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Mohammad Wizir signs for the hero payment by stamping

Mohammad Wizir signs for the hero payment by stamping

Mohammad Wizir signs for the hero payment by stamping his thumbprint on the form. Wizir’s son died while protecting the Sayed Karam District subgovernor. Coalition forces are authorized to give hero payments to... More

Soldiers with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field

Soldiers with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field

Soldiers with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team take a lunch break with Afghan Uniformed Policemen during a joint patrol in the borderlands of Qeysar an... More

An Afghan uniformed policeman watches U.S. Army Sgt.

An Afghan uniformed policeman watches U.S. Army Sgt.

An Afghan uniformed policeman watches U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Sheafer, an all-wheeled vehicle mechanic from Newtown Square, Pa., assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Raider, 3rd Br... More

An Afghan boy, who fell a few days ago, is held by

An Afghan boy, who fell a few days ago, is held by

An Afghan boy, who fell a few days ago, is held by his father as U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan V. Bachtel, a forward observer from Burleson, Texas, assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force ... More

In order to protect his identity, an Afghan Uniformed

In order to protect his identity, an Afghan Uniformed

In order to protect his identity, an Afghan Uniformed Police officer wears a scarf while searching homes in Kot District, Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, July 19. While the AUP searched for weapons and... More

Stockton, Calif., native Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Ramirez,

Stockton, Calif., native Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Ramirez,

Stockton, Calif., native Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Ramirez, a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, patrols through a field. The 19-year-old is a graduate of Manteca High School... More

A member of the Afghan Local Police identifies himself

A member of the Afghan Local Police identifies himself

A member of the Afghan Local Police identifies himself and presents his weapon to receive his monthly wages from members of the Afghan Uniformed Police in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7. The Afghan Uniform... More

Afghan Uniformed Police 303rd Regional Northern Zone

Afghan Uniformed Police 303rd Regional Northern Zone

Afghan Uniformed Police 303rd Regional Northern Zone Commander Lt. Gen. Baba Jan speaks to members of the press after officially opening a new police radio station here, Feb. 15. The citizens of Balkh province ... More

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police

Emanuel Zamai, a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police in the city of Gardez, gets a fire started for U.S. Army scouts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Fo... More

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and

Soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan observe while members of the local Afghan Uniformed Police conduct a vehicle se... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Clayton Smith, from Oxford, Maine,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Clayton Smith, from Oxford, Maine,

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Clayton Smith, from Oxford, Maine, Scout Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, looks on as an Afghan Uniform Police... More

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border Police observe a demonstration in a preventative maintenance, checks and services class conducted by the maintenance platoon from Headquarters and Headqu... More

Afghanistan Second Sergeant Khangul, a noncommissioned

Afghanistan Second Sergeant Khangul, a noncommissioned

Afghanistan Second Sergeant Khangul, a noncommissioned officer with the Afghan Uniformed Police in Kajaki, and 2nd Sgt. Abdul Hari, the assistant training officer with the AUP in Kajaki, listen to patrolling ti... More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason G. Smith, the Police

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason G. Smith, the Police

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason G. Smith, the Police Advisory Team 1 officer-in-charge with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, shakes hands with Afghan Uniformed Police 2nd Sgt. Khangul, a noncommissioned office... More

Three Afghan National Army soldiers take a break while

Three Afghan National Army soldiers take a break while

Three Afghan National Army soldiers take a break while conducting a traffic check point with U.S. soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Task Force B... More

Distinguished guests participate in the opening ceremonies

Distinguished guests participate in the opening ceremonies

Distinguished guests participate in the opening ceremonies at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Blue Mosque, to kick off 1391 Nowruz, celebrating the new year, March 20, 2012. Nowruz or “New Day” marks the start of the... 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

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

Staff Sgt. Gregory Sanders, Afghan National Army Advisor

Staff Sgt. Gregory Sanders, Afghan National Army Advisor

Staff Sgt. Gregory Sanders, Afghan National Army Advisor for Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, poses for a photo with ANA soldiers serving here, April 18, 2012. Sanders and the Marines of Forwa... More

PFAR patrols Khowst, Afghanistan

PFAR patrols Khowst, Afghanistan

The Afghan Uniformed Police conduct a presence patrol with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, to search for weapon caches in Khoni Ghar, Afghanistan, May 27.

