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Reunitin' for some fightin'

Reunitin' for some fightin'

Marines who once served together in 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, are reunited fifteen years later aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 24, 2014. Pictured from left to right: Sgt. Maj. Douglas Berry ... More

A battle cross sits on display before the Regional

A battle cross sits on display before the Regional

A battle cross sits on display before the Regional Command (Southwest) memorial service at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 11. The service memorialized the 76 U.S. and coalition service members who were killed wh... More

The Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 medical

The Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 medical

The Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 medical staff stand with personnel from Afghan National Army 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, on an ANA base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Helmand province, Afghan... More

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with Security Force Assistance Adivsor Team 2-215, unstraps a fuel barrel aboard an Afghan National Army base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Jan. 2... More

Service members with Afghan National Army 2nd Brigade,

Service members with Afghan National Army 2nd Brigade,

Service members with Afghan National Army 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, and Afghan Uniform Police build a defensive position during an operation in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2014. T... More

Cpl. Jeffery Mount, from Hendersonville, Tenn., team

Cpl. Jeffery Mount, from Hendersonville, Tenn., team

Cpl. Jeffery Mount, from Hendersonville, Tenn., team member, Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, provides security from the gunner seat of a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during a routine ge... More

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., left, commanding general

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., left, commanding general

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., left, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), is welcomed by Col. Christopher Douglas, right, team leader for Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, during a vis... More

Captain Julius Oreiro, center right, Regional Logistic

Captain Julius Oreiro, center right, Regional Logistic

Captain Julius Oreiro, center right, Regional Logistic Support Command maintenance advisor, Regional Command (Southwest), and a Salinas, Calif., native, speaks with Imam Asim Hafiz, center left, an Islamic reli... More

Major Gen. Sayeed Malook, center, commanding general

Major Gen. Sayeed Malook, center, commanding general

Major Gen. Sayeed Malook, center, commanding general of the Afghan National Army's 215th Corps, and Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), are briefed before a foot... More

Soldiers with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army

Soldiers with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army

Soldiers with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army perform security drills for the Noncommissioned Officer Battle Course aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2014. The course provides ... More

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 and soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army visit an outpost near Forward Operating Base Robinson, Feb. 24, 2014. Colonel AbdulHai ... More

Afghan National Army Soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 215th

Afghan National Army Soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 215th

Afghan National Army Soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, and Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 conducted a site survey of the landing zone, Feb. 24, aboard Forward Operating Base Rob... More

Navy Lt. Doyl E. McMurry, the chaplain for 1st Battalion,

Navy Lt. Doyl E. McMurry, the chaplain for 1st Battalion,

Navy Lt. Doyl E. McMurry, the chaplain for 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, offers the invocation during the memorial service for Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 7, 2... More

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, plot coordinates for artillery fire during a live-fire exercise aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. The exercise ... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of

Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of

Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, and the sergeant major of HMH 466, Sgt. Maj. Carlos M. Murcia, stand next to a sign for the unit's new call sign, "Heavyw... More

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives arrive

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives arrive

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives arrive for a visit aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2014. The representatives met with Maj. Gen. Sayed Malook, the commanding general o... More

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, a team member with Security

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, a team member with Security

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, a team member with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, builds a table for Afghan National Army medical staff aboard Forward Operating Base Nolay, Helmand province, Afghanis... More

Lt. Col. Abdullah Sultani, right, the lead medic with

Lt. Col. Abdullah Sultani, right, the lead medic with

Lt. Col. Abdullah Sultani, right, the lead medic with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, hugs Navy Lt. j.g. James Nicholson, center, the senior medical advisor with Security Force Assistance Adviso... More

A 215th Corps, Afghan National Army convoy arrives

A 215th Corps, Afghan National Army convoy arrives

A 215th Corps, Afghan National Army convoy arrives to pick up potable water trailers transferred by Redeployment and Retrograde in Support of Reset and Reconstitution Operations Group aboard Camp Leatherneck, H... More

Soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak 4th Brigade, Afghan

Soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak 4th Brigade, Afghan

Soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak 4th Brigade, Afghan National Army, are briefed prior to conducting a final training exercise for a security training program with Regional Corps Battle School aboard Camp Bas... More

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan from Pensacola, Fla., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Tadlock, a religious program specialist, unload care packages sen... More

