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A carousel in Habbaniyah's Tourist Village rests dormant

A carousel in Habbaniyah's Tourist Village rests dormant

A carousel in Habbaniyah's Tourist Village rests dormant and in a state of disrepair April 6, but provides testament to better times in the once-popular vacation and honeymoon spot. Families and newlyweds frequ... More

A photo of the front entrance to the Camp Johnson Chapel

A photo of the front entrance to the Camp Johnson Chapel

A photo of the front entrance to the Camp Johnson Chapel on Camp Johnson, North Carolina, Nov. 21, 2019. The chapel, built in 1941, is undergoing historical preservation and reconstruction projects after susta... More

Only the wooden frame structure of the Camp Johnson

Only the wooden frame structure of the Camp Johnson

Only the wooden frame structure of the Camp Johnson Chapel remains as its reconstruction begins on Camp Johnson, North Carolina, June 24, 2020. The chapel, built in 1941, is currently undergoing an historical p... More

Pfc. Brandon Fender, enabler response team member,

Pfc. Brandon Fender, enabler response team member,

Pfc. Brandon Fender, enabler response team member, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides security at a reconstruction project along Highway 4 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, April 8. The highway is an e... More

Hungarian soldiers share their "Road Show" presentation

Hungarian soldiers share their "Road Show" presentation

Hungarian soldiers share their "Road Show" presentation about Hungary and their PRT at a local school in Puli Khomrie. This high school is supported by the Regional Command North Hungarian PRT, HUN, in Puli Kho... More

Seabees attached to the U.S. Navy Mobile Construction

Seabees attached to the U.S. Navy Mobile Construction

Seabees attached to the U.S. Navy Mobile Construction Battalion work on the reconstruction of the Obock pier. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nic Raven)

An Iraqi policeman talks with an Iraqi woman while

An Iraqi policeman talks with an Iraqi woman while

An Iraqi policeman talks with an Iraqi woman while on patrol in the streets of Sab al Bor, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2007.

Critical Infrastructure Security personnel pull guard

Critical Infrastructure Security personnel pull guard

Critical Infrastructure Security personnel pull guard duty outside a house in Sab al Bor, Iraq, Dec. 23, 2007.

Convoy Pre-mission Brief

Convoy Pre-mission Brief

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Frank Land, a petroleum supply specialist from "Darkhorse" Forward Support Troop, 1st "Garry Owen" Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducts a ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from, 'Darkhorse' Forward Support

U.S. Army Soldiers from, 'Darkhorse' Forward Support

U.S. Army Soldiers from, 'Darkhorse' Forward Support Troop, 1st 'Garry Owen' Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and 2nd 'Warrior' Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th In... More

San Juan, Puerto Rico, native Staff Sgt. Lloyd Hicks,

San Juan, Puerto Rico, native Staff Sgt. Lloyd Hicks,

San Juan, Puerto Rico, native Staff Sgt. Lloyd Hicks, medic Headquarters and Headquarters Company Warhorse, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and Sinaja, Guam, n... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Bound, a vehicle commander from

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Bound, a vehicle commander from

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Bound, a vehicle commander from personnel security detachment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts a safety briefing prior to starting a mission from Camp Ta... More

A U.S. Army Soldier from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st

A U.S. Army Soldier from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st

A U.S. Army Soldier from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division talks with a young Iraqi boy in Hor al Bosh, Iraq, Jan. 12, 2008.

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram Provincial Reconstrucion Team in the village of Nijrab, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14, 2008. This is the first drop that the PRT has conducted... More

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team in the village of Nijrab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Jan. 14, 2008. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis)

A military policeman pulls security while the Bagram

A military policeman pulls security while the Bagram

A military policeman pulls security while the Bagram Provincial Reconstrucion Team hands out donations to the villagers of Nijrab, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis)

Iraqi army soldiers, from 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Division

Iraqi army soldiers, from 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Division

Iraqi army soldiers, from 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Division (Mechanized), stand guard in the Sayab School in Halab Shah, Iraq, on Jan. 15.

