ANA, ANP supported by Marines, conduct Operation Eastern Expansion
Marines and sailors of 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 2, stand alongside Afghan National Police and Afghan Nation Army, during the operations brief for joint Operation Eastern Expansion in f... More
ANA, ANP supported by Marines, conduct Operation Eastern Expansion
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A young boy gives the thumbs up while several other
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A local Afghan worker contracted by the Civil Affairs
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Afghan children play soccer in safety of new school
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Marines with the Civil Affairs Group, assigned to 1st
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Local Afghan workers install electrical wiring in the
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Cpl. Patrick Kelley, from Barnstable, Mass., a civil
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Gen. James F. Amos, 35th commandant of the Marine Corps,
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Afghanistan Corporal Jonathon R. Powell, a military
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The Romanian 9th Mechanized Brigade and U.S. Marines
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U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Josiah Smith, left, a 1st Battalion,
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Lieutenant Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, the II Marine
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Major General Francis Donovan, 2nd Marine Division
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Captain Charlie Chiang, team leader of the Civil Affairs
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Chief Warrant Officer 2, Joseph P. Poe, battalion gunner
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Gen. James F. Amos, 35th commandant of the Marine Corps,
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Cpl. Arthur Pena, who Hails from San Antonio, wades
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An AH-1 Cobra, an AV-8B Harrier, and an UH-1 Huey were
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Lieutenant Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, the II Marine
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Major Gen. Francis Donovan, 2nd Marine Division commanding
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U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Steven Sullivan, a mortarman
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A U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th
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