Lieutenant Col. Timothy Sheyda, from Charlotte, N.C.,

Lieutenant Col. Timothy Sheyda, from Charlotte, N.C.,

Lieutenant Col. Timothy Sheyda, from Charlotte, N.C., the commanding officer of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, rows during the 2014 Leadman Triathlon "Afghanistan Edition," aboard Camp Bastion, April 13,... More

Lieutenant Cmdr. Frank Villaume, from St. Paul, Minn.,

Lieutenant Cmdr. Frank Villaume, from St. Paul, Minn.,

Lieutenant Cmdr. Frank Villaume, from St. Paul, Minn., an emergency medicine physician, Combat Logistics Battalion 7, plays guitar for an Easter Vigil Mass aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan... More

Marines and sailors with Security Force Assistance

Marines and sailors with Security Force Assistance

Marines and sailors with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 take down a tent aboard Forward Operating Base Nolay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 30, 2014. The team members are completing a seven... More

Photos of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy Seal who

Photos of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy Seal who

Photos of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy Seal who was killed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan during 2005, are on display at a CrossFit gym aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 24, 2014. ... More

The 1st Marine Division Band plays an opening song

The 1st Marine Division Band plays an opening song

The 1st Marine Division Band plays an opening song for Regional Command (Southwest) memorial service at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 11. The service memorialized the 76 U.S. and coalition service members who w... More

Cpl. Robert Santiago, 23, from Perth Amboy, N.J., team

Cpl. Robert Santiago, 23, from Perth Amboy, N.J., team

Cpl. Robert Santiago, 23, from Perth Amboy, N.J., team member, Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, provides security for Marines during a routine generator maintenance mission on an Afghan National Ar... More

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, provides security for a Marine working party aboard an Afghan National Army base near Forward Operating Base Nola... More

Cpl. Robert Santiago, front, from Perth Amboy, N.J.,

Cpl. Robert Santiago, front, from Perth Amboy, N.J.,

Cpl. Robert Santiago, front, from Perth Amboy, N.J., and Sgt. Eddie Glowacki, from Great Valley, N.Y., Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, look out over the Sangin Valley during an operation near Forw... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, left, 27,

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, left, 27,

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, left, 27, from La Grange Park, Ill., a corpsman with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, receives the Regional Command (Southwest) Junior Sailor of the Quarte... More

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., center, commanding general

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., center, commanding general

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller Jr., center, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), is welcomed aboard Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, by Col. Christopher Douglas, right, team leader for Securi... More

Imam Asim Hafiz, right, an Islamic religious advisor

Imam Asim Hafiz, right, an Islamic religious advisor

Imam Asim Hafiz, right, an Islamic religious advisor with the British Ministry of Defence, talks with Cmdr. Patrick Smith, left, Regional Command (Southwest) chaplain, before meeting with Muslim Marines during ... More

Mohammad Naem, the provincial governor of Helmand province,

Mohammad Naem, the provincial governor of Helmand province,

Mohammad Naem, the provincial governor of Helmand province, Afghanistan, arrives at a shura at the Provincial Police Headquarters, Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2014. Governor Naem and le... More

A Noncommissioned Officer Battle Course instructor

A Noncommissioned Officer Battle Course instructor

A Noncommissioned Officer Battle Course instructor looks down on a 215th Corps, Afghan National Army platoon conducting security drills aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2014. The 10... More

A Marine with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

A Marine with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

A Marine with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 climbs an outpost which overlooks the Sangin Valley near Forward Operating Base Robinson, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2014. The Marines wer... More

Major Scott Shadforth, the forward air controller for

Major Scott Shadforth, the forward air controller for

Major Scott Shadforth, the forward air controller for Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, and Col. AbdulHai Neshat, the executive officer of 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, discuss lan... More

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, salute

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, salute

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, salute the battlefield cross of Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 7. Erickson, of Waseca, Minn., a motor transportation me... More

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, fire a D-30 122 mm howitzer during a live-fire exercise aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. The Afghan soldiers c... More

Cpl. Justin Wheeler, a 23-year-old airframe mechanic

Cpl. Justin Wheeler, a 23-year-old airframe mechanic

Cpl. Justin Wheeler, a 23-year-old airframe mechanic with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, from Kokomo, Ind., stands next to a sign he built for the squadron aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, March 17, 201... More

