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An Afghan National Army commando and a village elder

An Afghan National Army commando and a village elder

An Afghan National Army commando and a village elder discuss insurgent activity during a mission in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 12. The commandos and coalition special operations forces, the first to ... More

Afghan National Army Maj. Abdul Gafar speaks about

Afghan National Army Maj. Abdul Gafar speaks about

Afghan National Army Maj. Abdul Gafar speaks about Operation Shamshir in the Mata Khan district with Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division Deputy Commanding General – Maneuver Oct. 19.

Col. John Shafer, commanding officer, Regimental Combat

Col. John Shafer, commanding officer, Regimental Combat

Col. John Shafer, commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 6, addresses Afghan National Army soldiers along with ANA Brig. Gen. Abdul Wasea, commanding general, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, March 29, 2012. Shafe... More

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, partnered with the Embedded Partnering Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), form up to head to a training exercise aboa... More

U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th

U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th

U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team observe as members, center, of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army prepare their 60... More

Afghanistan National Army Sgt. Abbas, medic, 2nd Brigade,

Afghanistan National Army Sgt. Abbas, medic, 2nd Brigade,

Afghanistan National Army Sgt. Abbas, medic, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, treats a patient with a broken nose at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, April 7. Abbas, 45, from Daykundi Province joined th... More

Lt. Fakhrudin of the 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th

Lt. Fakhrudin of the 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th

Lt. Fakhrudin of the 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th “Hero” Corps stationed at Combat Outpost Khenjakak talks to locals in the Panjwa'i district, March 26, 2012. The constant presence of ANA in the villages decr... More

An Afghan National Army (ANA) fire support officer

An Afghan National Army (ANA) fire support officer

An Afghan National Army (ANA) fire support officer with 4th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, instructs his crew about upcoming D-30 122 mm howitzer certification exercises at Forward Operating Base Tagab, K... More

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak patrol an

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak patrol an

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak patrol an area of the Arghistan District, Nov. 7, during an operation to rid the area of insurgents in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The commandos are partnered with ... More

Afghan National Army Sgt. Gulagh, left, squad leader,

Afghan National Army Sgt. Gulagh, left, squad leader,

Afghan National Army Sgt. Gulagh, left, squad leader, 1st Tolai, 1st Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps, thanks Sgt. Cordero Gonzalez, squad leader, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Tea... More

Cpl. Michael Sheets, machine gun leader, 4th platoon,

Cpl. Michael Sheets, machine gun leader, 4th platoon,

Cpl. Michael Sheets, machine gun leader, 4th platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, poses for a photograph. The Enid, Okla., native, decided after three years at Oklahoma State University his true call... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 4th Battalion,

An Afghan National Army soldier with 4th Battalion,

An Afghan National Army soldier with 4th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, practices adjusting the aim on a D-30 122 mm howitzer at Forward Operating Base Tagab, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2013. ... More

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares to board an MH-47 Chinook helicopter enroute to the Arghistan District Nov. 7, on an operation to rid insurgents from the area and disrupt Taliban supply lin... More

A Marine washes his hands in accordance with Afghan

A Marine washes his hands in accordance with Afghan

A Marine washes his hands in accordance with Afghan culture before dinner, April 29, 2012. Sergeant Christopher Scott, the logistics advisor with the Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, ... More

As U.S. Army soldiers from B Battery, 4th Battalion,

As U.S. Army soldiers from B Battery, 4th Battalion,

As U.S. Army soldiers from B Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, descend from an observation point, Afghan soldiers from 4th Toli, 2nd... More

Lance Cpl. John Ellington, (right) a team leader with

Lance Cpl. John Ellington, (right) a team leader with

Lance Cpl. John Ellington, (right) a team leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, jumps over a deep wadei and into the arms of his squad leader, Cpl. Ryan Theis, and Afghan National Arm... More

Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, the operations

Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, the operations

Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, the operations first sergeant with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, ties string to mark a grid system within a terrain model, April 21, 2012. Mubarak built the model ... More

