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US Army (USA) Reserve (USAR) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Len Tidey (left), Bravo Company (B Co), 7-158th Aviation Battalion (BN), 244th (Theater) Aviation Brigade, watches as SFC Tom Rees (right), 1ST Information Operations (IO), 10th Mountain Infantry Division (ID), releases boxes of leaflets in an aerial drop from a USA CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter over Helmand Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Reserve (USAR) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Len Tidey (lef...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Helmand Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

U.S. Army SGT. Brian Raley (left) from the 345th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) checks the recording settings of his video camera as an interpreter (center) stands by to translate, during an interview at Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) as they attend the transfer of authority ceremony (TOA) at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Brian Raley (left) from the 345th Mobile Public Affairs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

An Afghan National Army soldier communicates with other

An Afghan National Army soldier communicates with other

An Afghan National Army soldier communicates with other ANA elements via radio while on patrol during Operation Omid Shash, Feb. 17, in Gereshk District, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The operation featured co... More

Lance Cpl. Samuel Martin Jr., 20, of Henderson, Nev.,

Lance Cpl. Samuel Martin Jr., 20, of Henderson, Nev.,

Lance Cpl. Samuel Martin Jr., 20, of Henderson, Nev., a rifleman and scout with Apache Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, with his Purple Heart medal after receiving the award at Patrol Base S... More

Cpl. Nicholas Bruns, a vehicle commander for Combined

Cpl. Nicholas Bruns, a vehicle commander for Combined

Cpl. Nicholas Bruns, a vehicle commander for Combined Anti-Armor Team-2, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, gets a boost up to the roof of a compound to search for weapons caches in the Distri... More

A Marine with 7th ESB, supervises a portion of the

A Marine with 7th ESB, supervises a portion of the

A Marine with 7th ESB, supervises a portion of the Route Red improvement project in October 2011. The surfacing portion of Route Red was completed early this month. The improved road will benefit locals by conn... More

Lieutenant Col. William H. Vivian, the commanding officer

Lieutenant Col. William H. Vivian, the commanding officer

Lieutenant Col. William H. Vivian, the commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pays his final respects to Lance Cpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt of San Antonio Oct. 13, after a memorial service honori... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment sergeant major from Detroit, and a formation of Marines and sailors from 1/3 and 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, watch the Commandan... More

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local elder as he enters the district center here for the funeral of District Chief of Police Lt. Col. Sayfullah Khan Rashidi, Nov. 13. Sayfullah died when his ... More

Sergeant Robert Leshinsky, a North Tonawanda, N.Y.,

Sergeant Robert Leshinsky, a North Tonawanda, N.Y.,

Sergeant Robert Leshinsky, a North Tonawanda, N.Y., native and an ammunition technician with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, orders, issues, and tracks all munitions for his battery. He is co... More

Combat engineers prepare to lead two columns of Marines

Combat engineers prepare to lead two columns of Marines

Combat engineers prepare to lead two columns of Marines as they step off on a patrol. A fire team of combat engineers with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion provided support for the Marines and sailors of Border Ad... More

Cmdr. Lore Aguayo (left), commanding officer of Naval

Cmdr. Lore Aguayo (left), commanding officer of Naval

Cmdr. Lore Aguayo (left), commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 officially relieves Cmdr. La Tany Simms, commanding officer of NMCB 4, of the watch during a ceremony in which NMCB ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. George Eifert, a wrecker operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. George Eifert, a wrecker operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. George Eifert, a wrecker operator with Trucks Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 22-year-old native of Cambridge, Minn., flushes gear oil out of the hub of a wrecker truck while c... More

Turret gunner's view in southwestern Afghanistan

Turret gunner's view in southwestern Afghanistan

A 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company (Task Force Warhammer) turret gunner’s view provides a cramped but patriotic perspective on convoy security during bridging operations in southwestern Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Horsley, load master

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Horsley, load master

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Horsley, load master with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), looks out the back of a KC-130J Hercu... More

Afghan National Army medics inject a soldier with penicillin

Afghan National Army medics inject a soldier with penicillin

Afghan National Army medics inject a soldier with penicillin at the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps aid station March 23, here. The ANA medics, according to Petty Officer 1st Class Federico Sanchez, a Reno, Nev., nati... More

U.S. Marines with Rolling Thunder 2 Transportation

U.S. Marines with Rolling Thunder 2 Transportation

U.S. Marines with Rolling Thunder 2 Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2 conduct a combat logistics patrol (CLP) in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 24, 2013. Rolling Thunder 2 conduc... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 5th Kandak, 4th

