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27th Brigade Support Battalion going home

27th Brigade Support Battalion going home

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

Maj. Jack Owens, of Moore, Okla., senior instructor

Maj. Jack Owens, of Moore, Okla., senior instructor

Maj. Jack Owens, of Moore, Okla., senior instructor assigned to the 162nd Infantry Brigade, based in Fort Polk, La., speaks to a group of officers and non-commissioned officers in a classroom at the Security Fo... More

Pvt. Donald L. Shane, a designated marksman assigned

Pvt. Donald L. Shane, a designated marksman assigned

Pvt. Donald L. Shane, a designated marksman assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division scans the horizon at a perspective district center site ... More

Soldiers assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th

Soldiers assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th

Soldiers assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Afghan National Army troops move between villages in Kharwar District to prevent the en... More

An Afghan National Army cadre instructs a recruit on

An Afghan National Army cadre instructs a recruit on

An Afghan National Army cadre instructs a recruit on proper weapon placement during security drills at the Regional Military Training Center in Kandahar province, Jan. 2. Coalition advisers assisted in shaping ... More

Afghan National Police patrolman Mir Wali scans the

Afghan National Police patrolman Mir Wali scans the

Afghan National Police patrolman Mir Wali scans the surrounding area while standing guard duty at a position shared with U.S. Marines from 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, here, Ja... More

Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hakim-Zia, medical

Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hakim-Zia, medical

Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Hakim-Zia, medical command medical recruiting officer in charge, speaks on Yowali Radio 88.5 FM, at Kandahar Air Field, during a medical recruiting radio interview, Jan. 18. Visi... More

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Sealey, Air Force Central

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Sealey, Air Force Central

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Sealey, Air Force Central Command chief master sergeant, speaks with airmen deployed to Regional Support Command-South, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Jan. 22. Sealey met with 12 of the joint e... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and a native of Hackettstown, N.J., performs squats with Afghan National Army soldiers ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and a native of Hackettstown, N.J., performs squats with Afghan National Army soldiers ... More

Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police listen

Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police listen

Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police listen to a speech from Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, Kandahar Regional Training Center commander, during their graduation ceremony at Police Training Center, Cam... More

Afghan air force member Sgt. Khudainazer attends a

Afghan air force member Sgt. Khudainazer attends a

Afghan air force member Sgt. Khudainazer attends a building and structures class during a multisubject civil engineer course at Kandahar Air Wing, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2012. Afghan civilians and service member... More

Officer candidate school graduates and instructors

Officer candidate school graduates and instructors

Officer candidate school graduates and instructors dance to the sounds of an Afghan National Army band to mark the end of the officer canddiate school graduation ceremony at the Kandahar training center, Afghan... More

A local elder from Trek Nawa speaks during a shura

A local elder from Trek Nawa speaks during a shura

A local elder from Trek Nawa speaks during a shura here, Jan. 29. The shura coincided with a clearing operation conducted by Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps as part of Operation Tage... More

Wing Marines reflect on yearlong deployment at Helmand academy

Wing Marines reflect on yearlong deployment at Helmand academy

A group of Air Wing Marines pose for a photo at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck Feb. 3. Throughout their yearlong deployment, the Marines played a pivotal role in graduating more... More

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew T. Morrissey, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew T. Morrissey, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew T. Morrissey, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment commanding officer, speaks to Afghan Local Police recruits on their first day of training here, Feb. 4. The 59 Afghan recruits will ... More

Afghan National Army recruit Pvt. Zulmay directs a

Afghan National Army recruit Pvt. Zulmay directs a

Afghan National Army recruit Pvt. Zulmay directs a humvee into a parking spot during an up-armored humvee course on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2012. The up-armored humvee course teaches soldiers and police... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, a 28 year-old Manchester,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, a 28 year-old Manchester,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Shane Willis, a 28 year-old Manchester, N.H., native and the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Police Advisor Team chief instructor, teaches an Afghan Local Police recruit proper patrolling te... More

Col. Richard Wilson, Regional Support Command (South)

Col. Richard Wilson, Regional Support Command (South)

Col. Richard Wilson, Regional Support Command (South) commander, visits members assigned to the 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, on Camp Lindsey, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2012, before offic... More