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak scan a low-lying

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak scan a low-lying

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak scan a low-lying area outside an Afghan compound Nov. 7, during an operation to rid insurgents from Arghistan District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The commandos ar... More

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest)

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest)

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, speaks to Marines at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012. Maj. Gen. Gurganus and RC(SW) Sgt. Maj. Harriso... More

A village security force commander discusses insurgent

A village security force commander discusses insurgent

A village security force commander discusses insurgent activity with Afghan National Army and coalition special operations forces leaders during a mission in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 15. Commandos ... More

Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, armed with 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles and a 7.76mm PK Kalashnikov machine gun, radio their departure, as they load into a pickup truck after a meeting with villagers in Ghuran, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Kandak, 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ghuran Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Christopher Kaufmann, USA Release Status... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company,

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company,

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment stand with Afghan National Army soldiers after a soccer game on Forward Operating Base Boris, Paktika province, Afghan... More

Abdul Ali, a 205th Afghan National Corp soldier, of

Abdul Ali, a 205th Afghan National Corp soldier, of

Abdul Ali, a 205th Afghan National Corp soldier, of cautiously brushes away dirt to expose wire connected to a simulated IED during Explosive Hazard Reduction Course at Camp Hero in Kandahar province, Afghanist... More

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command Southwest

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command Southwest

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command Southwest commanding general, talks to Marines during the cake cutting ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012.

Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, Afghan National Army general

Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, Afghan National Army general

Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, Afghan National Army general staff chief of operations, explains the ANA commando training process to Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Camp Morehead, Afg... More

Afghan Local Police 3rd Lt. Shah Mohammad meets with

Afghan Local Police 3rd Lt. Shah Mohammad meets with

Afghan Local Police 3rd Lt. Shah Mohammad meets with Sgt. Ben Edwards, squad leader, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, Nov. 27, 2012. The two enjoyed chai tea and talke... More

An Afghan National Army soldier receives a certificate

An Afghan National Army soldier receives a certificate

An Afghan National Army soldier receives a certificate and cadre hat from ANA Command Sgt. Maj. Roshan Safi, during a ceremony at a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan location near the capital city of Kabul. The... More

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th ANA Corps, pauses for a moment during a patrol through Khanjegak village, Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 26. 205th AN... More

Marines throughout Afghanistan took time to celebrate

Marines throughout Afghanistan took time to celebrate

Marines throughout Afghanistan took time to celebrate the 237th Marine Corps Birthday with a traditional cake cutting ceremony, Nov. 10, 2012.

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

Afghan soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th

Afghan soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th

Afghan soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, trained with the M24 sniper rifle, May 2, 2012. A Marine scout sniper teamed trained the Afghans during the weeklong course, covering maintenance, mark... More

Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali,

Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali,

Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, commander of the Afghan 203rd Thunder Corps, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James C. McConville, commander of Combined Joint Task Force- 101 and Regional Command... More

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Redhair, far right, with the

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Redhair, far right, with the

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Redhair, far right, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, listens as Najibullah Popelzai, center right, the Chora district governor, speaks to tribal leaders and members of parliame... More

Afghan National Army Pvt. Mohammad Sadaq, Headquarters

Afghan National Army Pvt. Mohammad Sadaq, Headquarters

Afghan National Army Pvt. Mohammad Sadaq, Headquarters and Service Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, fires his M-16 assault rifle during a live-fire range April 29, 2012. Forty-six ANA soldiers shot ... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Kandak, 2nd

Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Kandak, 2nd

Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, stand in formation and listen to their commanding general, Brig. Gen. Abdul Wasea, and Marine Col. John Shafer, commanding officer, Regim... More

Afghan National Army Lt. Fakhrudin, 6th Kandak, 1st

Afghan National Army Lt. Fakhrudin, 6th Kandak, 1st

Afghan National Army Lt. Fakhrudin, 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th ANA Corps, speaks with a village elder as his Afghan and coalition team members pull security during a patrol through Khanjegak village, Panjwa... More

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest)

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest)

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, speaks to Marines at Combat Outpost Rankel, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012. Maj. Gen. Gurganus and RC(SW) Sgt. Maj. Harrison Tanksley... More

