U.S. Army Col. William Benson, the commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Cavalry Division, congratulates Spc. James Young, a food service specialist assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, More
U.S. Army Col. William Benson, the commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, presents Soldiers with coins of excellence following the 27th Brigade Support Battalion casing of colors ceremo More
From left to right, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Eliodoro Perez, senior enlisted adviser for the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Ronald Lewis, the d More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Clarence K. K. Chinn, left, the deputy commanding general for Afghan Development-South and Brig. Gen. Ronald F. Lewis, center, the deputy commanding general for support, both with Combined More
A member of the 201st Commando Kandak pulls security in the village of Galuch during an operation there April 27. Afghan national army commandos and Afghan national police assisted by coalition forces conduct a More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John C. Walker (center), native of Jacksonville, Ill., and the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, stands with Laghman Provincial Gov. Iqbal Azizi (right) at his compound i More
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Menton, the senior enlisted adviser for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and other soldiers render their salute as the national anthem plays over loud s More
Left to right, U.S Army Spc. Corey Rundquist, a military policeman from Peoria, Ariz.; U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Bachman, a squad leader from Detriot; and U.S. Army Sgt. Casey Troxel, a team leader from Guffey More
Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Reiichiro Takahashi (left), speaks with Laghman province Gov. Muhammad Iqbal Aziz about the successes seen throughout Laghman province because of the Afghanistan Peace and Re More
On July 28-29, the Afghan Air Force responded with two Mi-17 helicopter and aircrew accompanied by the United States Air Force advisors to an urgent request to begin rescue operations of civilians affected by r More
Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance Forces with Task Force Iron Gray clear and search houses in Hendor village as part of Operation Badpesh Kam Dergiin in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman pr More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cherese Holloway of Brooklyn, N.Y., Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team personnelist, explains leave procedures to fellow PRT members at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Aug. 18.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Lyon (left), director, Air Component Coordination Element, Air Forces Central Command, Kabul, visits with U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Possehl of Newnan, Ga., Laghman Pro More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jay Hood (left), International Security Assistance Force liaison to the U.S. Embassy; Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan; and Barna Karimi, director-general of the Independent D More
Laghman Gov. Mohammed Iqbal Azizi and other Afghan officials take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Oct. 6, for the Gumain Road rehabilitation, a road-improvement project in Mehtar Lam funded by the Laghman Pr More
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bill Mallory of Chesapeake, Va., commanding officer of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, arrives at Forward Operating Base Kala Gush. He leads men and women from the U.S. Army, Navy a More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Willette (left), Foxtrot Company, 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team squad leader, jokes with his son, U.S. Army Pvt. Kevin Nieves, a member of the Laghma More
Shafiq, an Afghan Uniform Police officer with the Alingar District Center at the police headquarters in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2010. On Jan. 25, Shafiq and three other AUP officers from the Alingar D More
Afghan police officers Javeed Hakmal, left, and Lt. Sherwali Hakmal, right, stand in front of one of the Afghan Police patrol vehicles Nov. 3 at the police headquarters in Mehtar Lam here. Javeed and his father More
U.S. Army Capt. Garrett Gingrich (right) from Waterloo, Iowa, commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, talks to an Afghan child at a mounted patrol base in Alingar District here Nov More
U.S. Army Spc. Austin Dietzel, a truck driver from Dubuque, Iowa with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry “Red Bulls” Division, More
U.S. Army Sgt. Clay Bolsinger, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Guttenberg, Iowa, pulls security along a road being built north of Combat Outpost Najil here, Dec. More
A soldier from Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment walks around a graveyard while on patrol on a mountainside near the village of Sigin Jan. 1. The soldiers discovered a command wire in a riverbed More
A boy pushes his toy wire scooter down the streets of Najil Jan. 3. For a child in Najil, a poor Afghan village, this is a fancy toy. The soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Forc More
U.S. Army Sgt. Toby Hall, a team leader with Company A, 413th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Lubbock, Texas, stands in front of the mountains outside Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam holding a belt buckle from More
U.S. Army Cpl. Gabriel Orozco of Queens, N.Y., Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, posts security outside while members of the civil affairs element speak with a shopkeeper in the marketplace More
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, out of Dubuque, Iowa, approach the spot of a previous improvised explosive device attack on Route Nebraska outside the villag More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joe Contreras from San Antonio, Texas, 64th Military Police Company squad leader, 720th Military Police Battalion, talks with Alingar District Center Police Chief Adam Khan Jan. 15 in Aling More
Afghan women stand obscured in the village of Tili Jan. 20 during a three-day mission to the area. It was the first time for a U.S. presence in the village in more than a year. Female engagement team members pa More
U.S. Army Spc. Mason Lembke of West Union, Iowa, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34t More
U.S. soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, TF Red Bulls, and Afghan Nati More
Laghman Province Gov. Mohammad Iqbal Azizi addresses violence issues and his plan to stop it with villagers of Gomrai’s help, Jan. 23. The governor visited the village to conduct a shura with elders and malik.
