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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 9, 2015) Women

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 9, 2015) Women

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 9, 2015) Women serving in the 503rd Zone Afghan Border Police and Train, Advise and Assist Command - South conducted a shura at the Kandahar International Airport to discuss... More

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, brace against flying dirt and debris following the departure of a UH-60 helicopter at the Weesh bor... More

An Afghan Border Police officer fires the NSV 12.7mm

An Afghan Border Police officer fires the NSV 12.7mm

An Afghan Border Police officer fires the NSV 12.7mm heavy machine gun. ABP officers received familiarization training on weapons such as the AK-47 assault rifle, PKM machine gun and the RPG-7 anti-tank rocket ... More

Two members of the Border Management Task Force introduced

Two members of the Border Management Task Force introduced

Two members of the Border Management Task Force introduced themselves to Afghan customs officials and inspected containers at the Weesh customs yard Feb 2.

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, brace against flying dirt and debris following the departure of a UH-60 helicopter at the Weesh bor... More

U.S. Army MAJ. Scott Morris, an engineer from 416th CENTCOM Forward, Engineer Team 4, and his interpreter, center, explain construction plans to Gull Allmad Shah, left, a contractor for Afghan Border Police (ABP) in Dochina, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2005. Gull Allmad Shah and his workers are in a process of building a new border checkpoint for ABP.  (U.S Army photo by PFC. Michael Zuk)  (Released)

U.S. Army MAJ. Scott Morris, an engineer from 416th CENTCOM Forward, E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Orgun-E State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BN (ABN) 508TH INF S... More

U.S. Army COL Michael Winstead from OSC-A (Office of Security Cooperation - Afghanistan) and ABP (Afghan Border Police) COL Muhamad Akbar inspects one of the ABP rifles in Sarkoni, Afghanistan on 25 January, 2006. This inspection is a part of site survey conducted by OSC-A, at border police compound in Sarkoni.(U.S. Army photo by SPC Michael Zuk)(Released)

U.S. Army COL Michael Winstead from OSC-A (Office of Security Cooperat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sarkoni Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE 76 Scene Came... More

Quick-reaction forces of the Afghan border police reload

Quick-reaction forces of the Afghan border police reload

Quick-reaction forces of the Afghan border police reload magazines for a live-fire exercise. (U.S. Army photo/Maj. John House)

Afghan, Pakistan, 173rd Special Troops Battalion enhance communication, cooperation

Afghan, Pakistan, 173rd Special Troops Battalion enhance communication...

173rd Airborne's Special Troops Battalion Paratroopers and Afghan border police patrol the bridge between Afghanistan and Pakistan during a border flag meeting on Feb. 28. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Nathan Bowen)

Afghan border police members provide security during

Afghan border police members provide security during

Afghan border police members provide security during the processing of illegal narcotics which were seized during an ambush on Dec. 14. This was the largest seizure to date by the 4th Brigade of the ABP.

A civilian contractor from Xe Services, (second from

A civilian contractor from Xe Services, (second from

A civilian contractor from Xe Services, (second from right), who could not give his name, instructs Afghan Border Police students before they conduct vehicle patrol exercises at the ABP Border Center in Spin Bo... More

Afghan National Police scan the area for insurgent

Afghan National Police scan the area for insurgent

Afghan National Police scan the area for insurgent activity along the Afghan and Pakistan border, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2010.

Kabul - Afghan Border Police line up for a training

Kabul - Afghan Border Police line up for a training

Kabul - Afghan Border Police line up for a training session with their military working dog at the Mine Detection Center in Kabul, Nov. 3. The MDC runs a handler training program divided into three phases; the ... More

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares to board an MH-47 Chinook helicopter enroute to the Arghistan District Nov. 7, on an operation to rid insurgents from the area and disrupt Taliban supply lin... More

Col. Sultan Mahmood, 6th Afghan Border Police Zone

Col. Sultan Mahmood, 6th Afghan Border Police Zone

Col. Sultan Mahmood, 6th Afghan Border Police Zone commander, talks during an ABP conference. ABP and coalition forces leadership met to discuss the development of the new 6th Zone at the ABP conference at Camp... More

