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A Marine with Task Force Southwest and a Soldier with the 82nd Airborne discuss the course of fire during a joint mortar shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 24, 2017. The range was conducted to refresh and ex More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest conducts target acquisition drills with an M9 service pistol during a force protection range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 1, 2017. The Marines are scheduled to deploy as part o More

Marines with Task Force Southwest eat a meal with Afghani role players during a rapport-building exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 2, 2016. Approximately 30 Marines with the unit worked to enhance their comm More

Marines with Task Force Southwest advise a notional friendly force during insider threat training at the Infantry Immersion Trainer in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 3, 2017. These scenarios challenged their advisor More

Shaun Sorensen, right, a small unmanned aerial systems instructor with Training and Logistics Support Activity, instructs a Marine with Task Force Southwest on proper controls for the Instant Eye SUAS at Camp L More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks to Marines assigned to Task Force Southwest at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 13, 2017. “I’ve got complete and total confidence in everybody in this room,” More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest fires rubber ammunition from the M203A grenade launcher during nonlethal weapons training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017. More than 30 Marines with the unit’s security e More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest conducts a meeting with an Afghan role player to discuss a time and place for a key leader engagement during the final mission rehearsal at forward operating base Bravo, Camp More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest, left, and a U.S. Soldier with Task Force Forge, right, walk to an advisor mission at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, April, 26th, 2017. The Marine advisors shadowed the Task More

U.S. Sailors with Task Force Southwest and soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps stand as the Afghan National Anthem plays during a Helmand Regional Military Training Center graduation ceremony at More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps speaks to U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, May 3, 2017. A group of approximately 15 Marines with the unit are preparing More

Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, center, commanding general of Task Force Southwest, met with the Provincial governor and key leaders from Afghan National Defense and Security Forces at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, May More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps prepare to tie demolition charges to a trunk line at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, May 10, 2017. More than 20 soldiers completed a demolition range as part of an More

Col. Abrahiem Asim, right, the chief of staff of the 505th Zone Afghan National Police, speaks during a meeting with the sub-district police chiefs of Lashkar Gah and advisors from Task Force Southwest at Bost More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest holds a training meeting with his Afghan National Police counterparts at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2017, where they discussed classes that the advisors More

Marines with Task Force Southwest speak to Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps during a key leader engagement at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, May 7, 2017. Approximately 15 Marine advisors, as well More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps and U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest gather for an introductory meeting at Camp Nolay, Afghanistan, May 21, 2017. Marine advisors addressed force sustain More

U.S. Marine mortarmen with Task Force Southwest set in a 120mm mortar to increase the security at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan May 22, 2017. The Marines fired two illumination rounds, which are non-explosive roun More

Col. David Gibbs, right, commanding officer of team police, Task Force Southwest greets The Honorable Dominic Jermey, left, the British Ambassador to Afghanistan and Maj. Gen. Martin Smith, center, the lead adv More

Brig. Gen. Chakansori, left, Brig. Gen. Ahmadzai, center, and U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, right, gather with the Helmand provincial governor during a shura at Camp Nolay near the Sangin district of Hel More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps carry a fallen Afghan soldier onto a C-130 at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, May 28, 2017, in the holy month of Ramadan. U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest st More

U.S. Navy medical advisor, right, and U.S. Marine advisor, second from right, both with Task Force Southwest, speak with wounded warriors of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, M More

A U.S. Marine infantryman with Task Force Southwest scans the area during the arrival of General Joseph Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command, at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 2, 2017. The general visited B More

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, right, the commanding general of U.S. Central Command, greets Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, left, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, June 2, More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps fires an M16A2 rifle during a battlesight zero range at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 4, 2017. More than 600 soldiers with the unit a More

A U.S. Army nurse anesthetist with 2nd Forward Surgical Team, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan shows an Afghan National Army nurse anesthetist with the 215th Corps airway intubation equipment at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest, right, watches as an engineer with the 505th Zone National Police uncovers a notional improvised explosive devise utilizing the Talon at Bost Airfield, Afghanist More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest demonstrates proper mortar-tube cleaning to Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps prior to a live-fire range at Camp Shorabak, A More

A CH-47 Chinook delivers a sling-loaded M-777 Howitzer to Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 10, 2017. The howitzer will be manned by U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron, and are here to provide accurate fires cap More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest, left, helps an engineer with the 505th Zone National Police put on their EOD9 bomb suit at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 13, 2017. During the class, the advis More

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps monitor intelligence assets during an offensive operation at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 13, 2017. The soldiers, with assistance from U.S. Marines assigne More

U.S. Marine and Navy Sailor advisors with Task Force Southwest and Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps monitor offensive operations with intelligence assets at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 14 More

Key leaders from Task Force Southwest and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces meet to discuss operations being conducted in Marjah and Nad Ali during a security shura at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June More