The Female Engagement Team for 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment Jan. 30 at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The team members are (front row, left to right), U.S. Army Pfc. Shannyanne Adame, More
U.S. Army Spc. Rene Girasek (left), a chemical equipment repair specialist with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Battalion, Task Force Ironman, from Postville, Iowa, teaches Afghan National Army soldier More
U.S. Army Sgt. Adam Nielsen, an infantry team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Cedar Falls, Iowa, front, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Neil Taylor, a joint terminal attack control More
U.S. Army Pfc. Frank Deierling, an infantry soldier from Buffalo, Iowa, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, shows a group of children his 34th Infantry Division "Red Bulls" patch in the vill More
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marcus Mittvalsky (foreground), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, and the battalion command sergeant major from North Liberty, Iowa, pull More
Laghman Province Gov. Mohammed Iqbal Azizi, left, talks with U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, right, International Security Assistance Force commander, at the governor's compound in Mehtar Lam Feb. 7. The gene More
U.S. Army Spc. Chandra Hundley (standing left), a combat medic from Des Moines, Iowa, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Billy Habibi (standing right), a medical operations officer from Des Moines, Iowa, both with Headquart More
U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, NATO International Security Assistance Force commander, speaks with Iqbal Azizi, governor of Laghman province about development of a sustainable Afghan system Feb. 7. (Photo by More
Afghan National Army soldiers from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 201st Infantry Regiment, extract people from the home of a high-value target in Parwai, Feb. 19 during Operation Brass Monkey. The ANA teamed w More
Two U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, look over the home of a high-value target outside Parwai, Afghanistan, Feb. 19 during Operation Brass Monkey. T More
Mahtab Farid, a native of Santa Monica, Calif., and a U.S. State Department public diplomacy officer who has worked as a journalist in the U.S., discusses the fundamentals of writing a solid news lead with Afgh More
U.S. Army Cpl. Eric Palmer, a combat medic from Fairfield, Iowa, winces in pain as U.S. Army Spc. Justin Day, a combat medic from Davenport, Iowa, pumps intravenous liquids into a cavity in his leg bone at the More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Lett, right, platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the 832nd Engineer Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, addresses his More
U.S. Army Spc. Jeff Zimmerman, a combat engineer from Marion Iowa with the 832nd Engineer Company, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry “Red Bulls” Division, drives a Buffalo mine-protected More
Provincial Gov. Mohammad Iqbal Azizi brought House Minority Leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi to the local Mastora Girls School, a highly regarded girls’ secondary school in Mehtar Lam March 20. Azizi frequently visits More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Kremer, left, the commander of 1st Battalion 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Cherokee, Iowa, greets U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D), right, from Iowa's 3rd Congressional District during Bos More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Tim E. Orr, center, the adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, from Boone, Iowa, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Breitsprecker, right, the senior enlisted leader of the Iowa Natio More
An Afghan National Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, looks at a belt of ammunition discovered in a cache located in a locked building in the town of Hind Dor, here March 26 More
An Afghan National Army soldier, from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, looks at a belt of ammunition from a cache located in a locked building outside the town of Hind Dor, March 26, during More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops off some of the first troops of the main body of a massive air assault into the Galuch Valley outside the town of Hind Dor, here, March 26. The air assault, part of Operation Bu More
Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Oliver, a joint terminal attack controller assigned to Bagram Air Field’s 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, communicates with an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot while watching More
U.S. Army Sgt. Tyler Smith of Des Moines, Iowa, a signal support system specialist with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, monitors radio traffic while at observation pos More
U.S. Army Col. Benjamin J. Corell of Strawberry Point, Iowa, and the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls commander, takes cover as a UH-60 Blackhawk lands upon a mountaintop in More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Torry Gasch of Charlotte, N.C., a field artillery officer with Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Divis More
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Taylor Gingrich, the 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, pl More
U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Lemoine, left, a petroleum supply specialist from Tulari, Calif., and U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Grabowski, a shift leader for the petroleum supply specialist team from Hinsdale, N.Y., More
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Egger (left), from Coggin, Iowa, and U.S. Army Pfc. Alex Good, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, both infantry Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force More
Two Afghan boys carry a sheet of plywood delivered by Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, More
U.S. Army soldiers with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, walk down a mountain path afte More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Hayes, left, platoon leader, 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, from Moline, Ill., and U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Axtman, right, an infan More
U.S. Army Capt. Gary L. Crist, left, of Hattiesburg, Miss., maintenance officer for the 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and brother, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Michael L. Crist, right, of Basehor, Kan., per More
Soldiers pay respects through a memorial stand for Spc. Donald Lee Nichols. He was killed in action by an improvised explosive device, April 13, in Laghman province, Afghanistan while serving with Reconnaissanc More
U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake, left, from Clinton, Iowa, U.S. Army Sgt. Elijah Wright, center, from Janesville, Iowa, and U.S. Army Sgt. Ben Rothman, right, from Independence, Iowa, all combat medics with Headquar More