U.S. Army Spc. Edgar Cruz, instructor and 3rd squad,

U.S. Army Spc. Edgar Cruz, instructor and 3rd squad,

U.S. Army Spc. Edgar Cruz, instructor and 3rd squad, 1st platoon leader from Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and Houston native, instructs Af... More

Members of coalition forces, the Afghan National Security

Members of coalition forces, the Afghan National Security

Members of coalition forces, the Afghan National Security Force and government officials met at Bagram Air Field to discuss strategy Dec. 5. The discussion was to help the various branches coordinate their effo... More

TF White Eagle helps locals warm up for winter

TF White Eagle helps locals warm up for winter

Afghan National Army soldiers hand out goods to Afghan children during a joint operation in Ghazni District, Dec. 13. International Security Force members teamed with Afghan national security forces to hand out... More

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's Parwan province and squad leader with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, directs his squad into security positions during a two-day clearing oper... More

U.S. Army Spc. Mark E. Fielding, a Benton, La., native

U.S. Army Spc. Mark E. Fielding, a Benton, La., native

U.S. Army Spc. Mark E. Fielding, a Benton, La., native and rifleman assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides secu... More

Afghan Uniformed Police members Maj. Raz Muhammad and

Afghan Uniformed Police members Maj. Raz Muhammad and

Afghan Uniformed Police members Maj. Raz Muhammad and 1st Lt. Saad Ullah discuss operations after a briefing at Operational Coordination Center, Regional East Dec. 29. (Photo by U.S. Army Capt. Kenneth A. Stewart)

Gen. Zarefi addresses Afghan Border Police students

Gen. Zarefi addresses Afghan Border Police students

Gen. Zarefi addresses Afghan Border Police students during a graduation from the non-commissioned officer course at Spin Boldak, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The NCO course focus on leadership, disciplin... More

Afghan Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farouq Parwani, the Afghan

Afghan Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farouq Parwani, the Afghan

Afghan Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farouq Parwani, the Afghan National Army 215th Corps deputy commander, congratulates a graduate of the Joint Security Academy Southwest administration course, Feb. 23. Ten Afghan Border... More

ABP, ANA graduate NCO course at JSAS

ABP, ANA graduate NCO course at JSAS

Sgt. Maj. Walter O’Connell, the Regional Command Southwest Headquarters Group sergeant major, presents a graduation certificate to a soldier from the Afghan National Army graduating from the joint non-commissio... More

Afghan Border Police Col. Abdul Qahar, Col. Sahim Shah,

Afghan Border Police Col. Abdul Qahar, Col. Sahim Shah,

Afghan Border Police Col. Abdul Qahar, Col. Sahim Shah, Col. Zabiullah and 2nd Lt. Ayatullah discuss operations outside of the Operational Coordination Center- East, Feb. 27. (Photo by U.S. Department of Defens... More

A member of the Afghan National Army raises his award

A member of the Afghan National Army raises his award

A member of the Afghan National Army raises his award in front of his class during the graduation ceremony of the Joint Security Academy Southwest driving course at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 3.

An Afghan Border Patrol police officer looks through

An Afghan Border Patrol police officer looks through

An Afghan Border Patrol police officer looks through a bag in a boy's wheelbarrow on the pedestrian walkway March 7 at Torkham Gate on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Shank, Regional Command South,

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Shank, Regional Command South,

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Shank, Regional Command South, Afghan Border Police, Security Forces Advisory Team, listens to a briefing during Operation Paksazi Mojadad, Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, March 7, 2011. Operation... More

A U.S. Navy Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A U.S. Navy Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A U.S. Navy Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26, departs a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Operation Paksazi Mojadad in the Shorabak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 7. Operation P... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Paul Christensen,

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Paul Christensen,

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Paul Christensen, a Seabee steel worker, work to construct a checkpoint during Operation Paksazi Mojadad in the Shorabak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 8, 201... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class, Travis Dunbar, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class, Travis Dunbar, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class, Travis Dunbar, a Seabee steel worker, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26, connect HESCOs during Operation Paksazi Mojadad in the Shorabak District, Kandahar pr... More