New facilities, known as K-Spans, are ready for occupation

New facilities, known as K-Spans, are ready for occupation

New facilities, known as K-Spans, are ready for occupation on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2012. Construction of the K-Spans was recently completed for the Afghan National Army’s 205th Corps Engineer Battal... More

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, and U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, board a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter near Combat Outpost Torbert here b... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and 32-year-old native of Garland, Texas, uses binoculars to determine target placement... More

U.S. Army Capt. Jake Wilson, a reservist deployed to

U.S. Army Capt. Jake Wilson, a reservist deployed to

U.S. Army Capt. Jake Wilson, a reservist deployed to Kandahar province, observes the inventory of a vehicle repair and spare parts shipment to the 2nd Forward Support Depot on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2... More

Afghan National Army's 2nd Forward Support Depot receives parts

Afghan National Army's 2nd Forward Support Depot receives parts

U.S. Army Capt. Jake Wilson, a reservist deployed to Kandahar province, observes an inventory of a vehicle repair and spare parts shipment to the 2nd Forward Support Depot on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 20... More

First Cpl. Momin Khan Sarfraz, an Afghan Uniform Police

First Cpl. Momin Khan Sarfraz, an Afghan Uniform Police

First Cpl. Momin Khan Sarfraz, an Afghan Uniform Police non-commissioned officer graduate, marches to the front of a graduation ceremony assembly to receive his completion certificate from a training center dir... More

Garmsir District Governor Mohammad Fahim speaks to

Garmsir District Governor Mohammad Fahim speaks to

Garmsir District Governor Mohammad Fahim speaks to a crowd of approximately 200 elders, Afghan military leaders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during a shura here, Feb. 23. Fahim aske... More

A 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion bulldozer maneuvers

A 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion bulldozer maneuvers

A 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion bulldozer maneuvers through rubble during the patrol base reduction, Feb. 23. The 3rd CEB reduced the base in half, making it easier to maintain. Fewer Coalition Forces are stati... More

Afghan Uniform Police recruits and patrolmen share

Afghan Uniform Police recruits and patrolmen share

Afghan Uniform Police recruits and patrolmen share a light moment during a non-commissioned officer and literacy course graduation ceremony at Regional Training Center – Kandahar, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2012. On... More

Newly promoted Chief Warrant Officer 3 Quartina Trafford,

Newly promoted Chief Warrant Officer 3 Quartina Trafford,

Newly promoted Chief Warrant Officer 3 Quartina Trafford, a supply advisor to the 2nd Forward Support Depot in Kandahar province, cuts into a cake after the conclusion of her promotion ceremony on Camp Hero, Af... More

Coalition members, deployed to Forward Operating Base

Coalition members, deployed to Forward Operating Base

Coalition members, deployed to Forward Operating Base Lindsey, Afghanistan, gather to celebrate Bulgarian Liberation Day, March 3, 2012. Bulgarian advising teams on Forward Operating Base Lindsey arranged the l... More

Lt. Col. Todor Nekezov, a Bulgarian senior military

Lt. Col. Todor Nekezov, a Bulgarian senior military

Lt. Col. Todor Nekezov, a Bulgarian senior military adviser, Lt. Col. John Hanson, Regional Support Command (South) deputy commander, Col. Haroon Momand, Kandahar Regional Military Training Center commander, an... More

Afghan and coalition members prepare to conduct a ribbon

Afghan and coalition members prepare to conduct a ribbon

Afghan and coalition members prepare to conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony on the new bakery in Camp Hero, Afghanistan, March 10, 2012. The ceremony signified the opening and transfer of the facility to the Afgh... More

Sgt. Jason Wilkey, Titan of the Month award recipient,

Sgt. Jason Wilkey, Titan of the Month award recipient,

Sgt. Jason Wilkey, Titan of the Month award recipient, holds the Regional Support Command (South) Titan shield during an award presentation at the RSC(S) headquarters, in Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, March ... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a 25-year-old corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment battalion aid station, and native of Englewood, Fla., checks the compass reading of Afghan Na... More

