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Afghan Local Police candidates serve food to elders

Afghan Local Police candidates serve food to elders

Afghan Local Police candidates serve food to elders during a shura being held in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 19, 2013. The shura was held to decide who would command the ALP in the area. Afghan Local P... More

Support Marines attached to 2nd Explosive Ordnance

Support Marines attached to 2nd Explosive Ordnance

Support Marines attached to 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) helped to construct a museum on the EOD compound at Camp Leatherneck, Af... More

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan

COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Lance Cpl. Robert Lemont speaks to local shop owners during a security patrol here, July 26. Lemont, a native of a Mansfield Ind., is a squad leader with C... More

Navy covers are lined up as selected chief petty officers

Navy covers are lined up as selected chief petty officers

Navy covers are lined up as selected chief petty officers prepare for a pinning ceremony in which they will be promoted. After promotion the new chiefs will wear a different cover. The anchors pinning ceremony ... More

Great grandfather earns the French Fourragere, great grandson wears it

Great grandfather earns the French Fourragere, great grandson wears it

Private First Class Linton Carl Fendley, stands at the position of attention after graduating boot camp aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in 1917. Fendley served with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Reg... More

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles are loaded on to an aircraft aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, to be shipped back to the states. Logistics Command Forward was resp... More

Afghan workers begin refurbishing the Kajaki District

Afghan workers begin refurbishing the Kajaki District

Afghan workers begin refurbishing the Kajaki District Center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 7, 2012. The project is funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, and is the first project of its k... More

A Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion,

A Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion,

A Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security from the turret of his vehicle during a ground defense area ... More

Dozens of newly-recruited Afghan National Army soldiers

Dozens of newly-recruited Afghan National Army soldiers

Dozens of newly-recruited Afghan National Army soldiers raise their hands in the air after Brig. Gen. Abdul Wasea, commanding general, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, asks which soldiers lost family members during th... More

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

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental Combat Team 5 sergeant major, prepares to take a bite of the birthday cake during a ceremony held in celebration of the 5th Marine Regiment’s 95th birthday her... More

Singer/Songwriters Diana Degarmo and Ace Young perform

Singer/Songwriters Diana Degarmo and Ace Young perform

Singer/Songwriters Diana Degarmo and Ace Young perform a song for military members during a troop visit sponsored by the United Service Organization Inc. (USO) at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan... More

A U.S. Marine color guard composed of Marines with

A U.S. Marine color guard composed of Marines with

A U.S. Marine color guard composed of Marines with Regimental Combat Teams 5 and 6, await the beginning of a transfer of authority ceremony here, July 5, 2012. Since their activation in 1917, 5th and 6th Marine... More

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Thompson of Panama City Beach, Fla.,

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Thompson of Panama City Beach, Fla.,

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Thompson of Panama City Beach, Fla., stands at parade rest Nov. 10, during the 236th Marine Corps Birthday ceremony for 2nd Marine Division (Forward). The embark chief for Headquarters Battali... More

An Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) fighter wraps a bandolier of ammunition for his 7.62mm PK Kalashinkov machine gun around his body as ATF personnel help secure a compound in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) fighter wraps a bandolier of ammunition f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Helmand Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Johnny Bivera, USN Release Sta... More

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (left) from the 1ST Information Operations (IO) 10th Mountain and Sergeant 1ST Class Len Tidey (right) Aviation 244 Regiment releases a box of leaflets on a drop at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (left) from the 1ST Information ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Len Tidey (center at the door) from Bravo Co.7158 Aviation 244 Regiment watches over the closing ramp minutes before the take off. The crew prepares to drop Afghan National Army soldiers at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Len Tidey (center at the door) from Bravo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Len Tidey (right) from Bravo Co.7158 Aviation 244 Regiment falls back as Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (left) from the 1ST Information Operations (IO) 10th Mountain releases another leaflet box at a drop at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Len Tidey (right) from Bravo Co.7158 Avia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

From left to right, U.S. Army 1LT. Betty Pena, Sergeant 1ST Class Len Tidey, Sergeant Andrew Guerrero from Bravo Co.7158 Aviation 244 Regiment together with STAFF Sergeant Jeff McFarland and Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees from the 1ST Information Operations (IO) 10th Mountain talk about the different villages and aLT.itudes of the leaflet drop at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