U.S. Representative David McKinley, R-W.Va., speaks

U.S. Representative David McKinley, R-W.Va., speaks

U.S. Representative David McKinley, R-W.Va., speaks with Col. Morgan Mann, Regional Command (Southwest)’s security force assistance coordinator, during a visit to Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, M... More

Navy Lt. j.g. James Nicholson, left, the senior medical

Navy Lt. j.g. James Nicholson, left, the senior medical

Navy Lt. j.g. James Nicholson, left, the senior medical advisor with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, and Petty Officer 1st Class David Morales, the senior enlisted medical advisor, observe as thei... More

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, left, a team member with

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, left, a team member with

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, left, a team member with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, and Gunnery Sgt. Guadalupe E. Pineda III, the engineer chief for SFAAT 2-215, build a table for the Afghan Nati... More

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Patrick Ohrberg, left, an advisor

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Patrick Ohrberg, left, an advisor

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Patrick Ohrberg, left, an advisor for the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, lowers a potable water trailer onto a trailer hitch aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, M... More

Soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak 4th Brigade, Afghan

Soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak 4th Brigade, Afghan

Soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak 4th Brigade, Afghan National Army, are briefed prior to conducting a final training exercise for a security training program with Regional Corps Battle School aboard Camp Bas... More

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, from Pensacola, Fla., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Tadlock, a religious program specialist, carry a care package se... More

Lieutenant Col. Tres Smith, from Golden, Colo., the

Lieutenant Col. Tres Smith, from Golden, Colo., the

Lieutenant Col. Tres Smith, from Golden, Colo., the commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, rows during the 2014 Leadman Triathlon "Afghanistan Edition," aboard Camp Bastion, April 13... More

Marines and sailors wait for the Easter Vigil Mass

Marines and sailors wait for the Easter Vigil Mass

Marines and sailors wait for the Easter Vigil Mass to start aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 19, 2014. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for th... More

A bright light shines from a forklift used to move

A bright light shines from a forklift used to move

A bright light shines from a forklift used to move gear in preparation for retrograde from Forward Operating Base Nolay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 30, 2014. Team members with Security Force Assistanc... More

Jesse Michaud, a civilian contractor with Triple Canopy,

Jesse Michaud, a civilian contractor with Triple Canopy,

Jesse Michaud, a civilian contractor with Triple Canopy, briefs a group of service members prior to conducting the "Memorial Day Murph" aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 24, 2014. The "Murph" is a popul... More

Brigadier Stuart Skeates, the deputy commanding general

Brigadier Stuart Skeates, the deputy commanding general

Brigadier Stuart Skeates, the deputy commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest) Afghanistan, speaks during the RC (Southwest) memorial service at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 11. The service memorializ... More

Imam Asim Hafiz, center left, an Islamic religious

Imam Asim Hafiz, center left, an Islamic religious

Imam Asim Hafiz, center left, an Islamic religious advisor with the British Ministry of Defence, talks to Master Sgt. Anetra Cargile, center right, spectrum management officer, Regional Command (Southwest), and... More

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, take security positions while on a routine generator maintenance mission on an Afghan National Army base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Helmand pro... More

Service members with Afghan National Army 2nd and 3rd

Service members with Afghan National Army 2nd and 3rd

Service members with Afghan National Army 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 215th Corps, patrol Route 1 in support of operation Oqab 144 in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2014. Seeing only Afgha... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, right, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), greets members of the Afghan National Army and Afghan Uniformed Police aboard an ANA base near Forward Operatin... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from La Grange Park, Ill., a corpsman with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, speaks to a wounded Afghan National Army soldier on an ANA base near Forwar... More

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with

Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, receives the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal presented by Col. Christopher Douglas, the team leader for ... More

Leaders from the five pillars of the Afghan National

Leaders from the five pillars of the Afghan National

Leaders from the five pillars of the Afghan National Security Forces hold a shura to discuss the Afghan national elections at the Provincial Police Headquarters, Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb.... More

A soldier with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army

A soldier with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army

A soldier with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army snaps a photo of an Mi-17 helicopter during a training exercise aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2014. The class is part of a 10... More