Col. Ghulam Sakhi, the ABP 5th Zone chief of staff,

Col. Ghulam Sakhi, the ABP 5th Zone chief of staff,

Col. Ghulam Sakhi, the ABP 5th Zone chief of staff, and Maj. Jorge Figueroa, a combat adviser with 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, go over logistics documents during a site survey of the new 5th Zone headqu... More

UH-60 Black Hawk (utility helicopter) prepares to land

UH-60 Black Hawk (utility helicopter) prepares to land

UH-60 Black Hawk (utility helicopter) prepares to land during Operation Paksazi Mojadad in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 10, 2011. Operation Paksazi Mojadad is a six-day long, joi... More

Members of the Regional Command South, Afghan Border

Members of the Regional Command South, Afghan Border

Members of the Regional Command South, Afghan Border Police, Security Advisory Team, prepare for guard duty during Operation Paksazi Mojada in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, March 11, 2011. Operatio... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Muise, Regional Command South,

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Muise, Regional Command South,

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Muise, Regional Command South, Afghan Border Police, Security Forces Advisory Team, awaits sling load pickup during Operation Paksazi Mojada in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, A... More

U.S. Ambassador Hans G. Klemm, coordinating director

U.S. Ambassador Hans G. Klemm, coordinating director

U.S. Ambassador Hans G. Klemm, coordinating director of Rule of Law and Law Enforcement, and Deputy Minister Azhar, Ministry of Counternarcotics, cuts the ribbon to at a dedication ceremony for the new Afghan A... More

Sgt. Andrew Lamer, a Dillsberg, Pa., native, now a

Sgt. Andrew Lamer, a Dillsberg, Pa., native, now a

Sgt. Andrew Lamer, a Dillsberg, Pa., native, now a squad leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, greets an Afghan Border Policemen during ... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, 3rd

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, 3rd

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, 3rd Zone, Afghan border police, Security Forces Advisory Team, listen to a question from U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Muise regarding Operation Lara Pranistal at Kanda... More

Lt. Col. Gholan Rasoul, operations officer, 3rd Zone

Lt. Col. Gholan Rasoul, operations officer, 3rd Zone

Lt. Col. Gholan Rasoul, operations officer, 3rd Zone Afghan border police, speak to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, 3rd Zone, ABP, Security Forces Advisory Team, during Operation Lara Pranistal... More

Afghan border police pray before a graduation ceremony,

Afghan border police pray before a graduation ceremony,

Afghan border police pray before a graduation ceremony, April 13, at the Training Sustainment Site in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, Afghan

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, Afghan

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael McDermott, commander, Afghan border police, Security Forces Advisory Team, discuss the safety issues during Operation Lara Pranistal, in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, Afgh... More

Operation Lara Pranistal, Afghanistan

Operation Lara Pranistal, Afghanistan

Afghan Border Police patrolman pose for a photograph in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2011.

Afghan border police patrolman pose for a photograph

Afghan border police patrolman pose for a photograph

Afghan border police patrolman pose for a photograph in the Shorabak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2011.

U.S. Army Cpl. Joshua Slicker, Regional Command South,

U.S. Army Cpl. Joshua Slicker, Regional Command South,

U.S. Army Cpl. Joshua Slicker, Regional Command South, Afghan border police, Security Forces Advisory Team, speak to an Afghan interpreter during Operation Lara Pranistal at the ABP checkpoint, Sra Sarhan in th... More

Afghan Border Police Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amerkhil,

Afghan Border Police Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amerkhil,

Afghan Border Police Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amerkhil, commander of ABP Zone 1 Headquarters, shares a laugh with U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Bronco, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, during a... More

U.S. Army Spc. Eric Frazier of Van Nuys, Calif., with

U.S. Army Spc. Eric Frazier of Van Nuys, Calif., with

U.S. Army Spc. Eric Frazier of Van Nuys, Calif., with 2nd Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, scans his sector with a 240B weapons system, in Spera Dis... More

U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction

U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction

U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26, listen to convoy brief during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee, Kandahar Air Field, Kandahar, Afghanistan, May 16. Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee... More

An Afghan national security force commander inspects

An Afghan national security force commander inspects

An Afghan national security force commander inspects the oil level on a vehicle at the Spera District Center, Khowst province, Afghanistan, May 17, 2011.