Afghan National Army soldiers with 5th Kandak, 4th

Afghan National Army soldiers with 5th Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps, become familiar with the hydraulic control levers inside an ATLAS II Forklift aboard Forward Operating Base Delaram II in Helmand provinc... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Visits Camp Leatherneck

Commandant of the Marine Corps Visits Camp Leatherneck

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, visit Marines, Sailors and Coalition Forces aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Prov... More

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, center right, commanding general

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, center right, commanding general

Major Gen. Sayed Malouk, center right, commanding general of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, talks to Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center left, commander, Regional Command (Southwest), about security opera... More

Marines with High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

Marines with High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

Marines with High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Platoon, Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, perform maintenance checks aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 9, 2014. The Marines of Tang... More

Sgt. Maj. Reginald Robinson, sergeant major, Task Force

Sgt. Maj. Reginald Robinson, sergeant major, Task Force

Sgt. Maj. Reginald Robinson, sergeant major, Task Force Belleau Wood, addresses staff noncommissioned officers during an Incident Mitigation Symposium aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2014. The cla... More

IED Detection Dog Illustration - Drawing. Public domain image.

IED Detection Dog Illustration - Drawing. Public domain image.

An illustration of a U.S. Marine Corps military working dog, Crank, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, relaxing after a long day of searching vehicles outside the main entry point (MEP) ab... More

A soldier with Afghan National (ANA) Army 215th Corps

A soldier with Afghan National (ANA) Army 215th Corps

A soldier with Afghan National (ANA) Army 215th Corps photographs U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest (TFSW), and Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, comman... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 15, 2018) – A soldier

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 15, 2018) – A soldier

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 15, 2018) – A soldier with 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps provides security during a military operations on urban terrain (MOUT) exercise at ... More

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying equipment and personnel assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 arrives at a forward operating base in Afghanistan Jan. 28, 2009. NMCB-7 ... More

A cloud of “moon dust,” a nickname for the powder-like

A cloud of “moon dust,” a nickname for the powder-like

A cloud of “moon dust,” a nickname for the powder-like sand that carpets the Afghan desert, forms as a combat logistics patrol from Motor Transport Company B, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics ... More

An Afghan boy shares a laugh with Lance Cpl. Kyle L.

An Afghan boy shares a laugh with Lance Cpl. Kyle L.

An Afghan boy shares a laugh with Lance Cpl. Kyle L. Ellis (left), a Louisville, Kent., native and a provisional rifleman with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat Team-8, and Cpl. John... More

The II MEF airlifts the primary switch center and other

The II MEF airlifts the primary switch center and other

The II MEF airlifts the primary switch center and other equipment to Kajaki Dam power house.

An Afghan National Army soldier from the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier from the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier from the 215th Corps Logistics Brigade spikes the ball during a volleyball game against Marines and sailors from the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward... More

FIREBASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Sergeant

FIREBASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Sergeant

FIREBASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Sergeant Tyler J. Ledbetter of Vancouver, Wash., a Howitzer section chief with Alpha Battery, pauses after a fire mission for a photograph. Ledbetter, who is on ... More

SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines and

SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines and

SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines and sailors, partnered with soldiers from the Republic of Georgia’s Army 33rd Light infantry Battalion, take a moment to relax at an observation post near the L... More

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan visits with Afghan National

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan visits with Afghan National

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan visits with Afghan National Security Force officers attending Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Oct. 4. The Staff Planners’ course instructs ANSF ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric McMullen, a combat engineer with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric McMullen, a combat engineer with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric McMullen, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1 and 21-year-old native of Lake Tahoe, Calif., checks the progress of a project here, Nov. 12. Marines of Alpha ... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Hernandez (left), 19,

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Hernandez (left), 19,

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Hernandez (left), 19, from San Francisco, and Cpl. Nick Montez, 20, from Lewiston, Idaho, a mortarman and a dog handler with the 81mm mortar platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion,... More

A local elder watches Afghan National Army soldiers

A local elder watches Afghan National Army soldiers

A local elder watches Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment search his compound during Operation Tageer Shamal (Shifting Winds) here, ... More

Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Fazul Hazim, the commanding

Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Fazul Hazim, the commanding

Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Fazul Hazim, the commanding officer of 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, greets Afghan and Marine guests before an artillery demonstration for government officials and local el... More

Marines and sailors with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Marines and sailors with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Marines and sailors with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) listen to Brig. Gen. John Broadmeadow, (center), 1st MLG (Fwd) Commanding General at the EOD compound on Ca... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sharif Muzayen, squad leader,