U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines,

U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines,

U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1) interact with children while other U.S. Marines (not shown) interview citizens of the Al Dubat district of Al Fallujah, ... More

Concerned Local Citizens control vehicle traffic in

Concerned Local Citizens control vehicle traffic in

Concerned Local Citizens control vehicle traffic in Hasan ad Daryush, Iraq, for a combined medical effort conducted by Iraqi army and coalition forces at the Falahat Primary School on Jan. 25, 2008. (U.S. Air F... More

An Iraqi army soldier from 3rd Tank Battalion, 2nd

An Iraqi army soldier from 3rd Tank Battalion, 2nd

An Iraqi army soldier from 3rd Tank Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized), talks with local children in Hasan ad Daryush, Iraq, on Jan. 25.

Residents of Hasan ad Daryush, Iraq, line up outside

Residents of Hasan ad Daryush, Iraq, line up outside

Residents of Hasan ad Daryush, Iraq, line up outside the Falahat Primary School while a U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provi... More

U.S. Army Capt. Colby Krug, the commander, 2nd Platoon,

U.S. Army Capt. Colby Krug, the commander, 2nd Platoon,

U.S. Army Capt. Colby Krug, the commander, 2nd Platoon, 66th Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts a safety brief prior to starting a combined route clearance missi... More

U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1) secure a schoolyard during a patrol in the Andaloos district of Al Fallujah, Iraq on Jan. 29, 2008. U.S. Marines w... More

On Jan. 29, 2008, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd

On Jan. 29, 2008, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd

On Jan. 29, 2008, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5), personal security detail "Juggernaut" patrols a road outside of Camp Al Qaim in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. RCT-5 ... More

Sgt. Michael A. Lopez gives a gift to Iraqi Police

Sgt. Michael A. Lopez gives a gift to Iraqi Police

Sgt. Michael A. Lopez gives a gift to Iraqi Police Sgt. Satar before they talk about the security in the town of Al Medinah As Siyahiyah, Iraq on Jan. 31, 2008. Sgt. Lopez is the patrol leader with 1/11, Charli... More

On Jan. 31, 2008, Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine

On Jan. 31, 2008, Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine

On Jan. 31, 2008, Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, speak with local Iraqis about a recently detonated Improvised Explosive Device and rumored weapons caches near the city... More

Marines and IPs Conduct Patrol of Anah

Marines and IPs Conduct Patrol of Anah

Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, conduct a security patrol at night to deter insurgent activity in Anah, Iraq on Feb. 3, 2008. Regimental Combat Team 5 is d... More

Pvt. Edward Robinson, a native of Saint Albans, W.

Pvt. Edward Robinson, a native of Saint Albans, W.

Pvt. Edward Robinson, a native of Saint Albans, W. Va., plays soccer with children in Taji, Iraq while out on patrol with his unit. Robinson is a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment 'Wolf... More

U.S. Army Col. Mike Bridges, deputy team leader, embedded

U.S. Army Col. Mike Bridges, deputy team leader, embedded

U.S. Army Col. Mike Bridges, deputy team leader, embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team - Baghdad 5, attached to 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team 'Warrior,' 25th Infantry Division, talks to Mr. Lukman, Mayor of... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Scott M. Thomas, with 1st Marine Logistics

U.S. Marine Sgt. Scott M. Thomas, with 1st Marine Logistics

U.S. Marine Sgt. Scott M. Thomas, with 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG), Personal Security Detail (PSD), reloads the M240G automatic machine gun for Sgt. Oscar L. Corzo, 1st MLG PSD, at Joe Foss Range aboar... More

Army Pfc. Ranen E. Casto, 864th Engineer Combat Battalion

Army Pfc. Ranen E. Casto, 864th Engineer Combat Battalion

Army Pfc. Ranen E. Casto, 864th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), instructs students at the Kushamond skill-labor workshop on correct saw techniques and safety precautions at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, ... More

Iraqi army soldiers move cases of water to be distributed

Iraqi army soldiers move cases of water to be distributed

Iraqi army soldiers move cases of water to be distributed to the residents of Sadr City, Iraq, during a humanitarian aid mission, April 2.