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares to board an MH-47 Chinook helicopter enroute to the Arghistan District Nov. 7, on an operation to rid insurgents from the area and disrupt Taliban supply lin... More

A member of 3rd Company, 2nd Special Operations Kandak

A member of 3rd Company, 2nd Special Operations Kandak

A member of 3rd Company, 2nd Special Operations Kandak proudly marches forward to be presented the U.S. Army Combat Infantryman Badge, Aug. 24. The commandos were awarded the CIB for their actions during a rece... More

An Afghan soldier provides a situation report from

An Afghan soldier provides a situation report from

An Afghan soldier provides a situation report from a safe distance during a field training exercise May 11, 2011 at a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan location near the capital city of Kabul, Afghanistan. Coal... More

Two U.S. soldiers with Company C, 3rd Platoon, 1st

Two U.S. soldiers with Company C, 3rd Platoon, 1st

Two U.S. soldiers with Company C, 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment survey the area during a patrol in Khanjegak village, Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 28. Afghan Nati... More

Cpl. Erick Olivas (right), a member of the Embedded

Cpl. Erick Olivas (right), a member of the Embedded

Cpl. Erick Olivas (right), a member of the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), eats dinner with his Afghan National Army counterparts July 21, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanis... More

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak search for

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak search for

Afghan Commandos from 4th Commando Kandak search for weapons caches in Arghistan District, Nov. 7, during an operation to rid the area of insurgents in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The commandos are partnere... More

An Afghan National Army commando platoon sergeant conducts

An Afghan National Army commando platoon sergeant conducts

An Afghan National Army commando platoon sergeant conducts pre-mission rehearsals at Jalalabad Air Field, Afghanistan, April 27. Commandos and coalition special operations forces practiced basic scenarios as pa... More

Sergeant Ben Edwards, squad leader, Lima Company, 3rd

Sergeant Ben Edwards, squad leader, Lima Company, 3rd

Sergeant Ben Edwards, squad leader, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, crosses an irrigation system during a joint patrol with the Afghan National Army, Nov. 27, 2012. E... More

The Chawkai district subgovernor holds a shura in Kunar

The Chawkai district subgovernor holds a shura in Kunar

The Chawkai district subgovernor holds a shura in Kunar province, Afghanistan, April 28. Afghan National Police and district officials discussed the Afghan National Army commando mission in the valley and how i... More

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak scans the

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak scans the

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak scans the horizon for enemy activity Nov. 7 during an operation to rid the area of insurgents in the Arghistan District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The commandos... More

Lance Cpl. William Hanagan, a radio operator with Weapons

Lance Cpl. William Hanagan, a radio operator with Weapons

Lance Cpl. William Hanagan, a radio operator with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, jumps over a wadei and into the arms of his squad leader, Cpl. Ryan Theis and Afghan National Army Pvt. Has... More

A coalition special operations forces soldier defends

A coalition special operations forces soldier defends

A coalition special operations forces soldier defends his position from insurgent small-arms fire during a daylong firefight in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 12. Afghan National Army commandos and coali... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Allen L. Davids and Sgt. Michael A.

U.S. Army Sgt. Allen L. Davids and Sgt. Michael A.

U.S. Army Sgt. Allen L. Davids and Sgt. Michael A. Sims, both Indirect Fire Infantryman with 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, use hand signals to assist in ... More

Players from the combined Afghan National Army Kandak

Players from the combined Afghan National Army Kandak

Players from the combined Afghan National Army Kandak team celebrate their cricket match victory against a combined International Security Assistance Force team June 19, at ISAF Headquarters. The ANA Kandak tea... More

Coalition special operations forces pararescue jumpers

Coalition special operations forces pararescue jumpers

Coalition special operations forces pararescue jumpers lower a stretcher during a medical evacuation in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 13. Afghan National Army commandos and coalition special operations... More

Coalition special operations forces line up in formation

Coalition special operations forces line up in formation

Coalition special operations forces line up in formation at Camp Morehead, Afghanistan, April 23. Coalition special operations forces prepared to meet Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,... More

Afghan civilians ride past an Afghan National Army

Afghan civilians ride past an Afghan National Army

Afghan civilians ride past an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to the 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak, 6th Brigade, 215th Corps, as he provides security for a vehicle checkpoint (VCP) in the Shekasteh Tappeh ... More

Afghan National Army soldiers walk downrange to check

Afghan National Army soldiers walk downrange to check

Afghan National Army soldiers walk downrange to check their targets with their Marine instructors, May 2, 2012. Afghan soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, trained for a week with the M24 sniper rifle.

