Band-e-Amir National Park about an hour's drive west of the town of Bamyan, June 27, 2012. Band-e-Amir is one of only two national parks in Afghanistan.
Arizona Sen. John McCain leaves the Craig Joint Theater Hospital on Bagram Air Field after visiting with wounded warriors July 4, 2012. McCain spent the afternoon on the airfield meeting with constituents, cond More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Pogue, who hails from Pecos, Texas, and is serving as a gunner with 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Regiment, Task Force Talon, checks out the view through one of the gunner's po More
A motorcycle owned by U.S. Army Sgt. David Leese, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, sits ready for the start of the seventh annual Phantom Thu More
The sun eclipses the moon over a row of B-Huts Dec. 10.
Najibullah, 10, talks to hospital staff and reporters from his bedside Jan. 1, his 164th day at the Craig Joint-Theater Hospital. He was severely injured in the stomach July 20, in Ghazni province.
U.S. Army Spc. Tommy Wyatt of Muskogee, Okla., and Cpl. Kurt Seidel of Sand Springs, Okla., work at covering the common remotely operated weapon station system on a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle parke More
British Maj. Gen. David Hook (center), International Security Assistance Force commander of the Joint Force Reintegration Cell, arrives at the governor's residence in Jalalabad for a ceremony celebrating the op More
U.S. Army Spc. Devon Boxa from San Angelo, Texas, a member of Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, watches another CH-47D Chinook out the back door of her Chinook as the two fly from Bagram Air Fi More
U.S. Army Sergeant Terry McCullar (center), from Killen, Ala., poses with Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, Combined Joint Task Force-1 deputy commanding general, and Staff Sgt. Thomas Tank, who is from Cherokee, Ala., More
"Santa," aka U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Lausier, from Swampscott, Mass., forms up with a group of fellow soldiers attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team- Kapisa, Task Force Lafayette, for a visit More
One of the copies of the book "We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young" donated by its authors, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and journalist Joseph L. Galloway, to 1st Cavalry Division soldiers servi More
Soldiers stroll through the falling snow on Disney Drive the evening of Jan. 23.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josh Steffen, a native of Alexandria, Minn., who is with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, works on an Mine Resistant Ambush Protected More
U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Sweeny, from San Diego, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas, both with 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Sparta More
George Piccardi, a civilian contractor from Diamond Bar, Calif., who runs the Camp Clark dining facility, explains the rules for the door prize raffle he arranged during the Super Bowl party he threw at the DFA More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Orendorff, from Bridgeport, Pa., leader of 3rd Platoon, Troop A, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, conducts a rock drill for his soldiers and their Afghan National More
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Barrios, from Long Beach, Calif., and Pfc. Aaron Wilson, from Moreno Valley, Calif., both with the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment,Task More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, Combined Joint Task Force-1 and 1st Cavalry Division commanding general, and his personal security detail dismount from two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at Goode Airf More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson, Alaska, a scout with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, passes two local women during a pre More
Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, as they walk into the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. The s More
A member of the Afghan National Army documents the detonation of an improvised explosive device on a street near the wood market in Gardez, Feb. 18. This was the first time an ANA explosive ordinance disposal u More
Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border Police head to a preventative maintenance, checks and services class conducted by the maintenance platoon from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler Johnson, from San Antonio, Texas, who is a lead engineer for the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team, Task Force Spartan, flings a snowball during an epic snowball fight with paratr More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramon Rodriguez, a native of Juna Diad, Puerto Rico, and a team leader for 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force Blackhawk, prepares the crew of his mine- More
U.S. Army Pfc. Grant Lloyd, from Sylvester, Ga., assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blackhawk, is lit by the tail lights as he climbs into his mine resistant am More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Anthony Smith, a civil affairs officer with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks to a local Afghan at a traffic check point set up by members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regi More