Lt. Gen. William Beydler, left, the commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, and Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, right, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, shake hands at Bastion Airfield More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps conduct a simulated squad attack at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 19, 2017. The unit completed an eight-week operational readiness cycl More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks to Marines and Sailors with Task Force Southwest at Camp Shorab Afghanistan, June 20, 2017. Neller discussed current events throughout the Marine Corp More

U.S. Marines with team police, Task Force Southwest, chow down on some local food at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. A local village elder brought fresh watermelon, bread and cooked three goats to se More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest refers an M64A1 sight and realigns aiming posts in preparation for a 120mm mortar registration mission at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, June 23, 2017. Several Marines with the Tas More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest prepares to fire an M240B machine gun as another Marine checks for impacts at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan June 25, 2017. Approximately 30 Marines with the unit’s security force More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Mercado, right, the Task Force Southwest surgeon and medical advisor, examines a gunshot wound on an Afghan National Army soldier at the 215th Corps Hospital at Camp Shorabak, Afghanista More

Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, left, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, greets Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Bastion Airfield, Afghanistan, June 28, 2017. Dunf More

Key leaders from the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces and Task Force Southwest held a key leader engagement at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 29, 2017. During the KLE, they discussed cooperation an More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest shows Afghan National Army soldiers with Engineer Kandak, 215th Corps controls and capabilities of the TALON-MK2 on an operational control unit at Camp Shorabak, Afghanis More

U.S. Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest speak with one of their Afghan counterparts with the Zone 505th National Police, who is in charge of maintenance around the base at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Jun More

A counter improvised explosive device instructor teaches proper route clearance procedures using a terrain model to Afghan National Army soldiers with 215th Corps at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, July 13, 2017. S More

Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Ahmadzai, left, the commanding general of 215th Corps, speaks with U.S. Marine Col. Matthew Grosz, right, the senior ANA advisor assigned to Task Force Southwest, at Camp Shorser More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the Helmand Province Regional Military Training Center speaks with a U.S. Marine advisor assigned to Task Force Southwest during a gear inventory at Camp Shorabak, Afghanist More

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter lands at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2017. On July 24, two Mi-17s completed a casualty evacuation in the Nawa district of Helmand province in support of Operation Ma More

A U.S. Marine explosive ordnance disposal advisor with Task Force Southwest sets a time fuse burn in order to establish safe separation distances for detonation at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2017. Seve More

U.S. Navy Sailor Lt. Laura Cargill, right, the lead medical planner of Task Force Southwest, instructs Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Kandak, 4th Brigade, 215th Corps how to properly call for a casualty More

Afghan National Army Command Sgt. Maj. Alhaj Wafa, left, the Sergeant Major of 215th Corps, U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Darrell L. Carver, center, the Sergeant Major of Task Force Southwest, and U.S. Army Command Sgt More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the Helmand Regional Military Training Center uncases an 82mm mortar during a live-fire range at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2017. U.S. Marine advisors with Task Fo More

U.S. Marine Maj. Sean Kaiser, a communications advisor with Task Force Southwest, helps track troop movements with Afghan National Army soldiers from 215th Corps during Operation Maiwand Five near Nawa, Afghani More

An Afghan National Police officer names each part of an M16A2 assault rifle during an M16 class at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2017. The Afghan National Police recently received new M16A2s, replacing t More

Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, the commander of 215th Corps, and Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, discuss plans and tactics to secure and clear t More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 215th Corps discuss tactics for ongoing clearing procedures during Operation Maiwand Five at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2017. U.S. advisors with Task Force Southwest More

Afghan Air Force pilots prepare to fly an Mi-17 during casualty evacuation training at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2017. Afghan National Army soldiers with 7th Special Operations Kandak, 215th Corps ex More

A counter improvised explosive device instructor teaches Afghan National Army soldiers with 215th Corps proper minesweeping procedures at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2017. Approximately 70 engineer sol More

Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Matoll, the executive officer of the Helmand Regional Military Training Center, speaks during a graduation ceremony at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2017. Approximately 60 A More

U.S. Marine Col. David Gibbs, center, commanding officer of team police, Task Force Southwest, embarks onto a CH-47 Chinook that is destined for a key leader engagement at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2 More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest throws a smoke canister to mark a resupply drop zone at Bastion Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2017. An Afghan Air Force C-208 conducted airdrop training with a More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 7th Special Operations Kandak, 215th Corps provide medical care to a notionally wounded soldier during night casualty evacuation training at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Sept. More

Afghan National Army engineer soldiers with 215th Corps inspect a Caterpillar 120M Motor Grader prior to levelling a road at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2017. More than 20 soldiers assigned to various More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest meets with the bank manager at 1st Brigade, near New Garm Ser, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2017. The advisor met with the manager to learn about bank operations, the p More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest discusses offensive strategy with key governmental leaders from the Gereshk, Afghanistan area during Operation Maiwand Six, Sept. 29, 2017. Multiple advisors with More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest and Afghan National Defense and Security Force policemen work through an issue at the Operational Coordination Center – Regional at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Oc More