Afghan father and son from a local village smile after

Afghan father and son from a local village smile after

Afghan father and son from a local village smile after receiving water from a coalition Soldier during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in the Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 19. Operation Kars... More

U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction

U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction

U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26, assemble HESCOs during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 19. Operation Karsha Pa Rago Ke... More

Afghan border police patrol the area during Operation

Afghan border police patrol the area during Operation

Afghan border police patrol the area during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee, in the Shaulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 21. Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee is a joint operation to build two Afghan bor... More

Afghan Border Police stand atop of HESCOs during Operation

Afghan Border Police stand atop of HESCOs during Operation

Afghan Border Police stand atop of HESCOs during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in the Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 23, 2011. Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee is a joint operation to build two... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepare to release a John

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepare to release a John

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepare to release a John Deer skid steel loader during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in the Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 24, 2011. Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee... More

Local Afghan boys pose for a picture during Operation

Local Afghan boys pose for a picture during Operation

Local Afghan boys pose for a picture during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in the Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2011. Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee is a joint operation to build two Afgh... More

Afghan Maj. Dad Mohamed, 1st Kandak commander, listen

Afghan Maj. Dad Mohamed, 1st Kandak commander, listen

Afghan Maj. Dad Mohamed, 1st Kandak commander, listen to an Afghan Border Police patrolmen during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in the Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2011. Operation Ka... More

Items from a container delivery system drop float to

Items from a container delivery system drop float to

Items from a container delivery system drop float to the ground in the Shamulzai District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 28, 2011.

A U.S. Soldier prepares to hook up a John Deere skid

A U.S. Soldier prepares to hook up a John Deere skid

A U.S. Soldier prepares to hook up a John Deere skid steel loader to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in the Shamulzai district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2011.

Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee

Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee

Afghan Border Police sit on look out in the Wham Valley, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011.

Graduates of the Afghan Border Police's Basic Patrolman

Graduates of the Afghan Border Police's Basic Patrolman

Graduates of the Afghan Border Police's Basic Patrolman and Noncommissioned Officer courses receive certificates and special awards on June 1, in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The 109 students co... More

Afghan 1000 Facility transfer of authority to GIRoA

Afghan 1000 Facility transfer of authority to GIRoA

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Task Force Lighting, stand guard at the entrance to the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak district, Afghanistan, Kandahar prov... More

Abdul Ghani, Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak,

Abdul Ghani, Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak,

Abdul Ghani, Afghan district governor of Spin Boldak, and U.S. Army Col. James D. Edwards, commander, Combined Task Force Lightning walk toward the new Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility at the Weesh Border Crossi... More

Afghan 1000 Facility transfer of authority to GIRoA

Afghan 1000 Facility transfer of authority to GIRoA

U.S. Army Capt. Vivian Chiu, Combined Task Force Lighting, give fliers for Afghan 1000 at the Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011. Combined Task Force Light... More

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Task Force

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Task Force

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Combined Task Force Lighting, stand guard outside the Afghan 1000 Biometrics Facility, Weesh Border Crossing, Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan, Kandahar province, June 9. Combine... More

New Weesh Boys High School facility transfer of authority to GIRoA

New Weesh Boys High School facility transfer of authority to GIRoA

A local Afghan man poses for a picture while he waits for the ribbon cutting and graduation ceremony at the new Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined ... More

An Afghan boy smiles during a ribbon cutting ceremony

An Afghan boy smiles during a ribbon cutting ceremony

An Afghan boy smiles during a ribbon cutting ceremony and graduation at the Weesh Boys High School in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 12. Combined Task Force Lightning officially tran... More

A member of the United States Agency for International

A member of the United States Agency for International

A member of the United States Agency for International Development speak to Afghan senior development chairman for the local shura, Abdul Razaqt, about the new Weesh boys high school facility in Spin Boldak Dis... More

Lt. Col. Gheorghe Ionascu (center), deputy commander

Lt. Col. Gheorghe Ionascu (center), deputy commander

Lt. Col. Gheorghe Ionascu (center), deputy commander of the Romanian Gendarmerie contingent at Spin Boldak shares a laugh with Brig. Gen. Guy Cosentino, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan Deputy Commander, June ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Swanson, a corpsman with