U.S. soldiers assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. soldiers assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. soldiers assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, take a break during a foot patrol near Khoni Ghar, Afghanistan, May 27.

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Brown, a cannon crewmember assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Brown, a cannon crewmember assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Josh Brown, a cannon crewmember assigned to 3rd Platoon, A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, provides security during a presence patrol in Khoni G... More

Afghan government officials, and leaders from Afghan

Afghan government officials, and leaders from Afghan

Afghan government officials, and leaders from Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force met just prior to the transition of security responsibility ceremony at Camp Hero in Kan... 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 2nd Lt. Elijah Bales, a Knoxville, Tenn.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Elijah Bales, a Knoxville, Tenn.,

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Elijah Bales, a Knoxville, Tenn., native and platoon leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks throu... More

Staff Sgt. Robert Kelly, an infantryman assigned to

Staff Sgt. Robert Kelly, an infantryman assigned to

Staff Sgt. Robert Kelly, an infantryman assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), double checks the team's rear s... More

Soldiers from Second Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special

Soldiers from Second Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special

Soldiers from Second Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), move down the road to their vehicles after conducting a key lea... More

Afghan Uniformed Police officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Jan,

Afghan Uniformed Police officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Jan,

Afghan Uniformed Police officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Jan, logistics officer for Uruzgan Provincial Police Headquarters, goes over his training plan with Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Dombrowski, Uruzgan Police H... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Police Advisory Team 5 (PAT-5),

U.S. Marines assigned to Police Advisory Team 5 (PAT-5),

U.S. Marines assigned to Police Advisory Team 5 (PAT-5), 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, conduct a dismounted patrol en route to Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) station Kwaji Jamal i... More

The sun rises over Combat Outpost Now Zad, Helmand

The sun rises over Combat Outpost Now Zad, Helmand

The sun rises over Combat Outpost Now Zad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2012. Now Zad is the temporary home for U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. (... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Motor Transportation Platoon,

U.S. Marines assigned to Motor Transportation Platoon,

U.S. Marines assigned to Motor Transportation Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), prepare to transport a vehicle from Combat Outpost Now Zad to Forward Operating Base Shir Ghazay, He... More

An Afghan vendor weighs a bag of potatoes at a bazaar

An Afghan vendor weighs a bag of potatoes at a bazaar

An Afghan vendor weighs a bag of potatoes at a bazaar in Now Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 1, 2013. The Marines of Police Advisory Team 5, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, not pictured, w... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Austin E. Renforth (left) commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Austin E. Renforth (left) commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Austin E. Renforth (left) commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT) 7 and Sgt. Maj. Scott A. Samuels, center, regimental sergeant major, visit Forward Operating Base Musa Qal'ah,... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Scott A. Samuels, regimental

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Scott A. Samuels, regimental

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Scott A. Samuels, regimental sergeant major, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT) 7, visits Forward Operating Base Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, during a battlefield circulat... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Austin E. Renforth, right, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Austin E. Renforth, right, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Austin E. Renforth, right, commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 7, addresses the Marines on Forward Operating Base Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, during a battlefield ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb C. Turner, a UH-1Y crew

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb C. Turner, a UH-1Y crew

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb C. Turner, a UH-1Y crew chief assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 169 conducts interdiction operations over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. Turn... More

Female Afghan Uniformed Police learn how to read and

Female Afghan Uniformed Police learn how to read and

Female Afghan Uniformed Police learn how to read and write before their basic training class starts on Matun Hill, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2013. Since female AUP usually have obligations that kee... More

Leaders in the Afghan National Army and the Afghan

Leaders in the Afghan National Army and the Afghan

Leaders in the Afghan National Army and the Afghan Uniformed Police hold a meeting to discuss developing a website and paper flyers on Matun Hill, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2013. U.S. Army soldiers... More

Female Afghan Uniformed Police learn emergency first

Female Afghan Uniformed Police learn emergency first

Female Afghan Uniformed Police learn emergency first aid, including splints and tourniquets, during a basic training class on Matun Hill, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2013. Since female AUP usually ha... More

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Security Forces Advise

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Security Forces Advise

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Security Forces Advise and Assist Team 28, Task Force 3/101, staple up a target Afghan Uniformed Police, assigned to Khost City, to shoot at during a live-fire small-arms range on... More