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sharif Muzayen, squad leader,

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sharif Muzayen, squad leader, 3rd squad, Police Advisor Team 2 (PAT 2), Alpha company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, takes attendance of Afghan Local Polic... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jeremy M. Nelson with Regimental

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jeremy M. Nelson with Regimental

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jeremy M. Nelson with Regimental Combat Team 7 reads out a promotion warrant during a promotion ceremony held for U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Peter F. Priester on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand p... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Regional Command (Southwest), undergo a Relief and Appointment ceremony on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2013. The Camp Lej... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Peter A. Montalvo, a crew

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Peter A. Montalvo, a crew

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Peter A. Montalvo, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461), checks a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2013. HMH-4... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Cullen, a heavy equipment

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Cullen, a heavy equipment

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Cullen, a heavy equipment operator with Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Regiments 2, Regional Command (Southwest), operates a 30,000-pound Hydraulic Excavator at Camp Dwyer, Hel... More

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment conduct a security patrol outside of Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2014. The Marines spoke with locals to build co... More

A U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant, ambush-protected

A U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant, ambush-protected

A U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle utilized by Suicide Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, moves in a convoy down Route 611 carrying some of the last U.S. Marin... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Spaulding, the senior

Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Spaulding, the senior

Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Spaulding, the senior medical department representative with Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan, stands by the Regional Command (Southwest) logo aboard Camp Leatherneck, He... More

Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, render honors to Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commander, Regional Command (Southwest) and Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan, during the ba... More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest, speaks

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest, speaks

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest, speaks with an Afghan soldier about his injuries at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, May 29, 2017. The Marines and Sailors paid them a visit to gain an understanding... More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest takes

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest takes

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest takes notes during a key leader engagement between TFSW and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 17, 2017. The key lead... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 14, 2018) – Soldiers

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 14, 2018) – Soldiers

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 14, 2018) – Soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps and policemen with the 505th Zone Afghan National Police stand at attention during 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigad... More

Sgt. Mathew Cummings, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief with

Sgt. Mathew Cummings, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief with

Sgt. Mathew Cummings, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), fires a GAU-17 mini gun on a range outside Camp Bastion, Sept. 3. The Huey cre... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Route Clearance

Afghan National Army soldiers with Route Clearance

Afghan National Army soldiers with Route Clearance Company, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, scour an improvised explosive device course at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23.

Lance Cpl. Brandie Hogan (center), a member of Female

Lance Cpl. Brandie Hogan (center), a member of Female

Lance Cpl. Brandie Hogan (center), a member of Female Engagement Team 12, Now Zad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, and Sgt. Habiba Abida, the FET leader, pose with local children after handing out school supplie... More

DABS technicians connect the riser cables on the air

DABS technicians connect the riser cables on the air

DABS technicians connect the riser cables on the air switch assembly at Kajaki Dam power house.

Sgt. Arturo Fernandez, a crew chief with Marine Light

Sgt. Arturo Fernandez, a crew chief with Marine Light

Sgt. Arturo Fernandez, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, and a native of Los Angeles, watches from the door of a UH-1Y Huey hovering a few feet above the runway at Camp Bastion Afgh... More

Sgt. Sean M. Cain of Newkirk, Okla., shakes hands with

Sgt. Sean M. Cain of Newkirk, Okla., shakes hands with

Sgt. Sean M. Cain of Newkirk, Okla., shakes hands with the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta, after receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with com... More

Captain Matiullah Sediqi, 3rd Brigade Surgeon with

Captain Matiullah Sediqi, 3rd Brigade Surgeon with

Captain Matiullah Sediqi, 3rd Brigade Surgeon with the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, checks on one of his patients as a combat medic with the newly established medical kandak resets an IV. Sediqi works at... More

Sergeant Ronny Pool, a platoon sergeant with Headquarters

Sergeant Ronny Pool, a platoon sergeant with Headquarters

Sergeant Ronny Pool, a platoon sergeant with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and Staff Sgt. Javier Acosta, a platoon sergeant with Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amp... More

An Afghan National Policeman teaches Afghan Local Police

An Afghan National Policeman teaches Afghan Local Police

An Afghan National Policeman teaches Afghan Local Police recruits during weapons training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 13, 2013. Afghan Local Police complement counterinsurgency efforts by assisting ... More

A U.S. Marine Special Operations Team member maintains

A U.S. Marine Special Operations Team member maintains

A U.S. Marine Special Operations Team member maintains security during a patrol with Afghan National Army Special Forces to escort a district governor to a school in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 15, 201... More