Lt. Col. Richard "Flip" Wilson, a native of Brooklyn,

Lt. Col. Richard "Flip" Wilson, a native of Brooklyn,

Lt. Col. Richard "Flip" Wilson, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., talks with a Taji city council member about detainees being released in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, April 17. Wilson is the commander, 1st Ba... More

Staff Sgt. James Lutz, the 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion,

Staff Sgt. James Lutz, the 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion,

Staff Sgt. James Lutz, the 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) platoon sergeant hands out candy to students in the Uthman school i... More

Yusifiyah Nahia Council Meeting

Yusifiyah Nahia Council Meeting

Key leaders in the community including Iraqi security forces and elected representatives meet weekly with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment to discuss all security and municipal matters. (U.S. Army photo/C... More

Sgt. Matt Radcliffe, a native of Conroe, Texas, assigned

Sgt. Matt Radcliffe, a native of Conroe, Texas, assigned

Sgt. Matt Radcliffe, a native of Conroe, Texas, assigned to 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, provides security during a patrol in ... More

Maj. Eric Kerr, Company B, 415th Civil Affairs, who

Maj. Eric Kerr, Company B, 415th Civil Affairs, who

Maj. Eric Kerr, Company B, 415th Civil Affairs, who also works with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Divivision embedded provincial reconstruction team, watches as a local store owner signs for his mic... More

The head of household for each of 18 families who were

The head of household for each of 18 families who were

The head of household for each of 18 families who were displaced from Kidhr, Iraq, meet with the Babil Provincial Reconciliation Team and Mayor Salah Al-Massoudi from Iskandariyah Feb. 20 at the mayor's office ... More

Calm Descends on Bayji During Medical Engagement

Calm Descends on Bayji During Medical Engagement

A long line of Bayji citizens extends out of the hospital where medical care was given to those in need.

Sheikh Salah keeps an account of plastic being distributed

Sheikh Salah keeps an account of plastic being distributed

Sheikh Salah keeps an account of plastic being distributed to farmers in Busayefi, April 26. Salah, the town council chairman, works to identify and respond to needs in his community.

Staff Sgt. Angela Boyce, Civil Affairs Team A sergeant

Staff Sgt. Angela Boyce, Civil Affairs Team A sergeant

Staff Sgt. Angela Boyce, Civil Affairs Team A sergeant and embedded provincial reconstruction team women's initiative program manager, native of Dowagiac, Mich., talks with future members of the women's initiat... More

Turnaround Prompts Name Change for Iraqi Neighborhood

Turnaround Prompts Name Change for Iraqi Neighborhood

Roads in the Hay Jasmen neighborhood of Musayyib, Iraq, are being refinished.

An Iraq construction worker mixes mortar to be used

An Iraq construction worker mixes mortar to be used

An Iraq construction worker mixes mortar to be used in a facade in the mainn entryway of the Basra Children's Hospital in Basra, Iraq May 2. The Gulf Region South Coast Corps of Engineers is coordinating effort... More

The Iraqi goverment is currently funding a canal-cleaning

The Iraqi goverment is currently funding a canal-cleaning

The Iraqi goverment is currently funding a canal-cleaning project in the Jurf as Sakhr and Ruwiyah areas.

District Clean Up in Basra

District Clean Up in Basra

Citizens of the Tannumah district in Basra, Iraq clean the streets during a district wide cleaning event May 20, 2008. (U.S. Army photo/Cpl. Jeremiah Green)

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Van Beveren, a native of Manhattan

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Van Beveren, a native of Manhattan

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Van Beveren, a native of Manhattan Beach, Calif., walks behind his Iraqi army counterpart during a patrol in Falahat, a village northwest of Baghdad, May 27. Van Beveren is a senior scout ... More

U.S. Marine Stands Watch

U.S. Marine Stands Watch

Sgt. Daniel M. Matthews, security chief, Team 1, Civil Affairs Detachment 2, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines (2/11), Regimental Combat Team 1, stands watch in an industrial high school currently under construction ... More

Army Maj. Trever Nehls hands a box of crayons to an

Army Maj. Trever Nehls hands a box of crayons to an

Army Maj. Trever Nehls hands a box of crayons to an Afghan boy. The Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team delivered enough school supplies to fill the bed of a small pick-up truck on behalf of the Westfield Comm... More

Personal security detail personnel of the deputy prime

Personal security detail personnel of the deputy prime

Personal security detail personnel of the deputy prime minister of Iraq pull security during a conference with locals from the Ninewa province that discusses reconstruction in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2008.