Afghan Uniformed Police district chiefs of Khowst province,

Afghan Uniformed Police district chiefs of Khowst province,

Afghan Uniformed Police district chiefs of Khowst province, staff and the National Directorate of Security attend a weekly meeting at the Khost provincial headquarters in Khost City, Khowst province, Afghanista... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradlee Brackeen, a corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradlee Brackeen, a corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradlee Brackeen, a corpsman with Police Advisor Team 4, and a 27-year-old native of Whitesboro, Texas, provides security during a patrol to Checkpoint Doblex, Feb. 11. Brackeen provides... More

Local women wait for the start of an Afghan Uniform

Local women wait for the start of an Afghan Uniform

Local women wait for the start of an Afghan Uniform Police recruitment event on Combat Outpost Matun Hill, Khost province, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2013. The AUP are seeking to recruit more women as an effort to p... More

An Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) instructor uses sugar

An Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) instructor uses sugar

An Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) instructor uses sugar packets to demonstrate how to set up a traffic checkpoint during training for female AUP on Combat Outpost Matun Hill, Khost province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, ... More

Major Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general of 1st

Major Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general of 1st

Major Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, pins the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a fire team leader with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, here, ... More

A three-man team runs down a steep hill while participating

A three-man team runs down a steep hill while participating

A three-man team runs down a steep hill while participating in the Mud Run at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2013. More than 50 Soldiers assigned to various units from ... More

Afghan Uniformed Policemen display their certificates

Afghan Uniformed Policemen display their certificates

Afghan Uniformed Policemen display their certificates for completing evidence collection training on Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge in Kajaki, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The training was organized by the Ka... More

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance

Spc. Jacob R. Garza, a medic with Security Force Assistance Team 8, Texas Army National Guard, discusses the human body with Afghan Border and Uniformed Police during medical training April 29 at Forward Operat... More

Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field

Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field

Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment provide security during an Afghan Peace and Reconciliation Program shura May 2 in Takhteh Pol ... More

Serving it up hot, US Army Photo

Serving it up hot, US Army Photo

Sgt. Jimmy L. Mosby, from Castleberry, Ala., and Spc. Yadeir Correderas, from Homestead, Fla., both food service specialists with 702nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry D... More

Afghan civilian, government and military leaders view

Afghan civilian, government and military leaders view

Afghan civilian, government and military leaders view Afghan Reintegration and Reconciliation Program handouts May 2 at the Takhteh Pol district center, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Staff... More

Force protection, Afghanistan, operation Enduring Freedom

Force protection, Afghanistan, operation Enduring Freedom

Spc. Andrew J. Torres, from Corpus Christi, Texas, with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, works a guard tower May 3 at a checkpoint in Takhteh Pol district, Kandahar province, Afghani... More

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Esrafel Khaksar is assisted

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Esrafel Khaksar is assisted

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Esrafel Khaksar is assisted by an expert explosives trainer with the International Security Assistance Force during the final hands-on evaluation of the explosive hazard removal course... More

U.S. Army Security Force Advisory Team 21, 29th Infantry

U.S. Army Security Force Advisory Team 21, 29th Infantry

U.S. Army Security Force Advisory Team 21, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii National Guard, form together before their last mission to the Qalat Reserve Kandak in Qalat, Afghanistan, May 6. SFAT 21 is ... More

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S.

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S.

Afghan Uniformed Police receive donated gear from U.S. Army Reserve Cpt. Gavino Rivas, a rule of law advisor and police officer from League City, Texas. The equipment was donated from the League City and Housto... More

U.S. Army soldiers of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army soldiers of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army soldiers of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, board a CH47 Chinook during a night air assault operation from Forward Operating Ba... More

Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Dad Mohammad lost

Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Dad Mohammad lost

Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Dad Mohammad lost parts of his fingers three years ago when an enemy rocket-propelled grenade exploded near his position. He has since learned how to shoot left handed and said... More

ANSF winning the fight against the Taliban in Helmand Province's violent Sangin District

ANSF winning the fight against the Taliban in Helmand Province's viole...