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest)

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest)

Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest) commanding general, speaks to Marines at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012. Maj. Gen. Gurganus and RC(SW) Sgt. Maj. Harriso... More

Marines pray during a cake cutting ceremony aboard

Marines pray during a cake cutting ceremony aboard

Marines pray during a cake cutting ceremony aboard Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012.

An Afghan National Army commando company commander

An Afghan National Army commando company commander

An Afghan National Army commando company commander explains an upcoming operation at Jalalabad Air Field, Afghanistan, April 27. The commander explained the upcoming mission to their platoon leaders using infor... More

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua S. Ninis, a cannon crew member

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua S. Ninis, a cannon crew member

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua S. Ninis, a cannon crew member with the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, observes as a soldier with the Afghan National Army... More

Afghan national army 201st Commando Kandak prepare

Afghan national army 201st Commando Kandak prepare

Afghan national army 201st Commando Kandak prepare to deploy on first mission in southern Afghanistan, Feb. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Joseph Coslett)

U.S. Army Capt. Alex Schade, an advisor assigned to

U.S. Army Capt. Alex Schade, an advisor assigned to

U.S. Army Capt. Alex Schade, an advisor assigned to Security Force Advisory Team Green 2, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment discusses possible enemy locations over a map with Afghan National Army Maj. Safi ... More

Afghan National Army Gunnery Sgt. Mohammad Hasan, an

Afghan National Army Gunnery Sgt. Mohammad Hasan, an

Afghan National Army Gunnery Sgt. Mohammad Hasan, an academy instructor with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, sights in on his target down range, May 2, 2012. After Hasan graduates from the marksmanship co... More

Afghan National Army Lance Cpl. Eid Mohammad, infantryman,

Afghan National Army Lance Cpl. Eid Mohammad, infantryman,

Afghan National Army Lance Cpl. Eid Mohammad, infantryman, 1st Tolai, 1st Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps, jokes with a local Afghan boy during a partnered patrol, Nov. 16, 2012. The patrol met with several lo... More

Capt. Oscar Sassarini, Embedded Partnering Team officer

Capt. Oscar Sassarini, Embedded Partnering Team officer

Capt. Oscar Sassarini, Embedded Partnering Team officer in charge, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), discusses training with Lt. Col. Amanulla, 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th C... More

Sergeant Thomas Brown, squad leader, Weapons Company,

Sergeant Thomas Brown, squad leader, Weapons Company,

Sergeant Thomas Brown, squad leader, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 215th Corps, shows Afghan National Army soldiers how to read a map and correctly hit targets at Patrol Base Detroit, Afghanistan... More

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th ANA Corps, stays on watch for security while a fellow soldier searches a villager during a patrol through Khanjegak village, Panjwai district,... More

Afghan National Army commandos distribute food during

Afghan National Army commandos distribute food during

Afghan National Army commandos distribute food during a mid-mission resupply in Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 4. Meals-Ready-To-Eat, or MREs, and water dropped by helicopter, enable soldiers to conduct mu... More

Afghan soldiers from the Afghan National Army’s 7th

Afghan soldiers from the Afghan National Army’s 7th

Afghan soldiers from the Afghan National Army’s 7th Kandak and an Afghan Uniformed Policeman, set up a traffic control point to check local nationals moving through the area during Operation Thunder, an operati... More

Sergeant Cordero Gonzalez, center, squad leader, Lima

Sergeant Cordero Gonzalez, center, squad leader, Lima

Sergeant Cordero Gonzalez, center, squad leader, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, introduces himself to Afghan National Army Sgt. Gulagh, right, team leader, 1st Tolai, 1st Ka... More