A member of the Sons of Iraq serves chai to the people

A member of the Sons of Iraq serves chai to the people

A member of the Sons of Iraq serves chai to the people participating in a meeting in Solomon Pak on Oct. 29, 2008 to discuss the agriculture needs of the city.

An Iraqi policeman takes notes during a class on conducting

An Iraqi policeman takes notes during a class on conducting

An Iraqi policeman takes notes during a class on conducting high-risk traffic stops during the Iraqi Police Leadership Course conducted at the Joint Security Station Al Khansa in Muhallah 755, Fedaliyah, easter... More

U.S. Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,

U.S. Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,

U.S. Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, conduct an essential services survey meeting with local Iraqi officials concerning progress on severa... More

Iraqi construction workers work on rubble removal and

Iraqi construction workers work on rubble removal and

Iraqi construction workers work on rubble removal and reconstruction of the Santa Fe overpass on Main Supply Route Tampa in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 24.

An Iraqi electrical engineer receives his very first

An Iraqi electrical engineer receives his very first

An Iraqi electrical engineer receives his very first paycheck after completion of the training course at an electrical sub-station in the Abu Ghraib area of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 22.

Employees of a new orchard under development cultivate

Employees of a new orchard under development cultivate

Employees of a new orchard under development cultivate a field in Maysan province, Iraq, June 16. This location is one of several under management with Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regimen... More

Left: U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis of Philadelphia,

Left: U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis of Philadelphia,

Left: U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis of Philadelphia, Pa., Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah civil affairs member and Female Engagement Team non-commissioned officer in charge and middle: Marsha Michel of ... More

A lone flower in a field stands tall during an all

A lone flower in a field stands tall during an all

A lone flower in a field stands tall during an all women’s shura conducted in the Shib Koh District in Farah province, Afghanistan, July 10. The women’s shura was proposed by Haidari, who invited the FET to lis... More

Village leaders and members of Provincial Reconstruction

Village leaders and members of Provincial Reconstruction

Village leaders and members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul discuss the needs of the village during a shura in Zabul province, July 13. A shura is a traditional meeting where tribal elders discuss major... More

Public Health Officials hand out medical supplies to

Public Health Officials hand out medical supplies to

Public Health Officials hand out medical supplies to local villagers as part of the Village Medical Outreach Program conducted in Khorma Leq, Farah province, Afghanistan, July 19. Approximately 200-300 resident... More

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan

Dari Noor gets 2 new medical clinics

Dari Noor gets 2 new medical clinics

Members of the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team visit one of two Dari Noor clinics during construction July 27. The project was completed Nov. 13 and will serve about 25,000 people throughout the Dari N... More

Members of the Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team

Members of the Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team

Members of the Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team loaded various medical supplies into boxes for short term relief to several clinics in Khost province Aug. 6. The excess materials will be given to Khost prov... More

Civil Affairs Team Works with Malik and Afghan National Police to Layout Plans for New School

Civil Affairs Team Works with Malik and Afghan National Police to Layo...

Maj. Beau Spafford (center) of Summerville, S.C., officer-in-charge, Civil Military Operations, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, sketches a preliminary layout for a new sch... More

Afghan Students Sing Celebration Song at New School Dedication in Kabul

Afghan Students Sing Celebration Song at New School Dedication in Kabu...

Afghan students at the Mehrabudin School sing a song of celebration in-front of officials from the Afghan National Army, Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Education, U.S. Army, loca... More

Afghan National Army Commander and U.S. Army Civil Affairs Officer Participate in AFN Interview at Site of New School in Kabul Province

Afghan National Army Commander and U.S. Army Civil Affairs Officer Par...