From left to right, U.S. Army 1LT. Betty Pena, Sergeant 1ST Class Len ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

US Army (USA) Reserve (USAR) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Len Tidey (left), Bravo Company (B Co), 7-158th Aviation Battalion (BN), 244th (Theater) Aviation Brigade, watches as SFC Tom Rees (right), 1ST Information Operations (IO), 10th Mountain Infantry Division (ID), releases boxes of leaflets in an aerial drop from a USA CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter over Helmand Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Reserve (USAR) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Len Tidey (lef...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Helmand Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Leslie Angulo, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees from the 1ST Information Operations (IO) 10th Mountain gets ready to carry out a leaflet box to be dropped at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees from the 1ST Information Operati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (right) from the 1ST Information Operations (IO) 10th Mountain and Sergeant 1ST Class (left) from Bravo Co.7158 Aviation 244 Regiment arrange the leaflet boxes as they get ready to execute the drop at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (right) from the 1ST Information...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (left) from the 1ST Information Operations (IO) 10th Mountain and Sergeant 1ST Class from Bravo Co.7158 Aviation 244 Regiment released a box of leaflets at a drop at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Apr. 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1ST Class Tom Rees (left) from the 1ST Information ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

A British army soldier from the 21st Air Artillery Defense Battery prepares to raise the British flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1 2006. U.S. Army Soldiers are transferring Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team to the British army soldiers.  (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

A British army soldier from the 21st Air Artillery Defense Battery pre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army SGT. John Dillon from the 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion helps U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Den Gomez fold the American flag as U.S. Forces withdraw from Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) during a transfer of authority ceremony (TOA) at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. John Dillon from the 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion help...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

From left to right, U.S. Army SGT. John Dillon, U.S. Air Force TECH SGT. Derreck Bartley, U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Den Gomez and U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Earl Foreman hand over the American Flag to LT. COL David Sias (second from the left) ex-commander of the Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) during a transfer of authority ceremony (TOA) at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

From left to right, U.S. Army SGT. John Dillon, U.S. Air Force TECH SG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army SGT. Brian Raley (left) from the 345th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) checks the recording settings of his video camera as an interpreter (center) stands by to translate, during an interview at Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) as they attend the transfer of authority ceremony (TOA) at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Brian Raley (left) from the 345th Mobile Public Affairs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army LT. COL. David Sias, center, ex-commander of the Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and British army COL. Charlie Knaggs, right, new PRT commander, salute the British flag as it being rise during a transfer of authority ceremony in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army LT. COL. David Sias, center, ex-commander of the Lashkar Gah...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army LT. COL. David Sias (behind microphone) ex-commander of the Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) forward a message of support for the new command taking over the Lashkar Gah PRT during a transfer of authority ceremony (TOA) at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army LT. COL. David Sias (behind microphone) ex-commander of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

U.S. Army LT. COL. David Sias (center to the left) ex-commander of Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) from 321st Civil Affairs Brigade and British Army COL Charlie Knaggs (center right) new PRT Commander stands at the podium to address audience during the transfer of authority (TOA) at Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1 2006. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Leslie Angulo) (Released)

U.S. Army LT. COL. David Sias (center to the left) ex-commander of Las...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

Mohammed Mohadeen, Afghan National Police CHIEF of STAFF for Helmand Province, prepares to address the audience during a transfer of authority ceremony in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2006. U.S. Army Soldiers are transferring Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team to the British army soldiers. DoD photo by SPC. Leslie Angulo, U.S. Army. (Released)

Mohammed Mohadeen, Afghan National Police CHIEF of STAFF for Helmand P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Leslie Angulo, USA Release St... More

ANSF save Coalition, civilian lives discover 2 IEDs

ANSF save Coalition, civilian lives discover 2 IEDs

Afghan national army soldiers from the 205th Kandak detonate an improvised explosive device discovered on a hillside in Sangin District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 29. The ANA soldiers found the IED wh... More