Three-hundred thirty-four Afghan Border and Uniform

Three-hundred thirty-four Afghan Border and Uniform

Three-hundred thirty-four Afghan Border and Uniform Policemen stand at attention during the playing of the Afghan national anthem at their graduation ceremony in Spin Boldak's Police Training Center, March 14, ... More

Col. Haroon Momand, Afghan National Army's Kandahar

Col. Haroon Momand, Afghan National Army's Kandahar

Col. Haroon Momand, Afghan National Army's Kandahar Regional Military Training Center commander, addresses Regional Basic Warrior Training recruits and Infantry Non-commissioned Officer Battle Course soldiers d... More

Pvt. Abdul Khaliq, an Afghan National Police trauma

Pvt. Abdul Khaliq, an Afghan National Police trauma

Pvt. Abdul Khaliq, an Afghan National Police trauma assistant medic course senior instructor, observe and instruct TAMC students as they apply self aid buddy care techniques to simulated injuries, March 17, 201... More

Malim Wazir, the head teacher of Safar School, speaks

Malim Wazir, the head teacher of Safar School, speaks

Malim Wazir, the head teacher of Safar School, speaks about the crucial role of education in Garmsir district’s future to Safar elders during a shura outside the school here, March 18. Approximately 40 elders a... More

Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, right, Afghan National

Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, right, Afghan National

Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, right, Afghan National Police Kandahar Regional Training Center commander, introduces U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Hanson, left, Regional Support Command (South) deputy commander, to ANP... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader serving

U.S. Marine Sgt. Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader serving

U.S. Marine Sgt. Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader serving with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, led an evening resupply patrol to another squad of Marines near a small vill... More

Afghan National Police patrolman Charyogli Allahberdi

Afghan National Police patrolman Charyogli Allahberdi

Afghan National Police patrolman Charyogli Allahberdi searches a local man at a vehicle checkpoint outside the Hazar Joft Bazaar with U.S. Marines from Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, d... More

Regional Support Command (South) coalition members

Regional Support Command (South) coalition members

Regional Support Command (South) coalition members listen to a speech from Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, Kandahar Regional Training Center commander, before they present appreciation certificates to Afghan Natio... More

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police patrol to Wali

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police patrol to Wali

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police patrol to Wali Jan, a small village in Khan Neshin district, March 24, 2012. The AUP patrol leader, Bismullah Khaliq, said his men always show respect and courtesy to loca... More

U.S. Marines and sailors serving with Delta Company,

U.S. Marines and sailors serving with Delta Company,

U.S. Marines and sailors serving with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sort through mail and care packages during a late-night delivery here March 25, 2012. Mail isn’t delivered daily ... More

Bismullah Khaliq, an Afghan Uniformed Police team leader,

Bismullah Khaliq, an Afghan Uniformed Police team leader,

Bismullah Khaliq, an Afghan Uniformed Police team leader, directs his patrolmen to search a compound in a village near Qual-e Now, March 27, 2012. The AUP led a mission to the remote village here to speak to fa... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Bryan M. Doss, the Police Advisor

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Bryan M. Doss, the Police Advisor

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Bryan M. Doss, the Police Advisor Team intelligence officer, and Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant team leader with the advisor team, both with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Rec... More

Afghan basic criminal investigation course graduates

Afghan basic criminal investigation course graduates

Afghan basic criminal investigation course graduates display their completion certificates while posing with their DynCorp contracted instructors after a graduation ceremony held at the Kandahar Training Center... More

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt.

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt.

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt. Barad (left), a soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, while he provides security outside a compound as fellow soldiers and U.S. Marines with 3... More

Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, left, Afghan National

Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, left, Afghan National

Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, left, Afghan National Police training commander for the southern region, gives a brief to Afghan and coalition senior leaders during a visit to the new Regional Police Training Cent... More

Afghan National Army privates wait for their turn to

Afghan National Army privates wait for their turn to

Afghan National Army privates wait for their turn to practice urban operations on a training site at Camp Hero, southern Afghanistan, April 9, 2012. The training was part of a four-week team leader course which... More

Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jacob Kartchner, a team leader with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 28-year-old native of Long Beach, Calif., in the hope... More