An Afghan National Army instructor with the Helmand Regional Military Training Center instructs soldiers with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps on the nomenclature of a M24 sniper rifle at Camp Shorabak, Afg More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, left, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, greets Ambassador Hugo Llorens, right, the Special Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, at Bastion Airfield, More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, left, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, and Afghan National Defense and Security Force key leaders meet to discuss Operation Maiwand Seven at Bost Airfield, Af More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps conduct a mock patrol during infantry tactics training at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2017. Afghan instructors at the Helmand Reg More

Afghan National Army soldiers with Artillery Brigade, 215th Corps plot grids during a map reading class as part of an artillery course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2017. More than 20 soldiers with th More

Col. Matthew Reid, left, the deputy commander of Task Force Southwest, greets Lt. Gen. William Beydler, right, the commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, at Bastion Airfield, Afghanistan, Oc More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest provides security while advisors conduct their train, advise and assist mission at the 1st Operational Kandak near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 24, 2017. The advisors More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps battle sight zero M249 light machine guns at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Oct. 24, 2017. Soldiers with the unit’s Heavy Weapons Tolai execu More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 215th Corps sweeps for notional improvised explosive devices during a route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2017. Approximately 40 engineer soldiers More

Brig. Gen. Daud Ghulam Tarakhel, right, the commanding general of the 505th Zone National Police, speaks with one of the workers at the terminal at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, July 9, 2017. For the past 60 days More

Afghan National Policemen unload confiscated drugs onto a pile of wood and tires during a controlled drug burn at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2017. The ANP arrived with approximately three tons of confi More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps rush toward a notional enemy position during a platoon attack exercise at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2017. More than 350 soldiers More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade 215th Corps prepares to fire an M24 sniper rifle during a battle sight zero range at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2017. Approximately 15 sold More

Rockets launch from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System toward a Taliban position in Marjah, Afghanistan during Operation Maiwand Eight, Nov. 9, 2017. Approximately 25 Marines with Task Force Southwest oper More

Brig. Gen. Daud Ghulam Tarakhel, center, the commanding general of the 505th Zone National Police, greets U.S. Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest and advisors with Resolute Support at the Regional Traini More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. David M. Clark, right, the sergeant major of Resolute Support Mission, speaks to senior enlisted U.S. and Afghan National Defense and Security Force leaders during a warfighter forum More

Brig. Gen. Daud Ghulam Tarakhel, right, the commanding general of the 505th Zone National Police, discusses current security operations during a security shura at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2017. The More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps searches for notional enemy fighters during casualty evacuation training at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Nov. 19, 2017. The Helmand Regio More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest teaches the functions of an Electronic Counter Measure, or ECM, during a train, advise and assist mission at the 1st Operational Kandak near Bost Airfield, Afghan More

An Afghan Air Force C-208 airdrops water during a resupply training mission at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2017. Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps observed and pro More

Nasima Niazi, Helmand’s Representative at Parliament, personally thanks all the Operational Coordination Center – Provincial members for their hard work day and night at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 201 More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps run toward a notional enemy compound during an operational readiness cycle at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2017. As part of the tw More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, right, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, greets Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps at Camp Nolay, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2017. Key lead More

1st Lt. Yousif, the training officer with the 1st Operational Kandak, teaches a class on the M16A4 assault rifle near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2017. The class taught the policemen the different parts More

Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, center-left, the commanding general of 215th Corps, and Sardar Mohammed Hamdard, center-right, the first deputy governor of Helmand province, greet ANA Col More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 215th Corps sweep for notional improvised explosive devices during a route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2017. Led by U.S. advisors, the route cleara More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps plot targets in preparation for a 122mm howitzer D-30 live-fire range at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2017. The event concluded an eight-week a More

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest and Afghan National Defense and Security Force personnel exit a CH-47 Chinook near Gereshk, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2017. Task Force and Helmand-based ANDSF leadership met w More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest instructs Afghan National Army soldiers with the Helmand Regional Military Training Center on offensive operations at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2017. S More

An Afghan Air Force tactical air controller scouts notional targets for MD-530 helicopters during an ATAC training exercise at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2017. Several ATACs worked to enhance their ai More

Col. M. Aqa Wapa, the hospital director for the 505th Zone National Police, demonstrates how to utilize trauma scissors during a combat life saver course to Afghan National Policemen at the 1st Operational Kand More

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green, center, speaks with staff noncommissioned officers assigned to Task Force Southwest at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2017. Green, Secretary of the Navy Richar More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 215th Corps prepares to tie a demolition charge to a trunk line at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2017. Approximately 20 engineer soldiers assigned to units throughout More

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest battle tracks with Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq Hotak, the commander of the 1st Brigade, during operation Maiwand 10 in Helmand Province, Afghanist More