Colonel Christopher Douglas, a reservist from Ballston

Colonel Christopher Douglas, a reservist from Ballston

Colonel Christopher Douglas, a reservist from Ballston Spa, N.Y., and the team leader of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, looks out over the Sangin Valley from an outpost located near Forward Opera... More

Major Scott Shadforth, the forward air controller for

Major Scott Shadforth, the forward air controller for

Major Scott Shadforth, the forward air controller for Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, and brigade sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Zabiullah, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, discuss the future of the ... More

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, attend

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, attend

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, attend the memorial service for Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 7. Erickson, of Waseca, Minn., a motor transportation me... More

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, fire a D-30 122 mm howitzer during a live-fire exercise aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. The exercise was the ... More

Sergeant Maj. Carlos M. Murcia, Cpl. Justin Wheeler,

Sergeant Maj. Carlos M. Murcia, Cpl. Justin Wheeler,

Sergeant Maj. Carlos M. Murcia, Cpl. Justin Wheeler, and Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, unveil a sign for the unit's new call sign, "Heavyweight," aboard Camp Bastion, Afgha... More

Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, observes an Afghan

Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, observes an Afghan

Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, observes an Afghan National Army class being taught aboard Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 18, 2014. Bordallo, along with four other members of congress, visited the base ... More

Medical staff with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan

Medical staff with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan

Medical staff with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, evacuate an injured ANA soldier aboard Forward Operating Base Nolay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 21, 2014. The Navy medical staff assi... More

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, left, a team member with

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, left, a team member with

Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, left, a team member with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, and Gunnery Sgt. Guadalupe E. Pineda III, the engineer chief for SFAAT 2-215, stand in front of a table that th... More

A soldier with 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, guides

A soldier with 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, guides

A soldier with 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, guides a fellow soldier as he backs up a truck to hitch to a potable water trailer that was transferred to the 215th Corps by Redeployment and Retrograde in sup... More

Col. Shah Wali Zazai briefs soldiers with 4th Tolay,

Col. Shah Wali Zazai briefs soldiers with 4th Tolay,

Col. Shah Wali Zazai briefs soldiers with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak, 4th Brigade, Afghan National Army, prior to conducting a final training exercise for a security training program with Regional Corps Battle Schoo... More

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine

Lieutenant j.g. Chad Goddard, a chaplain with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, from Pensacola, Fla., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Tadlock, a religious program specialist, carry a care package se... More

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command participate in the 2014 Leadman Triathlon "Afghanistan Edit... More

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, left, who leads the

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, left, who leads the

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, left, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the military services, conducts Easter Vigil Mass aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 19, 2014. The ma... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, from La Grange

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, from La Grange

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, from La Grange Park, Illinois, and a corpsman with Security Force Assistance Adviser Team 2-215, says goodbye to an Afghan National Army medic with 2nd Brigade, 215th C... More

Deployed service members pose for a photo moments before

Deployed service members pose for a photo moments before

Deployed service members pose for a photo moments before beginning the "Memorial Day "Murph" aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 24, 2014. The "Murph" is a popular CrossFit Hero workout consisting of a 1-... More

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) speaks during the Regional Command (Southwest) memorial service at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 11. The service m... More

Imam Asim Hafiz, center, an Islamic religious advisor

Imam Asim Hafiz, center, an Islamic religious advisor

Imam Asim Hafiz, center, an Islamic religious advisor with the British Ministry of Defence, talks with Cmdr. Patrick Smith, left, Regional Command (Southwest) chaplain, and Cmdr. Thomas Hunt, right, I Marine Ex... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), speaks to an Afghan National Army soldier aboard an ANA base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, ... More

Leaders from coalition forces, Afghan National Army

Leaders from coalition forces, Afghan National Army

Leaders from coalition forces, Afghan National Army 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 215th Corps, and Afghan Uniform Police meet to discuss operation Oqab 144, a mission in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from La Grange Park, Ill., a corpsman with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, lifts up concertina wire for a forklift on an Afghan National Army base nea... More

Cpl. Timothy Smith, 25, from Weaverville, Calif., a

Cpl. Timothy Smith, 25, from Weaverville, Calif., a

Cpl. Timothy Smith, 25, from Weaverville, Calif., a team member with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, provides security for Marines during a refueling mission on an Afghan National Army base near F... More