An Afghan National Army soldier fires a SPG-9, a Russian-made recoilless rifle, at known Taliban positions from a rooftop on a patrol base in the green zone in Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Ma... More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Isaac Pedelty, platoon leader, Bravo

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Isaac Pedelty, platoon leader, Bravo

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Isaac Pedelty, platoon leader, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, of Olivet, Mich., briefs his soldiers at Forward Operating ... More

Afghan Col. Jilani Khan, chief of security for Zabul,

Afghan Col. Jilani Khan, chief of security for Zabul,

Afghan Col. Jilani Khan, chief of security for Zabul, accepts the Bravery Medal from Gen. Gamil Jumbush, chief of the Afghan Protection Police Force with the Ministry of Interior, during a ceremony at the Zabul... More

Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar, the Zabul deputy provincial

Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar, the Zabul deputy provincial

Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar, the Zabul deputy provincial governor, and Col. Jilani Khan, Zabul deputy provincial chief of police, address a formation of Afghan Uniformed Police before conducting a men’s shura in At... More

Soldiers from 2nd Cavalry Regiment, unload 100-pound

Soldiers from 2nd Cavalry Regiment, unload 100-pound

Soldiers from 2nd Cavalry Regiment, unload 100-pound sacks of flour onto pallets at Forward Operating Base Walton, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2013. The flour, which will be airlifted to Ghorak, Afghanistan, was a gi... More

A soldier of the 205th Coalition Advisory Team waits

A soldier of the 205th Coalition Advisory Team waits

A soldier of the 205th Coalition Advisory Team waits to hit the ball during a game of cricket against soldiers of the 205th Hero Corps, Afghan National Army, at Camp Hero, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2... More

North Carolina National Guard Military Police Officer

North Carolina National Guard Military Police Officer

North Carolina National Guard Military Police Officer Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Braxton, right, of the 514th Military Police Company is honored at ceremony held at Capt. Christopher Cash Armed Forces Reserve Cente... More

Abdul Rahman Mangal, Paktya deputy governor, presents

Abdul Rahman Mangal, Paktya deputy governor, presents

Abdul Rahman Mangal, Paktya deputy governor, presents a Certificate of Valor to Hajji Ahga Ghol, the district subgovernor of Sayed Karam, at the Governor’s Compound in Gardez Dec. 29, 2010. The certificate was ... More

A soldier with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field

A soldier with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field

A soldier with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team scans a nearby ridge during a lunch break with Afghan Uniformed Policemen in the borderlands of Qeysar ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Sheafer, an all-wheeled vehicle

U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Sheafer, an all-wheeled vehicle

U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Sheafer, an all-wheeled vehicle mechanic from Newtown Square, Pa., assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Raider, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Divis... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Copado, an infantry squad

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Copado, an infantry squad

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Copado, an infantry squad leader from Riverside, Calif., assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Raider, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael L. Graddy, an infantry platoon

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael L. Graddy, an infantry platoon

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael L. Graddy, an infantry platoon leader from Los Angeles, assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Raider, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Tas... More

Residents of the small mountain village of Derka watch

Residents of the small mountain village of Derka watch

Residents of the small mountain village of Derka watch three U.S. UH-60 Black Hawks circle above their valley Sept. 20. One of the Black Hawks was carrying Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division deputy c... More

Fort Worth, Texas, native, Lance Cpl. Trey Woodward,

Fort Worth, Texas, native, Lance Cpl. Trey Woodward,

Fort Worth, Texas, native, Lance Cpl. Trey Woodward, a machine gunner with 3rd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, patrols next to a cornfield. The 21-year-old, a graduate of Boswell High... More

A member of the Afghan Local Police receives his monthly

A member of the Afghan Local Police receives his monthly

A member of the Afghan Local Police receives his monthly wages from members of the Afghan Uniformed Police in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7. The Afghan Uniformed Police acts as mentors to the Afghan Local... More

An Afghan Uniformed Police broadcaster from the 303rd

An Afghan Uniformed Police broadcaster from the 303rd

An Afghan Uniformed Police broadcaster from the 303rd Pamir Division monitors the levels on a song inside the new police radio station, Feb. 15. Afghan citizens in Balkh province can now listen to news and impo... More

Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon,

Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon,

Two Afghan boys check out soldiers from the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, as they walk into the city of Gardez, Feb. 16. The s... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guy Cooper, from Fort Richardson, Alaska, a scout with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Spartan, passes two local women during a pre... More

A member of the Afghan National Army documents the

A member of the Afghan National Army documents the

A member of the Afghan National Army documents the detonation of an improvised explosive device on a street near the wood market in Gardez, Feb. 18. This was the first time an ANA explosive ordinance disposal u... More

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police and Afghan Border Police head to a preventative maintenance, checks and services class conducted by the maintenance platoon from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Anthony Smith, a civil affairs officer