Col. Abdulwahab, Afghan National Army (second from left), Maj. Beau Spafford (center), Civil Military Operations, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, and officials from the Me... More

Capt. Kevin McClure (center), of Myrtle Beach, S.C.,

Capt. Kevin McClure (center), of Myrtle Beach, S.C.,

Capt. Kevin McClure (center), of Myrtle Beach, S.C., project manager, Civil Military Operations, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, receives a chapan from officials of the Me... More

Afghan Government Officials, Afghan National Army and U.S. Army Come Together to Dedicate New Classrooom Building in Kabul

Afghan Government Officials, Afghan National Army and U.S. Army Come T...

Officials from the Afghan National Army, Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Education, U.S. Army, local village elders and provincial leaders joined together for a ribbon cutting cer... More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ashley Smith

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ashley Smith

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ashley Smith of Cashmere, Wash., Forward Surgical Team Farah operating room technician, left, provides medical treatment to an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Ope... More

Local Afghan men work on reconstructing the Tarnak

Local Afghan men work on reconstructing the Tarnak

Local Afghan men work on reconstructing the Tarnak Bridge in Qalat City, Zabul province, Aug. 17. More than 450 locals are employed for the reconstruction project which is sponsored by Provincial Reconstruction... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Dain Dillon, a Paktika

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Dain Dillon, a Paktika

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Dain Dillon, a Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team convoy driver from Miami, Fla., and an Asia Security Group guardsman perform tower watch at a forward operating base, Aug ... More

Pfc. Andrew Williams, a native of Pomona, Calif., and

Pfc. Andrew Williams, a native of Pomona, Calif., and

Pfc. Andrew Williams, a native of Pomona, Calif., and grenadier in Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa loads a magazine into his M4 assault rifle with M203 grenade launcher at the "Stress Fire" range at Camp ... More

Pfc. Kyle McCann, infantryman in the Massachusetts

Pfc. Kyle McCann, infantryman in the Massachusetts

Pfc. Kyle McCann, infantryman in the Massachusetts National Guard, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, peers through the scope of his M4 assault rifle, pulling security from a doorway of the urban warfare r... More

Soldiers of Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry

Soldiers of Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry

Soldiers of Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment launch mortars at fixed targets on a range at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana Aug. 31. These Massachusetts Nat... More

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum speaks to local

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum speaks to local

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum speaks to local elders during a shura near Forward Operating Base Bullard, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 2. Qayum spoke about the security in the area and the upco... More

A Romanian soldier shows pictures of his family to

A Romanian soldier shows pictures of his family to

A Romanian soldier shows pictures of his family to Afghan children during a shura near Forward Operating Base Bullard, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 5. Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum spoke with ... More

Left to right: Abdul Zair Assistant Site Manager,

Left to right: Abdul Zair Assistant Site Manager,

Left to right: Abdul Zair Assistant Site Manager, Construction Mechanic Second Class Andy Tran Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah engineer and an interpreter for PRT Farah discuss construction progress of the... More

Rahim Faizi, head nurse of Farah City Hospital and

Rahim Faizi, head nurse of Farah City Hospital and

Rahim Faizi, head nurse of Farah City Hospital and Builder Chief Sean Walters of Leavenworth, Kan., engineering chief for Provincial Reconstruction Team discuss the quality of the electrification project at Far... More

Rice, meatballs and corn are placed on plates in preparation

Rice, meatballs and corn are placed on plates in preparation

Rice, meatballs and corn are placed on plates in preparation for the Iftar Dinner held at Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan, Sept. 6. Dignified leaders in Farah Province, Coalition forces and United ... More

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum speaks to local

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum speaks to local

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum speaks to local elders during a shura near Forward Operating Base Bullard, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 7. Qayum spoke about the upcoming provincial parliamentary... More

U.S. Army Capt. Maxwell Pappas, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Capt. Maxwell Pappas, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Capt. Maxwell Pappas, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul district support unit leader, looks at an irrigation system before a shura near Forward Operating Base Bullard, Shah Joy District, Zabul prov... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Williams, left, a medic

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Williams, left, a medic

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Williams, left, a medic assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, uses an interpreter to communicate with medical workers during an inspection at Shah Joy District Hospita... More