Afghan National Army recruits in the Kandahar province

Afghan National Army recruits in the Kandahar province

Afghan National Army recruits in the Kandahar province attend an improvised explosive device awarenes session at Camp Hero during regional basic warrior training in southern Afghanistan, April 11, 2012. The fiv... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, celebrates after earning a point during a game of volleyball with fellow soldiers following a day of duties here, April 13, 2012. Afgha... More

Afghan policemen prepare to search a room for possible

Afghan policemen prepare to search a room for possible

Afghan policemen prepare to search a room for possible insurgent materiel while clearing a compound with U.S. Marines from 1st Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during Operation Zema P... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicole Djanbatian, an education

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicole Djanbatian, an education

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicole Djanbatian, an education adviser with NATO Training Mission Afghanistan, deployed from Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., observes 53 Afghan National Security Force members as they ta... More

A new, glossy surface paves the floors of the Kandahar

A new, glossy surface paves the floors of the Kandahar

A new, glossy surface paves the floors of the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital in southern Afghanistan, May 3, 2012. The new flooring was part of a $151K project awarded to the hospital in order to provide a... More

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew Palma (right), commanding

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew Palma (right), commanding

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew Palma (right), commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment and Sgt. Maj. Andrew Cece, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines sergeant major, case the battalion battle colors to symboliz... More

Romanian Gendarmerie Lt. Col. Florian Panainte, left,

Romanian Gendarmerie Lt. Col. Florian Panainte, left,

Romanian Gendarmerie Lt. Col. Florian Panainte, left, salutes Lt. Col. Viorel Matei, right, during a transfer of authority ceremony at the Kandahar Regional Training Center in southern Afghanistan, May 16, 2012... More

Afghan Uniformed Police recruits listen to Afghan National

Afghan Uniformed Police recruits listen to Afghan National

Afghan Uniformed Police recruits listen to Afghan National Police guest speakers during the recruits' initial police training course graduation ceremony at the Spin Boldak Police Training Center, May 24, 2012. ... More

Regional Support Command (South) commander, Col. Richard

Regional Support Command (South) commander, Col. Richard

Regional Support Command (South) commander, Col. Richard Wilson, left, and RSC-S senior enlisted adviser, Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Davisson, right, pose with Senior Airman Jake Smith, the lead medical lo... More

Eric Brits, right, a vehicle maintenance site manager,

Eric Brits, right, a vehicle maintenance site manager,

Eric Brits, right, a vehicle maintenance site manager, speaks with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Clark LeMasters Jr., left, NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan's deputy commander of Supporting Operations commander, duri... More

Afghan Border Police recruits listen to Afghan National

Afghan Border Police recruits listen to Afghan National

Afghan Border Police recruits listen to Afghan National Police and coalition guest speakers during the recruits' initial police training course graduation ceremony at the Spin Boldak Police Training Center in s... More

An Afghan Border Policeman uses a metal detector to

An Afghan Border Policeman uses a metal detector to

An Afghan Border Policeman uses a metal detector to check for landmines during Operation Southern Strike II, near Yaro Kalay, Afghanistan, June 4, 2012. The ABP-led operation focused on disrupting enemy formati... More

A member of the Afghan Border Police appears moments

A member of the Afghan Border Police appears moments

A member of the Afghan Border Police appears moments after dismounting his vehicle during the initial phase of Operation Southern Strike II in Yaro Kalay, Afghanistan, June 4, 2012. The ABP-led operation focuse... More

Spc. Clifton Roach, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment,

Spc. Clifton Roach, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment,

Spc. Clifton Roach, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, scans his sector from the turret of a mine resistant ambush protected all-terrain vehicle, during Operation Southern Strike II i... More

Afghan Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, left, Kandahar provincial

Afghan Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, left, Kandahar provincial

Afghan Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, left, Kandahar provincial chief of police, shakes hands with Afghan Uniform Police instructors at the Kandahar Regional Training Center in southern Afghanistan, June 7, 2012. Razi... More

Spc. Tyler Winowiecki, an infantryman with Headquarters

Spc. Tyler Winowiecki, an infantryman with Headquarters

Spc. Tyler Winowiecki, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, cleans the dust off his M4 carbine during Operation Buffalo ... More