U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blackhawk, set up a traffic checkpoint outside Combat Outpost Yosef Khel with a platoon from the Afghan National More
A young girl hesitates to separate from her father as soldiers from the Afghan National Army search him and and his motorcycle at a traffic check point set up by the ANA, under the watchful eye of U.S. Army sol More
U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Littel, Forward Operating Base Super FOB commander, explains the paving process for one of the streets of Super FOB, March 16, which will be the largest training and operations base for t More
One of the rooms in the new mild traumatic brain injury recovery clinic at Forward Operating Base Sharana waits for its first patient March 21. Mute coloring and lighting were used to prevent headaches and othe More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Toone, a native of Enid, Okla., asks Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler a question during a Q and-A session at the clamshell on Bagram Air Field April 2. Chandler spoke for 2 More
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler points out some changes in the new U.S. Army uniform to soldiers at the clamshell on Bagram Air Field April 2. Chandler fielded questions for over an hour on issues includ More
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur Coleman, the command sergeant major of III Corps and Fort Hood, is greeted on the flight line of Bagram Air Field by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, 1st Cavalry Division com More
U.S. Army Spcs. David Hamilton, Quentin Bradford, and Spencer Smith, all air traffic control specialists for 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Corsair, conduct aircraft movement on their f More
U.S. Army Pfc. Roddirick Noel, from Atlanta, who is with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Corsair, assembles a Grey Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle on Forward Operating Base Shank April 12.
U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffrey Hanns, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief for Task Force Corsair, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, talks to his pilots while preparing for take-off from Forward Operating Base Altimur April 13.
U.S. Army National Guard Spcs. Brandon Modlin, from Grand Island, Neb., and Aaron Dickey, from York, Neb., spray down the aft rotary section of a CH-47 Chinook on Forward Operating Base Shank April 13. Both Sol More
U.S. Army soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, get a pre-mission briefing in their motor pool on Bagram Air Field March 19. The unit was about to More
U.S. Army soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, prepare their Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles in their motor pool for a mission May 19. The More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Muna Nur, a native of St. Paul, Minn., a medic with the 10th Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Muleskinner, walks a line of vehicles belonging to the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transpo More
U.S. Army soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, prepare their mine resistant ambush protected vehicles for a mission on Bagram Air Field May 19. The More
A young Afghan girl shares a conversation with U.S. Army Spc. Helen Jeschow, a native of Greensboro, N.C., through Alex, an interpreter at the Egyptian Field Hospital on Bagram Air Field, June 3. Jeschow is an More
U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Mace, of Florence, Ky., a testing and evaluations team leader for the 340th Tactical Military Information Support Operations Company, Task Force Tsunami, uses his rifle site to overwatch act More
The cavity where the smaller of the Buddha's of Bamiyan statues, known to locals as the "Mother Buddha," used to stand, as seen from above, June 14, 2012. The monumental statues were built in A.D. 507 and 554 a More
New Zealand Sgt. Maj. Paxworthy, a native of Palmerston North, pulls security under an airplane wing at the Forward Operating Base Bamyan Airfield, June 15, 2012. The smaller of the two famous Buddha's of Bamiy More
Two local farmers tend to their potato field June 17, 2012. Potatoes have become the biggest cash crop for the large farming community in Bamyan - thanks in large part to efforts by the Bamyan Provincial Recons More
Bamyan Governor Dr. Habiba Sarabi stands on a patio overlooking the Bamyan river valley where the ancient standing Buddha’s of Bamyan statues used to reside in giant insets, one of which can be seen here, June More
A young woman weaves a rug at the Arzu Studio Hope compound in the Dragon Valley west of the town of Bamyan. The red markings on her hand are henna, decorations for a wedding she had attended earlier in the day More
The flags of Afghanistan, New Zealand, Malaysia, the United States, and the European Union Police fly over Forward Operating Base Bamyan, June 22, 2012. The structure on the hill in the in the background is the More
A farm is dwarfed by red cliff walls similar to those seen in Arizona or Utah, near the Band-e-Amir National Park west of the town of Bamyan, June 27, 2012. Band-e-Amir is one of only two national parks in Afghanistan.