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Swanson, a corpsman with

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Swanson, a corpsman with Border Advisor Team 1 from El Paso, Texas, does an inventory of an Afghan Border Police medical kit at Bost Airfield in Helmand province, June 19. "We make... More

First Lt. Patrick Abell (left), 1st Company mentor

First Lt. Patrick Abell (left), 1st Company mentor

First Lt. Patrick Abell (left), 1st Company mentor for Border Advisor Team 1, and a native of Akron, Ohio, confers with Haji Samad, a company commander with the Afghan Border Police, at Bost Airfield, June 19. ... More

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, pull security from the top of a mountain in Paktika province during operat... More

WAZIRABAD, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

WAZIRABAD, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

WAZIRABAD, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - A Marine takes an Afghan man’s picture during a recent operation as part of the routine identification process used to detect potential insurgents.... More

Sgt. Matthew P. Boyle, an instructor at Joint Sustainment

Sgt. Matthew P. Boyle, an instructor at Joint Sustainment

Sgt. Matthew P. Boyle, an instructor at Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest and a Seguin, Texas native, poses for a photo at JSAS aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, July 6. Boyle had an opportunity to o... More

Afghan National Policemen share a laugh as they take

Afghan National Policemen share a laugh as they take

Afghan National Policemen share a laugh as they take part in an interactive exercise during counterinsurgency training at the Police Training Center, July 23, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. The scenario is designe... More

Crazyhorse medics save locals’ lives

Crazyhorse medics save locals’ lives

U.S. Army Sgt. Johnathon Lowe and U.S. Army Spc. Jared Fletcher, both of Tulsa, Okla., and both medics with C Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Creek, examine an injured Afghan Border ... More

Romanian Secretary of State for Public Order and Safety

Romanian Secretary of State for Public Order and Safety

Romanian Secretary of State for Public Order and Safety Ioan Dascalu (center) visits with the commandant of Regional Training Center-Kandahar, Afghan National Police Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarefi (right), at Regi... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Harris is a hospital

Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Harris is a hospital

Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Harris is a hospital corpsman and native of Columbus, Ohio currently assigned to an Afghan National Security Forces mentor team in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province. Harris helps train... More

Staff Sgt. Israel Garcia, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon,

Staff Sgt. Israel Garcia, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon,

Staff Sgt. Israel Garcia, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, breaks down an M4 carbine piece by piece during a weapons familiarization class... More

Regional Command North U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Postlewait,

Regional Command North U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Postlewait,

Regional Command North U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Postlewait, a Meade, Kan., native, now a gunner with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, mans an M2 mach... More

Afghan Border Policeman reads, writes way to success

Afghan Border Policeman reads, writes way to success

Zabihullah Zabihullah (we do not show his face for his own safety), an Afghan Border Police recruit, shows his writing skills at Spin Boldak ABP Training Center, Aug. 24, 2011, at Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. Inte... More

An Afghan Border policeman shows off his graduation

An Afghan Border policeman shows off his graduation

An Afghan Border policeman shows off his graduation certificate to fellow classmates during a ceremony at the Fort Spin Boldak (Kodiak) Aug. 27. One of 130 graduates, he will join more than 130,000 other Afghan... More

A salvage yard worker guides a wrecked car onto the

A salvage yard worker guides a wrecked car onto the

A salvage yard worker guides a wrecked car onto the back of a flatbed wrecker as a wrecker training student mans the controls of a boom-crane wrecker during wrecker training exercises conducted by the mobile tr... More

An Afghan National Civil Order Policeman demonstrates

An Afghan National Civil Order Policeman demonstrates

An Afghan National Civil Order Policeman demonstrates the proper way to apply a dressing during the Trauma Assistance Medic Course at the Joint Regional Afghan National Police Center, Sept. 19, in Kandahar, Afg... More

Afghan National Civil Order Police Command Sgt. Maj.

Afghan National Civil Order Police Command Sgt. Maj.