Afghan national security forces conduct operations

Afghan national security forces conduct operations

Afghan national security forces conduct operations to disrupt the insurgents' ability to engage friendly forces from prepared fighting positions in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo/Spc.David Gunn)

Corporal Gregory L. Cole, a Tampa, Fla., native and

Corporal Gregory L. Cole, a Tampa, Fla., native and

Corporal Gregory L. Cole, a Tampa, Fla., native and the current operations manager for the Combat Operations Center, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), is responsible for tracking all significant events that happen... More

Hundreds gather to honor fallen US Soldier

Hundreds gather to honor fallen US Soldier

A memorial to honor Staff Sgt. Donald T. Tabb, of the 65th Military Police Company, Fort Bragg, N.C., assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, is displayed in Fraise Chapel, at ... More

Hundreds gather to honor fallen US Soldier

Hundreds gather to honor fallen US Soldier

A memorial to honor Staff Sgt. Donald T. Tabb, of the 65th Military Police Company, Fort Bragg, N.C., assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, is displayed in Fraise Chapel, at ... More

A Marine special operations company leatherneck examines

A Marine special operations company leatherneck examines

A Marine special operations company leatherneck examines a poppy plant handed to him by an Afghan national army soldier (right) during a late February patrol through a Helmand province village in which they wer... More

A Navy hospital corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion treats a wounded civilian

A Navy hospital corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Special Operations...

HELMAND, Afghanistan (Feb. 26, 2008) A Navy hospital corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion treats a wounded civilian in a Helmand Province, Afghanistan village after an attack by Tali... More

Marines with a Marine Special Operations Company take

Marines with a Marine Special Operations Company take

Marines with a Marine Special Operations Company take aim on Taliban fighters in a Helmand province village in late February. Afghan national army soldiers and the MSOC Marines were visiting the southern Afghan... More

A Navy hospital corpsman treats a wounded Afghan in

A Navy hospital corpsman treats a wounded Afghan in

A Navy hospital corpsman treats a wounded Afghan in a Helmand province village in late February. Afghan national army soldiers and Marine Special Operations Company Bravo Marines and sailors were visiting the s... More

Coalition forces find weapons cache in Helmand province

Coalition forces find weapons cache in Helmand province

Coalition forces recover a weapons cache consisting of a several AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition vests and associated ammunition during an operation on April 1 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, to disrupt mili... More

Coalition forces recover a weapons cache consisting

Coalition forces recover a weapons cache consisting

Coalition forces recover a weapons cache consisting of a several AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition vests and associated ammunition during an operation April 1 in Helmand province, Afghanistan to disrupt militant... More

Coalition forces seized a weapons cache on April 3

Coalition forces seized a weapons cache on April 3

Coalition forces seized a weapons cache on April 3 in Garmsir District, Helmand province, during an operation targeting a Taliban insurgent associated with weapons facilitations operations. The items were destr... More

Dozens of 60mm mortar rounds were discovered in a Taliban

Dozens of 60mm mortar rounds were discovered in a Taliban

Dozens of 60mm mortar rounds were discovered in a Taliban insurgent's compound in Helmand province Thursday. Coalition forces destroyed the ammunition to prevent its future use.

Camp Hero gives school supplies

Camp Hero gives school supplies

Lt. Dana Cash, a medical officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO International Security Assistance Force, hands out school supplies to local children outside the hospita... More

A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman assigned to Echo Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, posts security for a halted convoy in the Helmand province of Iraq.

A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman assigned to Echo Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th...

AFGHANISTAN (Jun. 10, 2008) A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman assigned to Echo Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, posts security for a halted convoy in the Helmand province of Iraq. The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is ... More

Approaching a small village

Approaching a small village

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kyle Stewart, with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, approaches a small village in the mountains of Helmand province, Afghanistan, in a Humvee, July 8, 2008. (U.S... More

Sailor gives medical treatment to Deleram child

Sailor gives medical treatment to Deleram child

Hospital corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Louie Bismonte, assigned to 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, treats a local child in the city of Deleram. Based at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twenty Nine Palms, 2nd Batt... More