Lance Cpl. Clinton Rivas, rifleman, Lima Company, 3rd

Lance Cpl. Clinton Rivas, rifleman, Lima Company, 3rd

Lance Cpl. Clinton Rivas, rifleman, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, patrols through southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2012. The patrol teamed with Afgh... More

An Afghan National Army commando and a local security

An Afghan National Army commando and a local security

An Afghan National Army commando and a local security force commander discuss insurgent activity during a mission in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 12. Commandos and coalition special operations forces, ... More

Afghan National Army commandos board a CH-47 Chinook

Afghan National Army commandos board a CH-47 Chinook

Afghan National Army commandos board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Jalalabad Air Field, Afghanistan, April 27. Commandos and coalition special operations forces used the helicopter for a mission in eastern Afgh... More

Brig. Gen. Daud Ghulam Tarakhel, left, the commanding

Brig. Gen. Daud Ghulam Tarakhel, left, the commanding

Brig. Gen. Daud Ghulam Tarakhel, left, the commanding general of the 505th Zone National Police, and Col. David Gibbs, the senior Afghan National Police advisor, attend a shura at the 1st Operational Kandak dur... More

Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, the operations

Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, the operations

Afghan National Army 1st Sgt. Mubarak, the operations first sergeant with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, and Capt. Stephen Walker, the operations advisor with the Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 6... More

A U.S. Soldier, left, with Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion,

A U.S. Soldier, left, with Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion,

A U.S. Soldier, left, with Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, observes the firing of a D-30 122 mm howitzer by Afghan National Army (AN... More

After a successful mission in the village of Kwajangur

After a successful mission in the village of Kwajangur

After a successful mission in the village of Kwajangur in Afghanistan's Kherwar District, soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and 2nd Com... More

Afghan National Army Staff Sgt. Mohammad Hassan, a

Afghan National Army Staff Sgt. Mohammad Hassan, a

Afghan National Army Staff Sgt. Mohammad Hassan, a range instructor with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215 Corps, places a hand on ANA Pvt. Mohammad Din, a soldier with 1st Tolai, during a live-fire range April 29, ... More

Lance Cpl. Caleb Hackbarth, rifleman, Lima Company,

Lance Cpl. Caleb Hackbarth, rifleman, Lima Company,

Lance Cpl. Caleb Hackbarth, rifleman, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, walks through thick mud during a partnered patrol with the Afghan National Army, Nov. 27, 2012. ... More

An Afghan National Army soldier fires a 122-mm howitzer

An Afghan National Army soldier fires a 122-mm howitzer

An Afghan National Army soldier fires a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at Shey Khan, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Apr. 29, 2013. Two D-30s are placed in the Pir Kowti Valley during Operation Pamir. (U.S. Army photo by... More

Afghan National Army soldiers operate a 122-mm howitzer

Afghan National Army soldiers operate a 122-mm howitzer

Afghan National Army soldiers operate a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at night in Shey Khan, Paktika province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2013. Two D-30s are placed in the Pir Kowti Valley during Operation Pamir. (U.S. Army p... More

Coalition special operations forces pararescue jumpers

Coalition special operations forces pararescue jumpers

Coalition special operations forces pararescue jumpers medically evacuate an injured Afghan National Army commando during a mission in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 12. Commandos and coalition special o... More

Marines serving with Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion,

Marines serving with Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion,

Marines serving with Embedded Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and Afghans National Army soldiers serving with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, shared a dinner of beef, fresh vegetables a... More

Sergeant Maj. Harrison Tanksley, Regional Command

Sergeant Maj. Harrison Tanksley, Regional Command

Sergeant Maj. Harrison Tanksley, Regional Command (Southwest) sergeant major, speaks to Marines at Combat Outpost Hanson, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012. Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, RC(SW) commanding general and... More

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier from 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th ANA Corps teams with coalition counterparts during a patrol counterparts in Khanjegak village, Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province, Afghanist... More

Kandak commanders from the 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps,

Kandak commanders from the 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps,

Kandak commanders from the 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, sit with their coalition forces’ partners from Combined Task Force Spartan, at the second Shona-ba-Shona conference at Forward Operating Base Pasab, Oct. 29.