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (2/2) uses a secure electronic enrollment kit on an Afghan local in Habib Abad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2013. Marines with 2/2 conducte... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. James Covey, commanding officer,

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. James Covey, commanding officer,

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. James Covey, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (3/7), fires an M500 12 gauge shotgun on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghani... More

Two teams of Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion,

Two teams of Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion,

Two teams of Marines with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, with Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles provide security during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 19, 2014.... More

Master Sgt. Kenneth M. Blankenship II, left, poses

Master Sgt. Kenneth M. Blankenship II, left, poses

Master Sgt. Kenneth M. Blankenship II, left, poses for a photo with Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder during a Purple Heart award ceremony May 27 at the Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butle... More

Governor Hayatullah Hayat, left, the governor of Helmand

Governor Hayatullah Hayat, left, the governor of Helmand

Governor Hayatullah Hayat, left, the governor of Helmand Province, speaks at a key leader engagement at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, May 3rd, 2017. They discussed the importance of communicating accurate and tim... More

MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Cpl.

MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Cpl.

MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Cpl. Timothy Stark, a mortarman from Westerlo, N.Y., with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, waits in line to use the morale p... More

Sgt. Maj. Craig D. Cressman serves Thanksgiving dinner

Sgt. Maj. Craig D. Cressman serves Thanksgiving dinner

Sgt. Maj. Craig D. Cressman serves Thanksgiving dinner to thousands of servicemembers and contractors at Dining Facility 5 at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Nov. 24.

Nawa District Governor Abdul Manaf greets Afghan and

Nawa District Governor Abdul Manaf greets Afghan and

Nawa District Governor Abdul Manaf greets Afghan and Marine leaders before an artillery demonstration for government officials and local elders from districts across southern Helmand here, Jan. 14. The illumina... More

Army 1st Lt. Matthew B. Wharton displays different

Army 1st Lt. Matthew B. Wharton displays different

Army 1st Lt. Matthew B. Wharton displays different materials used to build improvised explosive devices. Wharton led a class to inform units about different ways IEDs are made, as well as the various methods of... More

Maj. Erich Beriel candidly talks with Abdul Rahman,

Maj. Erich Beriel candidly talks with Abdul Rahman,

Maj. Erich Beriel candidly talks with Abdul Rahman, renewable energy engineer, who installed the solar panels on top of the new Marjeh Fruit and Vegetable Packing Facility. The solar panel-powered renewable ene... More

A memorial is held in memory of Sgt. William C. Stacey,

A memorial is held in memory of Sgt. William C. Stacey,

A memorial is held in memory of Sgt. William C. Stacey, a Marine from Seattle, Wash., who was killed in combat in Now Zad District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on January 31, 2012. Stacey served proudly with ... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Camacho, a food service

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Camacho, a food service

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Camacho, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and 19-year-old native of Fredericksburg, Va., cooks chicken ... More

U.S. service members react to an amusing lyric a performance

U.S. service members react to an amusing lyric a performance

U.S. service members react to an amusing lyric a performance by country music star Toby Keith here, April 28, 2012. Keith visited Camp Dwyer and performed for service members as part of United Service Organizations tour.

Sergeant Bryce W. Cherryholmsnoll, a native of Huxley,

Sergeant Bryce W. Cherryholmsnoll, a native of Huxley,

Sergeant Bryce W. Cherryholmsnoll, a native of Huxley, Iowa, unfolds the American flag as Marines prepare to fly the flag next to the Afghan flag above the Task Force Leatherneck compound here April 28, 2012. M... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gabriel Peguero from Lynn,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gabriel Peguero from Lynn,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gabriel Peguero from Lynn, Mass. with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8), Regimental Combat Team 7 provides security at a mortar range near Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanista... More

Afghan National Army soldiers walk to a formation May

Afghan National Army soldiers walk to a formation May

Afghan National Army soldiers walk to a formation May 28, here. Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Wasea, commanding general, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, and his Afghan National Security Forces counterparts planned ... More

A young Afghan woman practices using a sewing machine

A young Afghan woman practices using a sewing machine

A young Afghan woman practices using a sewing machine to make clothing at the Department of Women's Affairs office in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 24. She is one of more than 50 women who re... More

Marines with 4th platoon, Mobility Assault Company,

Marines with 4th platoon, Mobility Assault Company,

Marines with 4th platoon, Mobility Assault Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, stand by their vehicles ready to start their route clearance mission through Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2014. Rou... More

A convoy of U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant,

A convoy of U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant,

A convoy of U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles utilized by 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (1/7), carrying the last 1/7 Marines from Suicide Charley Company and material retro... More