Colonel Christopher Douglas, left, the team leader

Colonel Christopher Douglas, left, the team leader

Colonel Christopher Douglas, left, the team leader for Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, congratulates Sgt. Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with SFAAT 2-215, on receiving the Navy and Marine Co... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), and Maj. Gen. Sayeed Malook, commanding general of the Afghan National Army's 215th Corps, attend a shura held at the Provincial... More

Soldiers with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army

Soldiers with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army

Soldiers with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army conduct a helicopter training course aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2014. The class covers casualty evacuations, landing zone s... More

Colonel Christopher Douglas, the team leader of Security

Colonel Christopher Douglas, the team leader of Security

Colonel Christopher Douglas, the team leader of Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, looks out over the Sangin Valley from an outpost located near Forward Operating Base Robinson, Helmand province, Afg... More

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team

Marines with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215 and Afghan National Army soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, sit down for tea and a discussion of the landing zone aboard Forward Operating Base Rob... More

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, attend

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, attend

Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, attend the memorial service for Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 7. Erickson, of Waseca, Minn., a motor transportation me... More

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National

Afghan artillerymen with the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, plot coordinates for artillery fire during a live-fire exercise aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. The exercise ... More

The sergeant major of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

The sergeant major of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

The sergeant major of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, Sgt. Maj. Carlos M. Murcia, and Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of HMH-466, unveil a sign for the unit's new call sign, "Heavyweight,"... More

Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, center, speaks

Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, center, speaks

Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, center, speaks with Maj. Gen. Sayed Malook, the commanding general of the 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, during a visit to Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, ... More

A table built by Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, a team

A table built by Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, a team

A table built by Lance Cpl. Brandon Goggans, a team member with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, and Gunnery Sgt. Guadalupe E. Pineda III, the engineer chief for SFAAT 2-215, is being delivered to ... More

Medical staff with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan

Medical staff with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan

Medical staff with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, and Navy medical advisors with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, prepare for a medical evacuation aboard Forward Operating Base Nol... More

A soldier with 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, guides

A soldier with 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, guides

A soldier with 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, guides a fellow soldier as he backs up a truck to hitch to a potable water trailer that was transferred to the 215th Corps by Redeployment and Retrograde in sup... More

An Afghan National Army instructor with 4th Tolay,

An Afghan National Army instructor with 4th Tolay,

An Afghan National Army instructor with 4th Tolay, 6th Kandak, 4th Brigade, Afghan National Army, briefs his fellow soldiers prior to conducting a final training exercise for a security training program with Re... More

The San Diego Padres, a Major League Baseball team,

The San Diego Padres, a Major League Baseball team,

The San Diego Padres, a Major League Baseball team, donated dozens of care packages to Marine Aerial Refueler Transportation Squadron 352 (Forward) aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 11, 2014.

Major Gen. Mark A. Clark, left, the commander of U.S.

Major Gen. Mark A. Clark, left, the commander of U.S.

Major Gen. Mark A. Clark, left, the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, finishes the cycling portion of the 2014 Leadman Triathlon "Afghanistan Edition," aboard Camp Bastion, April... More

Service members attend Easter Vigil Mass conducted

Service members attend Easter Vigil Mass conducted

Service members attend Easter Vigil Mass conducted by Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the military services aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Ap... More

Deployed service members bow their heads for a moment

Deployed service members bow their heads for a moment

Deployed service members bow their heads for a moment of silence in remembrance of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy prior to conducting the "Memorial Day Murph" aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 24, 2014. Murphy... More

Cpl. Joshua Collier, a helicopter mechanic with Marine

Cpl. Joshua Collier, a helicopter mechanic with Marine

Cpl. Joshua Collier, a helicopter mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, presents a dog tag to Sgt. Maj. Harrison Tanksley, the sergeant major of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), duri... More

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller, commanding general, Regional

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller, commanding general, Regional

Major Gen. W. Lee Miller, commanding general, Regional Command (Southwest), meets with officials from Afghan National Army 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 215th Corps, and Afghan Uniform Police to discuss operation Oqab ... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of

Brigadier Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), speaks to an Afghan National Army soldier aboard an ANA base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, ... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Krysa, 27, from La Grange Park, Ill., a corpsman with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, looks out over the Sangin Valley during a routine generator maintenance mis... More

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