Canadian army soldiers assigned to the 1st and 2nd

Canadian army soldiers assigned to the 1st and 2nd

Canadian army soldiers assigned to the 1st and 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment from the International Security Assistance Force take a break from routine maintenance at Camp Tombstone, Oct. 17, 2008. The soldiers a... More

Canadian army soldiers assigned to the 1st and 2nd

Canadian army soldiers assigned to the 1st and 2nd

Canadian army soldiers assigned to the 1st and 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment with the International Security Assistance Force perform operational checks of their vehicles and equipment during routine maintenance,... More

Providing some medicine, Afghanistan

Providing some medicine, Afghanistan

Petty Officer 3rd Class Edwin L. Daniel, assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provides medicine from his medical bag to a citizen of Kurghay, Afghanistan. The 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, ... More

Hospital Corpsmen 3rd Class Edwin L. Daniel, assigned to 3rd platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, examines an Afghan citizen before dispensing aspirin while on a patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Hospital Corpsmen 3rd Class Edwin L. Daniel, assigned to 3rd platoon, ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Oct. 22, 2008) Hospital Corpsmen 3rd Class Edwin L. Daniel, assigned to 3rd platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, examines an Afghan citizen before dispensing a... More

Rooftop coverage in Afghanistan

Rooftop coverage in Afghanistan

Petty Officer 3rd Class Edwin L. Daniel, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provides cover on a roof top during a clearing operation in Zad, Afghanistan. Marines are conducting clearing operations... More

Patrolling in Helmand Province, operation Enduring Freedom

Patrolling in Helmand Province, operation Enduring Freedom

Petty Officer 3rd Class Edwin L. Daniel, assigned to 3rd platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, examines an Afghan citizen before dispensing aspirin while on a patrol in Helmand province, Afgh... More

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham shakes hands with U.S.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham shakes hands with U.S.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham shakes hands with U.S. Marine Lt. Col. David L. Odom, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-... More

Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Mueske, an engineer with Route

Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Mueske, an engineer with Route

Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Mueske, an engineer with Route Clearance Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Afghanistan, tightens part of a wheel module to a "Husk... More

Smoke from illumination flares hangs in the night sky

Smoke from illumination flares hangs in the night sky

Smoke from illumination flares hangs in the night sky over Camp Barber Dec. 9. U.S. Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Ta... More

A U.S. Marine holds onto a parachute attached to a

A U.S. Marine holds onto a parachute attached to a

A U.S. Marine holds onto a parachute attached to a supply of water and food dropped by a C-130 cargo transport aircraft during Operation Backstop Dec. 11 in Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Th... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Swoboda (left) and

Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Swoboda (left) and

Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Swoboda (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Shaw (right) organize boxes donated by citizens across America on Camp Barber, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 12. Swoboda ... More

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, at Forward Operating Base Bakwa, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec... More

2nd Lt. John Langer, a platoon commander with Company

2nd Lt. John Langer, a platoon commander with Company

2nd Lt. John Langer, a platoon commander with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, walks down an alley in the Helmand province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 22. 3/8 is the ground combat... More

Sgt. Josh Westman (left), Staff Sgt. Cole Smigelski

Sgt. Josh Westman (left), Staff Sgt. Cole Smigelski

Sgt. Josh Westman (left), Staff Sgt. Cole Smigelski (center) and Lance Cpl. Jenny Watkins (right), of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 load a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter before takeoff Christmas mornin... More

U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Alejandro

U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Alejandro

U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Alejandro Gonzalez, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7, refuels a front end loader while conducting prestart checks on the battalion's civil engin... More

Structural barriers, Afghanistan

Structural barriers, Afghanistan

U.S. Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 wire structural barriers together during a project in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 11, 2009. NMCB-5 deployed to Afghanistan to provi... More

U.S. Navy Construction Electrician Constructionman

U.S. Navy Construction Electrician Constructionman

U.S. Navy Construction Electrician Constructionman Steve Gawlas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, wires structural barriers together during a project in Helmand province, Afghanistan, A... More

U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 1st Class Perry Dwayne

U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 1st Class Perry Dwayne

U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 1st Class Perry Dwayne Tiatano, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, guides a medium tactical vehicle replacement onto a trailer April 13, 2009, in Helmand prov... More