Joe Quinn of Boston, Mass., Counterinsurgency Advisory

Joe Quinn of Boston, Mass., Counterinsurgency Advisory

Joe Quinn of Boston, Mass., Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team, left, and U.S. Army Capt. Patrick Dowdell of Ft. Carson, Colo., Chief of Operations, 4/42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Comb... More

U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team wait to open gifts during a special Christmas in September celebration at Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, Sept. 12. The event was orche... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Conrad, a squad automatic weapon

U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Conrad, a squad automatic weapon

U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Conrad, a squad automatic weapon gunner for Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and native of Bloomsburg, Pa., listens to two Afghan elders during a shura at the Shah Joy District Chief ... More

Afghan children look at their new notebooks during

Afghan children look at their new notebooks during

Afghan children look at their new notebooks during a shura near Forward Operating Base Bullard, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 14, 2010. In addition to school supplies, the government of Afghanistan a... More

An Afghan boy poses for the camera during a shura near

An Afghan boy poses for the camera during a shura near

An Afghan boy poses for the camera during a shura near Forward Operating Base Bullard, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 15, 2010. Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum spoke to elders about the upcoming p... More

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds during a shura in the remote district of Pur Chaman, Afghanistan, Sept. 15. Gov. Amin and other provincial level officials conducted a two-day visit to ... More

Members of Arbakai stand in formation after receiving

Members of Arbakai stand in formation after receiving

Members of Arbakai stand in formation after receiving their red armband during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Varner, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 16, 2010. Arbakai, part of the commerce stabi... More

Commerce Stability Program Empowering Afghans

Commerce Stability Program Empowering Afghans

Shah Joy District Chief Abdul Qayum ties red cloth to a member of Arbakai's arm during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Varner, Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept. 16. The red cloth denotes members of ... More

Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during

Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during

Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during the 3-19th Agricultural Development Team's departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The Indiana Nat... More

Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during

Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during

Spc. Jeremy Gunning spends time with his family during the 3-19th Agricultural Development Team's departure ceremony Sept. 25 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana. The Indiana Nat... More

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin speaks to audience

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin speaks to audience

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin speaks to audience members during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Farah Wholesale Market in Farah, Afghanistan, Sept. 27. The market, a joint Government Islamic Republi... More

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah listen

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah listen

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah listen as the Governor Rahool Amin addresses the villagers of Togj in Farah Afghanistan, Sept. 29. After three years of contract refinements and construction, F... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Rebecca Heyse, Provincial

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Rebecca Heyse, Provincial

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Rebecca Heyse, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul information operations officer, listens as local officials discuss leadership techniques during a leadership conference in Qalat City, ... More

Zabul Deputy Gov. Haji Gulab Shah walks around the

Zabul Deputy Gov. Haji Gulab Shah walks around the

Zabul Deputy Gov. Haji Gulab Shah walks around the Surri Comprehensive Health Clinic construction site with Afghan National Army officers during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the clinic near Forward Operati... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Hickle of Ames, Iowa, member

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Hickle of Ames, Iowa, member

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Hickle of Ames, Iowa, member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, establishes a security perimeter during operations in Lowkar Village, Nov. 10. C Company, also known... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Katherine Williams from Fouke, Ark.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Katherine Williams from Fouke, Ark.,

U.S. Army Sgt. Katherine Williams from Fouke, Ark., Ghazni Texas Agribusiness Development Team-IV’s Female Engagement Team, shares a smile with girls living at a local orphanage in the Jaghori District Center. ... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roberto Garcia (center) from Chicago,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roberto Garcia (center) from Chicago,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roberto Garcia (center) from Chicago, civil-military affairs operations center director of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, shares a light moment with a local malik during a visit... More

A midwife (right) and her assistant, show service members

A midwife (right) and her assistant, show service members

A midwife (right) and her assistant, show service members around the original women’s health center in Waza Khwa District, Nov. 20. While the floors and walls are cracking in that clinic, the new building is a ... More

Przemyslaw Kapuscinski, center, a member of the Ghazni

Przemyslaw Kapuscinski, center, a member of the Ghazni

Przemyslaw Kapuscinski, center, a member of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team, discusses details of the water bank construction project with an Afghan engineer Nov. 27. The project is designed to protec... More

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