A cache of unexploded ordnance found by Afghan Uniform
A cache of unexploded ordnance found by Afghan Uniform Police officers is destroyed at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. Afghan National Security Forces trained alongside the technici... More
Sgt. Mohammad Dawood stands outside the police station
Sgt. Mohammad Dawood stands outside the police station in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. Dawood is the only Explosives Ordnance Disposal police officer in Uruzgan Province and has diffused or reduced a... More
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham,
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, demonstrates how to attach a detonation cord to blocks of Plastic Explosives No.4 (PE4) bef... More
Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) provides
Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) provides security during a nighttime training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. SO... More
Special Police from Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan
Special Police from Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) perform counter improvised explosive device (C-IED) measures during a nighttime training validation exercise in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, April 27... More
Afghan Uniform Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician
Afghan Uniform Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician Sgt. Mohammad Dawood examines documents with Maj. David Main, right, Security Force Assistance Team commander, at a police station in Tarin Kot at Ur... More
A member of the Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan
A member of the Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) quick reaction force provides overwatch security during a training validation exercise as soldiers from Australia's Special Operations Task Group (S... More
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham,
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, prepares a detonation site for a controlled detonation of explosives found at Tarin Kowt in... More
U.S., Australian, and Afghan soldiers provide security
U.S., Australian, and Afghan soldiers provide security and conduct key leader engagements during a visit to a police station in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. The U.S. Security Force... More
Royal Australian Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians
Royal Australian Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians prepare a site for a controlled detonation of explosives found and disarmed at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. Afghan Nation... More
A special police officer with Provincial Response Company
A special police officer with Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) awaits debrief after a nighttime training validation exercise with Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in Tarin Kot, Afgh... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Prescott, Security Force Assistance
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Prescott, Security Force Assistance Team, Texas National Guard, provides security at a police station in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. The SFAT team was responsible for advising ... More
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) focuses his night vision goggles during a nighttime training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) in Tarin Kot, Afgh... More
U.S. Army Cpl. Leroy Granado, right, with the 56th
U.S. Army Cpl. Leroy Granado, right, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard, shakes hands with a local Afghan child at a police station in Tarin Kot at Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, M... More
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham,
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, walks to a previous detonation site to render it safe for others after a controlled detonat... More
U.S. Army Cpl. Oscar Trevino, with the 56th Infantry
U.S. Army Cpl. Oscar Trevino, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard checks the optics on his M240 machine gun prior to test firing the weapon at the range before a mission at Multi Na... More
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) provides security during a training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. ... More
From left: Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer
From left: Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Keitley, Australian Army Maj. Brenton Wynen, and Royal Australian Navy Lt. Rob Woodall move through a local police station to inspect ordnance in Tari... More
Australian's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) moves
Australian's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) moves through Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, during a training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U), April 27, 2013. SOTG have worked ... More
Australian's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) moves
Australian's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) moves through the traffic circle in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, during a training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U), April 27, 2... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Prescott, Security Force Assistance
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Prescott, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), Texas National Guard, provides security at a police station at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. The SFAT team ... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, Security Force Assistance
U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), Texas National Guard, maintains communications with his team while providing security on the perimeter of a police station at Tarin Kowt in Ur... More
U.S. Army Cpl. Leroy Granado, with the 56th Infantry
U.S. Army Cpl. Leroy Granado, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard, stands watch on the roof at a police station in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. Granad... More
Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) moves
Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) moves through Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, during a training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U), April 27, 2013. SOTG have worked w... More
Royal Australian Army Sapper Rohan Paul Conlon, 20th
Royal Australian Army Sapper Rohan Paul Conlon, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, and local Afghan Uniform Police officers prepare a site for a controlled detonation for explosives... More
Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Dale Johns, 20th
Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Dale Johns, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, and Afghan Uniform Police officer Sgt. Mohammad Dawood tape detonation cord to a block of Plastic... More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Player, Security Force
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Player, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), Texas National Guard, talks to an Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) officer at a police station at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afgha... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, Security Force
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), Texas National Guard, talks to an off-duty Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) officer while providing security on the perimeter of a police s... More
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham,
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, prepares a detonation site for a controlled detonation of explosives found at Tarin Kowt in... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, with the 56th Infantry
U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Willis, with the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard, watches traffic pass from a guard tower at a police station of Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 25... More
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Keitley,
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Keitley, left, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, inspects improvised explosive device components found and disarmed by Afghan Unifo... More
Special Police from Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan
Special Police from Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan arrive at the National Directorate of Security compound during a training validation exercise as soldiers from Australia's Special Operations Task Group... More
Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) Platoon
Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) Platoon Commander Usman directs his quick reaction force team as they arrive at the National Directorate of Security compound during a training validation exercise ... More
Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Dale Johns, 20th
Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Dale Johns, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, connects wires to set a charge during a controlled detonation at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, ... More
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham,
Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Luke Graham, 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 1st EOD Troop, signals to coalition forces that a controlled detonation will take place in ten minutes at ... More
A member of the Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan
A member of the Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) quick reaction force mounts a weapon during a nighttime training validation exercise as soldiers from Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOT... More
Afghan Uniform Police Sgt. Mohammad Dawood examines
Afghan Uniform Police Sgt. Mohammad Dawood examines documents with U.S. Army Maj. David Main, right, the Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT) commander at a police station in Tarin Kot at Uruzgan province, Afg... More
U.S. Army Pfc. Neil Studenski, with Charlie Company,
U.S. Army Pfc. Neil Studenski, with Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, provides security for members of the Security Forces Assistance Team (SFAT), outside of a police ... More
An officer stands guard outside of Uruzgan's National
An officer stands guard outside of Uruzgan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The NDS compound has been the target of recent insurgent activity and has seen incr... More
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) scans the area through his night vision goggles during a nighttime training validation exercise for Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) in ... More
Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) Platoon
Provincial Response Company - Uruzgan (PRC-U) Platoon Commander Usman (center) briefs his officers prior to a mission in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, May 1, 2013. The PRC-U has been working with Australia's Special ... More