Armored grader, Afghanistan

Armored grader, Afghanistan

A U.S. Sailor assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 guides an armored grader onto a trailer April 13, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The vehicle was to be hauled to a remote forward ... More

NMCB-5 deployment, Afghanistan

NMCB-5 deployment, Afghanistan

A U.S. Sailor assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 guides an armored bulldozer onto a trailer April 13, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The vehicle was to be hauled to a remote forwa... More

Medium tactical vehicle replacement

Medium tactical vehicle replacement

U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 1st Class Perry Dwayne Tiatano, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, guides a medium tactical vehicle replacement onto a trailer April 13, 2009, in Helmand prov... More

Equipment Operator Constructionman Alejandro Rodriguez

Equipment Operator Constructionman Alejandro Rodriguez

Equipment Operator Constructionman Alejandro Rodriguez of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 refuels one of the generators being utilized by NMCB 5 Seabees on many of the project sites to provide powe... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Shafer treats a local child with an infected foot in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Shafer treats a local child with an infected foot i...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jul. 08, 2009) U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Shafer treats a local child with an infected foot in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Shafer is the battalion surgeon for 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 17, 2009) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brian Sandau, right, and Warrant Officer Paul D'Angelo treat an Afghan girl for burns on her leg during a civil affairs group patrol.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 17, 2009) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Cl...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jul. 17, 2009) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brian Sandau, right, and Warrant Officer Paul D'Angelo treat an Afghan girl for burns on her leg during a civil affairs group patrol wit... More

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Simon Trujillo runs for cover as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to take off during the air evacuation of an Afghan boy.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Simon Trujillo runs for cover as a UH-60 B...

HELMAND PROVINCE (Jul. 30, 2009) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Simon Trujillo runs for cover as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to take off during the air evacuation of an Afghan boy in the Nawa district of... More

An Afghan boy gets treated for a head wound by Navy Corpsman Brian Sandou.

An Afghan boy gets treated for a head wound by Navy Corpsman Brian San...

HELMAND PROVINCE (Aug. 11, 2009) An Afghan boy gets treated for a head wound by Navy Corpsman Brian Sandou, with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa District,... More

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brandon Sills, assigned to the Battalion Aid Station, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, provides rear security while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brandon Sills, assigned to the Battalion A...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Aug. 14, 2009) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brandon Sills, assigned to the Battalion Aid Station, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, provides rear security while on patrol in Hel... More

A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan provides security during a patrol in support of Operation Eastern Resolve in Helmand province, Afgha... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Manuel Querido shows an Afghan citizen how to use a rechargeable radio during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy Lt. Manuel Querido shows an Afghan citizen how to use a rech...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 01, 2009) U.S. Navy Lt. Manuel Querido shows an Afghan citizen how to use a rechargeable radio during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Querido... More

Chief Hospital Corpsman Angelito Campano shows Afghan citizens their photo during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Chief Hospital Corpsman Angelito Campano shows Afghan citizens their p...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 01, 2009) Chief Hospital Corpsman Angelito Campano shows Afghan citizens their photo during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Campano is the ch... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Manuel Querido hands out candy to children during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy Lt. Manuel Querido hands out candy to children during a medi...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 01, 2009) U.S. Navy Lt. Manuel Querido hands out candy to children during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Querido is a chaplain assigned to H... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Jordan Michelena examines an Afghan citizen during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy Lt. Jordan Michelena examines an Afghan citizen during a med...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 01, 2009) U.S. Navy Lt. Jordan Michelena examines an Afghan citizen during a medical civic action mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Michelena is the medical officer a... More

 HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 2, 2009) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Darnell Baker, assigned to Alpha Company of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sept. 2, 2009) Equipment Operator 3rd ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 02, 2009) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Darnell Baker, assigned to Alpha Company of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, operates an D7 up-armored bulldozer to form ... More

Marine gives candy to Afghan children

Marine gives candy to Afghan children

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Derek McVay, right, a platoon commander with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, gives candy to Afghan child... More