1-17th Infantry helps clear 120 kilometers to Shorabak

1-17th Infantry helps clear 120 kilometers to Shorabak

An infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, cleans the dust off his M4 carbine during Operation Buffalo Thunder II in the distr... More

Maj. Roger Shaw, an officer with the 3rd Stryker Brigade

Maj. Roger Shaw, an officer with the 3rd Stryker Brigade

Maj. Roger Shaw, an officer with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, listens to members of the local Afghan Border Police at a checkpoint during Operation Buffalo Thunder II near Baradge... More

A member of the Afghan Border Police hands out leaflets

A member of the Afghan Border Police hands out leaflets

A member of the Afghan Border Police hands out leaflets at a vehicle inspection point at Checkpoint 9 along Highway 4 in the district of Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, July 5, 2012. This Afghan Border Police checkpo... More

NCO academy students with the Afghan Border Police

NCO academy students with the Afghan Border Police

NCO academy students with the Afghan Border Police listen to a speech during a police graduation held at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, July 28, 2012.

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Michael P. Wilson, the platoon

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Michael P. Wilson, the platoon

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Michael P. Wilson, the platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, briefs his platoon about the next phase ... More

Brig. Gen. Chris Hughes and Afghan Border Police Col.

Brig. Gen. Chris Hughes and Afghan Border Police Col.

Brig. Gen. Chris Hughes and Afghan Border Police Col. M. Ali Delawari listen to a briefing near the border crossing point along the international border in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Sept. 24, 2012. Hughes is th... More

Members of the 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police wait for

Members of the 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police wait for

Members of the 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police wait for their dinner to cook after a mission during Operation Southern Fist in Afghanistan's Spin Boldak district, Sept. 29, 2012. The Afghan-led operation focused ... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Roger Pence, an aviator

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Roger Pence, an aviator

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Roger Pence, an aviator with 306th Aerial Exploitation Battalion, Task Force ODIN-A, practices a front kick during a hand-to-hand combat class on Bagram Airfield, Oct. 15, 2012... More

U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Platoon, Fox Company, 5th

U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Platoon, Fox Company, 5th

U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Platoon, Fox Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, walk back to their trucks for extraction after a night patrol in Parwan province, Oct. 16, 2012. Fox Company, know... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kimberly Wilson,

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kimberly Wilson,

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kimberly Wilson, a human resource manager with 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, prepares her voting information table in the Bagram Airfield post office, Oct. 22... More

Comedian Keith Alberstadt performs for service members

Comedian Keith Alberstadt performs for service members

Comedian Keith Alberstadt performs for service members at Bagram Airfield Oct. 24, 2012. Alberstadt is part of the "Comics on Duty" tour traveling throughout Afghanistan to perform. This is Alberstadt's third t... More

U.S. Army Capt. Gary Klein (right), commander, and

U.S. Army Capt. Gary Klein (right), commander, and

U.S. Army Capt. Gary Klein (right), commander, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Draheim (left), platoon leader for Blue Platoon, both attached to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Te... More

U.S. Army soldiers attached to Red Platoon, Troop B,

U.S. Army soldiers attached to Red Platoon, Troop B,

U.S. Army soldiers attached to Red Platoon, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a route reconnaissance patrol near the village o... More

U.S. Army soldiers attached to Troop B, 1st Squadron,

U.S. Army soldiers attached to Troop B, 1st Squadron,

U.S. Army soldiers attached to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepare for a reconnaissance patrol in the village of Kote Khel, Oct.... More

Soldiers deployed to Bagram Air Field got into the

Soldiers deployed to Bagram Air Field got into the

Soldiers deployed to Bagram Air Field got into the Halloween spirit by creating a haunted house for service members to walk through. The haunted house was open Oct. 28, 2012, and ran through Oct. 31, giving ser... More

Outgoing U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Raul Torres, stands in

Outgoing U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Raul Torres, stands in

Outgoing U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Raul Torres, stands in front of his formation during the Transfer of Authority ceremony, Oct. 30, 2012 at Forward Operating Base Goode. Torres was the senior enlisted soldier for th... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Brennon Van Luven, an infantryman with

U.S. Army Pfc. Brennon Van Luven, an infantryman with

U.S. Army Pfc. Brennon Van Luven, an infantryman with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), interacts with Afghan childr... More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Christopher Day (left), a fire support