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares to board an MH-47 Chinook helicopter enroute to the Arghistan District Nov. 7, on an operation to rid insurgents from the area and disrupt Taliban supply lin... More

Corporal Austen Clark, 2nd squad leader, 1st Platoon,

Corporal Austen Clark, 2nd squad leader, 1st Platoon,

Corporal Austen Clark, 2nd squad leader, 1st Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, is currently deployed to Now Zad, Afghanistan. Clark has served with Marine Corps Security Forces at Camp David. He ... More

Hospital corpsmen with the Embedded Partnering Team,

Hospital corpsmen with the Embedded Partnering Team,

Hospital corpsmen with the Embedded Partnering Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), partnered with soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, demonstrate the prop... More

Lt. Fakhrudin of the 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th

Lt. Fakhrudin of the 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th

Lt. Fakhrudin of the 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th “Hero” Corps stationed at Combat Outpost Khenjakak leads a mission to disrupt Taliban activities in local villages in the Panjwa'i district of Kandahar provin... More

Smoke from an insurgent improvised explosive device

Smoke from an insurgent improvised explosive device

Smoke from an insurgent improvised explosive device found and destroyed by Afghan National Army soldiers near the village of Nikol, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Afghan soldiers secured the highground near Nikol... More

Members of the 6/1/205th ANA Battalion stationed at

Members of the 6/1/205th ANA Battalion stationed at

Members of the 6/1/205th ANA Battalion stationed at Combat Outpost Khenjakak talk to locals in the Panjwa'i district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 27, 2012. The constant presence of ANA members in th... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 4th Battalion,

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 4th Battalion,

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps plot coordinates during a classroom exercise at Camp Parsa in Khost province, Afghanistan, June 15, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. ... More

A batter for the combined International Security Assistance

A batter for the combined International Security Assistance

A batter for the combined International Security Assistance Force team steps into his swing in an attempt to score a run during a cricket match against a combined Afghan National Army Kandak team, June 19, 2011... More

An Afghan National Army soldier receives a certificate

An Afghan National Army soldier receives a certificate

An Afghan National Army soldier receives a certificate and cadre hat from International Security Assistance Force/U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, during a ceremony at a NATO Training M... More

British Brig. Gen. Iain Harrison, director of Influence

British Brig. Gen. Iain Harrison, director of Influence

British Brig. Gen. Iain Harrison, director of Influence and Outreach for International Security Assistance Force, presents a trophy to the combined Afghan National Army Kandak team captain June 19, following th... More

Afghan soldiers conduct a field training exercise,

Afghan soldiers conduct a field training exercise,

Afghan soldiers conduct a field training exercise, May 11, 2011 at a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan location near the capital city of Kabul, Afghanistan. Coalition forces are currently building the Afghan ar... More

The roof of the mosque belonging to the 5th Kandak,

The roof of the mosque belonging to the 5th Kandak,

The roof of the mosque belonging to the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade 205th ANA Corps, constructed in 2010 as part of the Canadian mentorship effort at Camp Hero, quickly deteriorated after its completion. (U.S. Army... More

Afghan National Army soldiers from 6th Kandak, 1st

Afghan National Army soldiers from 6th Kandak, 1st

Afghan National Army soldiers from 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th ANA Corps, team with coalition counterparts during a patrol counterparts in Khanjegak village, Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan,... More

Afghan National Army Sgt. Bahadar, Explosive Hazards

Afghan National Army Sgt. Bahadar, Explosive Hazards

Afghan National Army Sgt. Bahadar, Explosive Hazards Reduction Course instructor, engineer platoon non-commissioned officer, Commando Line Kandak, 205th Corps, observes as a student approaches a vulnerable area... More

Maj. Kent Solheim (Right), Charlie Company, 4th Battalion,

Maj. Kent Solheim (Right), Charlie Company, 4th Battalion,

Maj. Kent Solheim (Right), Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Company commander, describes his team's recent mission to General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Ca... More

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