Timothy McDermott, a U.S. Army veteran, pulls on crane

Timothy McDermott, a U.S. Army veteran, pulls on crane

Timothy McDermott, a U.S. Army veteran, pulls on crane cables after moving a large engine for a military vehicle he is repairing in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 10, 2017. McDermott, who has been fixing ... More

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (right), commanding general

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (right), commanding general

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (right), commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, shares a lighthearted moment with Maj. Gen. Nabi J. Mullakhel, the Deputy Chief of Police for RC(SW), before departing the cit... More

OBSERVATION POST 22, Helmand province, Afghanistan

OBSERVATION POST 22, Helmand province, Afghanistan

OBSERVATION POST 22, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Cody Milton talks to his squad leader, Sgt. Jake Milkovic (sitting) about security concerns July 21 at Observation Post 22 in Gereshk, Afghanistan... More

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Navy Cmdr. Sean Barbabella thanks Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Walsh after an awards ceremony here, July 28. Barbabella, a native of Smock, Penn., ... More

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Members

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Members

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Members of the Regimental Combat Team 5 Personal Security Detachment conduct a patrol during counter improvised explosive device training here August 21. The exercise... More

Students load a PKM general purpose machine guns during

Students load a PKM general purpose machine guns during

Students load a PKM general purpose machine guns during the firearms training portion of the Tactical Leaders Course aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Nov. 1. The Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest ha... More

Two Afghan Uniformed Policemen perform practical application

Two Afghan Uniformed Policemen perform practical application

Two Afghan Uniformed Policemen perform practical application during their Combat Lifesaver Course Dec. 1 aboard Forward Operating Base Jackson, Sangin district, Helmand province. Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberl... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police

Afghan National Army soldiers with Military Police Tolay, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, hustle toward a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during an air interdiction force training operation here, Dec. 19. In preparatio... More

Truck Four from the mobile section with Fox Company,

Truck Four from the mobile section with Fox Company,

Truck Four from the mobile section with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, prepares to move from its temporary position after resting overnight. Truck Four’s crew of Marines – Cpl. John Kehoe, fr... More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Winward (right) Regimental Combat

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Winward (right) Regimental Combat

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Winward (right) Regimental Combat Team 5 chaplain, speaks with Lt. James Rutan, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment chaplain, and the religious and cultural affairs officer with Afghan Natio... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Roger B. Turner, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Roger B. Turner, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Roger B. Turner, commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 5, right, welcomes Maj. Gen. David H. Berger, commanding general of Task Force Leatherneck, aboard Camp Dwyer, Helmand province... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Ingram, left, forward

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Ingram, left, forward

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Ingram, left, forward observer, and Cpl. Michael Smith, chemical biological radiological nuclear specialist, both from Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine ... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 169 conduct operations over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. HMLA-169 is deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Endu... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force provides security outside prior to entering a senior Taliban leader's home in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013. The senior ... More

Colonel Roger B. Turner, the 5th Marine Regiment commanding

Colonel Roger B. Turner, the 5th Marine Regiment commanding

Colonel Roger B. Turner, the 5th Marine Regiment commanding officer, addresses his guest during a battle colors rededication ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, June 5, 2013. Marines ser... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Robinson from Buffalo

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Robinson from Buffalo

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Robinson from Buffalo N.Y. and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 prepares to engage his target during a foreign weapons and NATO ballistics live-fire shoot on Camp Leatherneck, ... More

Navy Lt. j.g. James M. Nicholson, right, the senior

Navy Lt. j.g. James M. Nicholson, right, the senior

Navy Lt. j.g. James M. Nicholson, right, the senior medical advisor with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, shakes hands with medical staff from 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, aboard... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, center, commanding general, Regional Command (Southwest), listens to Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Sayeed Malook, left, address Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, center-right, Nimroz prov... More

Local Afghans converse with U.S. Marines assigned to

Local Afghans converse with U.S. Marines assigned to

Local Afghans converse with U.S. Marines assigned to Georgian Liaison Team 11 (GLT/ 11) and Georgian Army Soldiers with Bravo Company, 31st Georgian Light Infantry Battalion (31st GLIB) while taking a break fro... More

A soldier with the Danish Contingent presents the Denmark

A soldier with the Danish Contingent presents the Denmark

A soldier with the Danish Contingent presents the Denmark flag to Danish Army Col. Micheal Thogersen, DANCON commander, during a flag-lowering ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Ju... More

Turret gunners with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 pray

Turret gunners with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 pray

Turret gunners with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 pray over each other before a combat logistics patrol aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, July 14, 2014. The turret gunners with CLB-7 act as the eyes and ears... More

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