Afghan National Civil Order Police Command Sgt. Maj. Wahid Kohistani answers the questions of patrolmen and recruits at the Joint Regional Afghan National Police Center, Nov. 14, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The A... More

Marines with Border Advisor Team 1 talk to an Afghan

Marines with Border Advisor Team 1 talk to an Afghan

Marines with Border Advisor Team 1 talk to an Afghan border policeman. The BAT’s 21 service members come from all types of military occupations and give the border policemen they are partnered with a broad spe... More

Students from the Afghan Border Police non-commissioned

Students from the Afghan Border Police non-commissioned

Students from the Afghan Border Police non-commissioned officer course at Training Site Kostel, Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, listen intently to lectures on human and women's rights during one of their training ses... More

Pennsylvania native influences future of Afghan Border Police

Pennsylvania native influences future of Afghan Border Police

Irwin, Penn., native Sgt. Mitchell Lander (third from left) joins the Afghan Border Police for chai tea. The enlisted adviser with Border Adviser Team 1 teaches, mentors and advises the ABP on proper weapon’s h... More

Afghan National Army soldiers post security along a

Afghan National Army soldiers post security along a

Afghan National Army soldiers post security along a barrier wall as Afghan National Security Force and International Security Assistance Force leaders celebrate the opening of a temporary new Operational Coordi... More

Since October 2011, Marines and Sailors of Border Advisory

Since October 2011, Marines and Sailors of Border Advisory

Since October 2011, Marines and Sailors of Border Advisory Team 2 have been mentoring 2nd Kandak Afghan Border Police to ensure that the transition from Marines to ANSF forces goes smoothly as coalition forces ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody T. West, a hospital corpsman,

Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody T. West, a hospital corpsman,

Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody T. West, a hospital corpsman, Embedded Training Team 2, Border Advisory Team 2, turns around during a patrol to maintain a secure perimeter during operation Eagle Hunt, an Afghan le... More

Dozens of Afghan Security Forces stage their vehicles

Dozens of Afghan Security Forces stage their vehicles

Dozens of Afghan Security Forces stage their vehicles before launching Operation Eagle Hunt. The policemen of 1st Kandak, 6th Zone, Afghan Border Police, and members of the Afghan Border Police spent the night ... More

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cody West with Embedded

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cody West with Embedded

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cody West with Embedded Training Team 2, Border Advisory Team 2 watches Afghan Border Police cross a canal on their vehicles, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 8. During operation ... More

Sergeant Mitchell Lander of Irwin, Pa., provides security

Sergeant Mitchell Lander of Irwin, Pa., provides security

Sergeant Mitchell Lander of Irwin, Pa., provides security during a movement toward the Afghan border. The 25-year-old served as an enlisted advisor with Team 1, Border Advisor Team 1, during Operation Eagle Hun... More

Marines from Regional Command Southwest Afghan National

Marines from Regional Command Southwest Afghan National

Marines from Regional Command Southwest Afghan National Security Force development team join ANSF during a December 2011 joint patrol in the Nimruz province capital Zaraj. Marines from RC(SW) have visited ANSF ... More

Afghan medical personnel listen to a presentation during

Afghan medical personnel listen to a presentation during

Afghan medical personnel listen to a presentation during the inaugural Eastern Afghanistan Medical Leadership Conference, held Jan 22-23 at Forward Operating Base Thunder. The conference brought medical leader... More

Construction of the Ala Jirga border police garrison

Construction of the Ala Jirga border police garrison

Construction of the Ala Jirga border police garrison near Pakistan is nearing completion. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South contracted for and is providing oversight of the co... More

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Khan Jan, a patrolman with

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Khan Jan, a patrolman with

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Khan Jan, a patrolman with 2nd Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, holds security with U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Medina, a 21-year-old machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, ... More

U.S. Army  Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas, 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, calls for a member of the Afghan Border Police to slo... More

An Afghan stands with a family member, during a key

An Afghan stands with a family member, during a key

An Afghan stands with a family member, during a key leaders engagement inside an Afghan Border Police compound, in the Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2012. U.S. soldiers and their counterparts of the... More

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

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

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

Afghan Border Police officers, serving with 2nd Coy,

Afghan Border Police officers, serving with 2nd Coy,

Afghan Border Police officers, serving with 2nd Coy, 4th Afghan Border Police Kandak, talk amongst themselves in the La'l Por district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2012.

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