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Anthony Smith, a civil affairs officer

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Anthony Smith, a civil affairs officer with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks to a local Afghan at a traffic check point set up by members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regi... More

Afghanistan Corporal Jonathon R. Powell, a military

Afghanistan Corporal Jonathon R. Powell, a military

Afghanistan Corporal Jonathon R. Powell, a military policeman with Police Advisory Team 1, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, draws a depiction of a tactical column during a class with Afghan Uniformed Police ... More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason G. Smith, the Police

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason G. Smith, the Police

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason G. Smith, the Police Advisory Team 1 officer-in-charge with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, sits for lunch with Afghan Uniformed Police Lt. Col. Mahfuzallah, the Kajaki District Chief ... More

Afghans participate in the Janda Bala (flag-hoisting)

Afghans participate in the Janda Bala (flag-hoisting)

Afghans participate in the Janda Bala (flag-hoisting) ceremony at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Blue Mosque, to kick off 1391 Nowruz, celebrating the new year, March 20, 2012. Nowruz or “New Day” marks the start of... 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 Uniformed Police patrolman Mohammad Nasim walks

Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Mohammad Nasim walks

Afghan Uniformed Police patrolman Mohammad Nasim walks his beat March 24, 2012, en route to Wali Jan, a small village in Khan Neshin district. Nasim speaks Uzbek, the native language from his province in northe... 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

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant team leader with the Police Advisor Team, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, provided support and guidance during an Afghan Unifor... More

U.S. Marines serving with the 1st Light Armored

U.S. Marines serving with the 1st Light Armored

U.S. Marines serving with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Police Advisor Team welcomed 1391, the Afghan New Year, with the Afghan Uniformed Police during a dinner celebration here, March 22, 2012... More

A Marine serving with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

A Marine serving with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

A Marine serving with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Police Advisory Team 1, scans the Kajaki hillside. At the same time, Marines were preparing a rifle marksmanship range for Afghan Uniformed Police offic... More

An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, Task Force 1-82, 1st Attack

An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, Task Force 1-82, 1st Attack

An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, Task Force 1-82, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, flies low over U.S. soldiers assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Reg... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Rothenberger, assigned to 3rd Platoon,

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Rothenberger, assigned to 3rd Platoon,

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Rothenberger, assigned to 3rd Platoon, A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force 4-25, provides security during a presence patrol in Khoni Ghar May 27.

Maj. Gen. Abdul Hamid, 205th Corps commander, and Maj.

Maj. Gen. Abdul Hamid, 205th Corps commander, and Maj.

Maj. Gen. Abdul Hamid, 205th Corps commander, and Maj. Gen. Jim Huggins, 82nd Airborne Division and Regional Command (South) commanding general meet just prior to the transition of security responsibility cerem... More

Afghan Uniformed Police trainees listen to a speech

Afghan Uniformed Police trainees listen to a speech

Afghan Uniformed Police trainees listen to a speech during a police graduation held at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, July 28, 2012.

U.S. Army Capt. Gerald Wynn, a native of Neptune, N.J.,

U.S. Army Capt. Gerald Wynn, a native of Neptune, N.J.,

U.S. Army Capt. Gerald Wynn, a native of Neptune, N.J., commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducts a sec... More

Afghan Uniformed Police, teamed with soldiers from

Afghan Uniformed Police, teamed with soldiers from

Afghan Uniformed Police, teamed with soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), complete a search of room insid... More

Sgt. David Seay, an engineer squad leader, Second Platoon,

Sgt. David Seay, an engineer squad leader, Second Platoon,

Sgt. David Seay, an engineer squad leader, Second Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), interacts with children of the sm... More

Afghan Uniformed Police officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Jan,

Afghan Uniformed Police officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Jan,

Afghan Uniformed Police officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Jan, logistics officer for Uruzgan Provincial Police Headquarters, prepares six officers from Uruzgan province for their district level logistics positions, Dec... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Damien T. Whitaker, a

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Damien T. Whitaker, a

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Damien T. Whitaker, a military policeman assigned to Police Advisory Team 5 (PAT-5), 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, conducts a dismounted patrol en ro... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Leach, left and Gunnery

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Leach, left and Gunnery

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Leach, left and Gunnery Sgt. Patrick Ray, both explosive ordnance technicians assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), wait to leave for an operation on C... More

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