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Christopher Day (left), a fire support

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Christopher Day (left), a fire support officer with Headquarters Platoon, and U.S. Army Pfc. Darron Fuselier (right), an infantryman with 2nd Platoon, both attached to Company B, 3rd Battalion... More

Afghan National Army soldiers attached to 1st Platoon,

Afghan National Army soldiers attached to 1st Platoon,

Afghan National Army soldiers attached to 1st Platoon, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), take a break after climbing to the top o... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, a member of the

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, a member of the

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, a member of the Afghanistan Pakistan Hands program, lifts a sandbag during a detail on Nov. 9, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Lightning. Murphy helped fill sandbags during th... More

Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges entertain service members

Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges entertain service members

Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges entertain service members during the Armed Forces Entertainment “Nashville to You” music tour, Nov., 16, 2012, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The tour was comprised of five si... More

An Afghan National Army soldier uses a marker to identify

An Afghan National Army soldier uses a marker to identify

An Afghan National Army soldier uses a marker to identify an area with an emplaced mine during a counterimprovised explosive device train the trainer course at Multi National Base Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, Nov. 2... More

Members of the jury, sort through evidence to determine

Members of the jury, sort through evidence to determine

Members of the jury, sort through evidence to determine a verdict in the homicide case Nov. 21, 2012, at Multi National Base Tarin Kot, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Theresa Gualdarama)

Col. James Davis and Command Sgt. Maj. Maurice Chaplin,

Col. James Davis and Command Sgt. Maj. Maurice Chaplin,

Col. James Davis and Command Sgt. Maj. Maurice Chaplin, the command team of Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, serve Thanksgiving dinner to Combined Joint Task Force-1 sold... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, an Afghanistan-Pakistan

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, an Afghanistan-Pakistan

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Murphy, an Afghanistan-Pakistan Hand with 1st Infantry Division, serves lunch to soldiers, Nov. 22, 2012. Murphy was one of many officers and senior noncommissioned officers serving f... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Paul Savanuck, a security force advisory

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Paul Savanuck, a security force advisory

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Paul Savanuck, a security force advisory team officer with 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, competes in the Forward Operating Base Lightning bench press competition on Nov. 23, 2012. Savanu... More

Col. Bill Benson, the commander of 4th Brigade Combat

Col. Bill Benson, the commander of 4th Brigade Combat

Col. Bill Benson, the commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Menton, the brigade command sergeant major, uncase the brigade colors during a transfer of res... More

"T-Time" Brawner, with the Harlem Globetrotters eats

"T-Time" Brawner, with the Harlem Globetrotters eats

"T-Time" Brawner, with the Harlem Globetrotters eats lunch and chats with soldiers at a dinning facility at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The Harlem Globetrotters visited Afghanistan for the first time Nov. 27,... More

Harlem Globetrotter "T-Time" Brawner arrives at Bagram

Harlem Globetrotter "T-Time" Brawner arrives at Bagram

Harlem Globetrotter "T-Time" Brawner arrives at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, along with other members of the Harlem Globetrotters who entertained service members with their fun-filled style of basketball. Tho... More

Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa, Assistant to the Chairman,

Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa, Assistant to the Chairman,

Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff for National Reserve Matters during a visit to Multi National Base Tarin Kot, Afghanistan on Nov. 29, 2012. (Australian Navy photo by Le... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Karl Schoch, the platoon leader for

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Karl Schoch, the platoon leader for

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Karl Schoch, the platoon leader for 2nd Platoon, Troop A, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, talks to local Afghans outside the village of Gorrtabad, Afgh... More

Col. Douglas C. Cardinale, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry

Col. Douglas C. Cardinale, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry

Col. Douglas C. Cardinale, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division commander, addresses the formation and explains the significance of the patch during the patching ceremony at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Afghanis... More

From left to right: Airizona Gov. Janice K. Brewer,

From left to right: Airizona Gov. Janice K. Brewer,

From left to right: Airizona Gov. Janice K. Brewer, Deputy Commanding General-maneuvers of Regional Command -East Brig. Gen. Paul E. Funk II, Senior Civilian Representative of Regional Command - East Karen Deck... More

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