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. David Sowers, front, a heavy equipment operator from Staples, Minn., and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st. Class Tyler D. Saulsgiver, a structural engineer specialist from Panama, N.Y More
A reflection of the Laghman Empowerment Agricultural Facility shines on the window pane as engineers from the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team speak with the project contractors during a final quality ass More
U.S. Army Cpl. Gabriel Orozco, left, from Queens, N.Y., and Sgt. Ryan Scott-Fleming of Westminster, Mass., both security forces soldiers assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, check the stabili More
U.S. Army Sgt. Nick Ziegenmeyer, a signal support systems specialist from Swisher, Iowa, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, soldiers wires on More
Dr. Eric Grant Ph.D., front, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s senior agricultural expert, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eric Blankenship, a Topeka, Kan., native, and the deputy commander of agriculture, both with the More
U.S. Army soldiers with the Reconnaissance Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Mountain Division, T More
Spur-holders, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan L. Pierce of Newton, Kan., left front, a squad leader for the 3/6 Kansas Cavalry Agribusiness Development Team-III, and Sgt. 1st Class Eric Kaltenborn from Manhattan, Kan More
U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Hrodey, right, commander of Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, and Pleasant Hill, Iowa, native, talks with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. David Crowley, left, an Iowa City, Iowa, nativ More
Afghan National Army and coalition sergeants major listen to speakers during the third annual Sergeants Major Conference at Forward Operating Base Ganberi, Afghanistan, June 4. Safety was one of the topics of d More
U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Parker-Bellinger, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a truck driver with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Brigade Combat More
U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Gehri, left, from Anchorage, commander of the 164th Military Police Company, Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, and U.S. Army More
The memorial stand of U.S. Army Sgt. Devin Snyder, a military police officers with the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade from Cohockton, N.Y., June More
U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Michael Willer, the battalion chaplain for 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, reads the benediction during a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers from th More
U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Tobias, from Selma, Texas, a military policeman from the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, pays respects at the memorial st More
U.S. Army Spc. James Vick, foreground, a team leader from Atkins, Iowa, on his second deployment to Afghanistan, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Schumacher, an infantryman from Dubuque, Iowa, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, T More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tim Fiedler, left, the acting first sergeant of Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, sits with his Afghan counterpart on Combat Outpost Najil, Afghan National Army 1st. Sg More
U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Mountain Division, TF Red Bulls and Afghan National Army soldiers from 2nd P More
U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Michael Willer, from Webster City, Iowa, the battalion chaplain for 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, part of the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Brigade Combat Te More
U.S. Army soldiers with Company A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Ky., attached to the 3rd Brigade combat Tea More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Kremer, left, the commander of 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, from Cherokee, Iowa, bids farewell to his fellow Afghan National More
Transition coordinator Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai thanks Lt. Gen. James Bucknall, International Security Assistance Force deputy commander, after a transition commencement ceremony held in Mehtar lam July 19. Th More
(Left to right) U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Maxwell, command sergeant major of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 45th Infantry Division, and U.S. Army Col. Joel Ward, commander 45th IBCT, U.S. Army More
Afghan National Army soldiers of 1st Brigade, 201st Corps, march across the landing zone at Combat Outpost Xio Haq to load onto awaiting CH-47 Chinooks. The ANA air assault supported the mission of 1st Battalio More
First Lt. Daniel Grachanin of Edmond, Okla., acting platoon leader for Company D, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, counts members of his platoon and the partnered Afghan Nationa More
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team relax under makeshift shelters at Combat Outpost Bad Pakh July 30, after coming back from an operation. The 11-day operation More
Simon Gass, NATO senior civilian representative, speaks with a representative from the Laghman Empowerment Agricultural Facility in Mehtar Lam during a visit Aug. 4. Gass and William Patey, British Ambassador More
A memorial ceremony for a fallen soldier held Aug. 16, 2011.
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kristin Sloan, Task Force Thundbird Crossfit trainer, demonstrates the clean and jerk during a fundraising event at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan Aug. 26. Sloan is an Intelligenc More
U.S Army Pfc. Rachelle Dutton, the medic with the Military Police squad in Headquarters Headquarters Company, 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, examines a patients head wound before treating the wound. Dut More
Gov. Mohammad Iqbal Azizi, Laghman provincial governor, listens to village elders of Bad Pakh during a shura Sept. 15. Azizi led the meeting to discuss security and development with the district elders. (Photo More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven Ashmore, of Company C, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, speaks with the villagers before working with the 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade 201st Corp, Afghan More
U.S. Army Spc. Raylen Gilliland, a medic with Company C, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, gives a fellow soldier an IV, Sept. 16, during operations in Chanak Valley, Afghanistan More
Lt. Col. Matthew Harsha, 1st Battalion 179th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander discusses operations with members of his female engagement team, Sgt. Victoria Elbert of Lawton, Okla., and Spc More