 Chief Hospital Corpsman Clarence Connor carries an Afghan boy to a stretcher at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Chief Hospital Corpsman Clarence Connor carries an Afghan boy to a st...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 25, 2009) Chief Hospital Corpsman Clarence Connor carries an Afghan boy to a stretcher at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The boy suffered two... More

.S. Navy corpsmen provide medical care for an Afghan boy at Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

.S. Navy corpsmen provide medical care for an Afghan boy at Forward Op...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Sep. 26, 2009) U.S. Navy corpsmen provide medical care for an Afghan boy at Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The boy burned on his foot after step... More

Seabees use heavy equipment to create a solid foundation for construction at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Seabees use heavy equipment to create a solid foundation for construct...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Oct. 17, 2009) Seabees use heavy equipment to create a solid foundation for construction at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The Seab... More

Mark Wahlberg visits with U.S. and Coalition troops

Mark Wahlberg visits with U.S. and Coalition troops

Mark Wahlberg visits with U.S. and Coalition troops in the Kabul, Afghanistan air terminal after premiering his new movie "The Fighter" with U.S. Marines in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Petty Offic... More

Mark Wahlberg visits with U.S. and Coalition troops

Mark Wahlberg visits with U.S. and Coalition troops

Mark Wahlberg visits with U.S. and Coalition troops in the Kabul, Afghanistan air terminal after premiering his new movie "The Fighter" with U.S. Marines in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Petty Offic... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, assistant commandant

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, assistant commandant

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, meets with Marines and Sailors with Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan at a combat outpost in Helmand province, Afghanistan, De... More

Marines Mentor Afghan National Army on Command, Control Skills

Marines Mentor Afghan National Army on Command, Control Skills

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Patrick M. Maguire, embedded training team commander and logistics and administration mentor to the Afghan soldiers for Regimental Combat Team 7, poses for a photo with members of the Afghan... More

An Afghan points out damage done to his compound in

An Afghan points out damage done to his compound in

An Afghan points out damage done to his compound in a village near Lakari bazaar in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, patrol... More

Sgt. Daniel Pluth, from San Marcos, Texas, patrols

Sgt. Daniel Pluth, from San Marcos, Texas, patrols

Sgt. Daniel Pluth, from San Marcos, Texas, patrols the city of Marjah, March 10, 2010. Pluth, a 2003 El Capitan High school, Lakeside Calif., graduate is now on his fourth deployment where he serves with 1st Ba... More

A sandstorm approaches Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

A sandstorm approaches Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

HELMAND PROVENCE (May. 17, 2010) A sandstorm approaches Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Marines and Sailors are in the Helmand Province supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicati... More

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus administers the oath of enlistment to Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin O'Brien during a reenlistment ceremony.

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus administers the...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jun. 03, 2010) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus administers the oath of enlistment to Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin O'Brien during a reenlist... More

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks with an Afghanistan government official during a tour of a forward operating base.

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks with an ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jun. 03, 2010) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks with an Afghanistan government official during a tour of a forward operating base in Helmand Province,... More

 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits coalition forces deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits coaliti...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jun. 03, 2010) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits coalition forces deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Mabus spent the day touring Helmand Provin... More

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks with Hospital Corpsman Michael Martinez during a tour of a forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks with Hos...

DELARAM, Afghanistan (Jun. 03, 2010) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks with Hospital Corpsman Michael Martinez during a tour of a forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanis... More

ecretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits with Sailors and Marines during a tour of Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

ecretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits with Sail...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jun. 03, 2010) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits with Sailors and Marines during a tour of Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy p... More

ecretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits coalition forces deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

ecretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits coalition...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jun. 03, 2010) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus visits coalition forces deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Mabus spent the day touring Helmand Provin... More

Sgt. Maj. Phillip Fascetti, sergeant major of 1st Marine

Sgt. Maj. Phillip Fascetti, sergeant major of 1st Marine

Sgt. Maj. Phillip Fascetti, sergeant major of 1st Marine Division Forward, prays in front of a battle cross during a memorial ceremony, July 7. Fascetti joined the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment ... More

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army take cover in

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army take cover in

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army take cover in a field after exchanging fire with the enemy in Karez-e Sayyidi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 9. Soldiers from the ANA and Marines from Lima Company, ... More

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