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Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or

Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or

Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or tent-pegging, which is a traditional Afghan game where cavalrymen on horseback attempt to remove a small wooden tent-peg from the ground using a lance or sword ... More

Pfc. Kacey Cruise, B Company, 1st Battalion, 187th

Pfc. Kacey Cruise, B Company, 1st Battalion, 187th

Pfc. Kacey Cruise, B Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Glouster, Ohio native, pulls guard onto of a roof, Nov. 21, in Zangabad, ... More

"Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army are critical

"Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army are critical

"Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army are critical in connecting our Army with the American public." Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal discusses the future of the Army with 36 Civilian Aides... More

Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard

Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard

Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard participate in a Wreaths Across America ceremony in the Registry Room, also called the Great Hall at Ellis Island, Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2014. Each yea... More

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S.

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S.

George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S. Army Soldier with the Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, watches as a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 37t... More

Soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops

Soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops

Soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Gladius and Afghan police search a local Afghan who failed to stop at an Afghan led vehicle checkpoint at checkpoint 5 along the main s... More

Soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops

Soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops

Soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Gladius prepare for Cold Mountain II which will take place along the main supply route Vermont in the Tagab District, Kapisa province, ... More

Soldiers from the Afghan national army gather at a

Soldiers from the Afghan national army gather at a

Soldiers from the Afghan national army gather at a checkpoint before going into the wadi on the east side of Main Supply Route Vermont in the Tagab District, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 19. (U.S. Arm... More

Soldiers from the Afghan national army and coalition

Soldiers from the Afghan national army and coalition

Soldiers from the Afghan national army and coalition forces make there final push across the wadi and into the outskirts of the village in the Tagab District, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 19. (U.S. Arm... More

Two CH-47 Chinooks arrive at the landing zone at Forward

Two CH-47 Chinooks arrive at the landing zone at Forward

Two CH-47 Chinooks arrive at the landing zone at Forward Operating Base Morales Frasier to pick up soldiers from Bravo Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Gladius and air lift them into the S... More

The Army chief of information Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson

The Army chief of information Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson

The Army chief of information Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson talks to a Soldier from Company C, 508th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, about satellite communications duri... More

An Afghan National Army soldier peers through the firing

An Afghan National Army soldier peers through the firing

An Afghan National Army soldier peers through the firing tube as part of a hands-on artillery training session on the M198 Howitzer, Jan. 28, 2008 at Forward Operating Base Kalagush in Nuristan province, Afghan... More

Afghan and coalition forces leave a building as they

Afghan and coalition forces leave a building as they

Afghan and coalition forces leave a building as they wait for village leaders to arrive from Jalokheyl village on the main supply route Vermont, Tagab District, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 5, 2008. (U... More

border meeting, Pakistan, Afghanistan

border meeting, Pakistan, Afghanistan

A Pakistan army soldier studies a map at a border meeting here while Afghan, Pakistani and coalition service members discuss border operations behind him, Feb. 12. The meeting was held to discuss border issues ... More

Staff Sgt. Rober Williams and Sgt. Mathew May from

Staff Sgt. Rober Williams and Sgt. Mathew May from

Staff Sgt. Rober Williams and Sgt. Mathew May from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade help soldiers from the Afghan national army connect a grenade launcher to his AK-47 before train... More

Canadian soldiers of the Operational liaison and mentoring

Canadian soldiers of the Operational liaison and mentoring

Canadian soldiers of the Operational liaison and mentoring team (right), and a soldier of the Afghan National Army (left) take a break during an operation in the Panjwayi district, Afghanistan. Joint Task Force... More

An Afghan national army soldier gathers evidence during

An Afghan national army soldier gathers evidence during

An Afghan national army soldier gathers evidence during explosive ordnance disposal training conducted at the Afghan national security forces EOD school located at Camp Shaheen, Mazar-e-Shariff, Afghanistan. Si... More

Staff Sgt. David Perdew prepares to throw an incendiary

Staff Sgt. David Perdew prepares to throw an incendiary

Staff Sgt. David Perdew prepares to throw an incendiary grenade into a field at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan as part of a controlled burn effort. Perdew is a member of the Illinois National Guard. The Astoria,... More

Australian Maj. David Bergman, Mine Action Center officer

Australian Maj. David Bergman, Mine Action Center officer

Australian Maj. David Bergman, Mine Action Center officer in charge, and Sgt. 1st Class Jayson Blunck, MAC operations non-commissioned officer, stand with village elders over a tunnel for Coyote Creek to run un... More

Staff Sgt. Aaron Ciccocioppo, 451st Air Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Aaron Ciccocioppo, 451st Air Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Aaron Ciccocioppo, 451st Air Expeditionary Group Logistics Flight-Ammo, inspects a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 27. He is part of a three man team that makes sure... More

Petraeus visits Bagram Air Field

Petraeus visits Bagram Air Field

The top commander for Iraq and Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus visited Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Thursday. Petraeus met with commanders on the ground for an updated assessment of the war in Afghanistan.

Pfc. Luis Buzani, 20, looks over a potential purchase

Pfc. Luis Buzani, 20, looks over a potential purchase

Pfc. Luis Buzani, 20, looks over a potential purchase at a bazaar on Kandahar Air Field. Buzani, a Camp Verde, Ariz., native, is a field radio operator with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan

United States Navy Lt. Jessica Gandy gives a stuffed

United States Navy Lt. Jessica Gandy gives a stuffed

United States Navy Lt. Jessica Gandy gives a stuffed kangaroo to cheer up an Afghan girl in the Indira Gandhi children's hospital burn ward while international service members also assigned to International Sec... More

Members of Congress visit Afghanistan

Members of Congress visit Afghanistan

Yeoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Hoffman, assigned to U.S. Forces Afghanistan, speaks with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen during a congressional visit by six members of Congress to Afghanistan.

A door gunner for an Army CH-47 helicopter scans the

A door gunner for an Army CH-47 helicopter scans the

A door gunner for an Army CH-47 helicopter scans the mountains and desert of southern Afghanistan during a mission, Nov. 29. These troops serve as a part of Task Force Eagle Assault, which patrols the skies ove... More

Holiday heirloom comes to Afghanistan

Holiday heirloom comes to Afghanistan

Col. Roger Nell, command judge advocate at Task Force Warrior, stands in his office, Nov. 29, beside the artificial Christmas tree that holds over 40 years of service tradition in his family. Purchased by his m... More

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., meets with Air Force 1st

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., meets with Air Force 1st

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., meets with Air Force 1st Lt. Claude Dallas during his visit to Camp Eggers in Kabul, Dec. 6. Miller, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., visited Combined Secu... More

Deployed Soldier continues family tradition

Deployed Soldier continues family tradition

Task Force Warrior Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Stephen Jeselink reads a book at the Pat Tillman United Service Organization, Dec. 16. The United Through Reading Program is allowing the Jeselink family in Louisian... More

Cpl. Louise M. Nowak shakes hands with Chairman of

Cpl. Louise M. Nowak shakes hands with Chairman of

Cpl. Louise M. Nowak shakes hands with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen during his visit to Camp Barber, Dec. 21. Nowak is a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the logistic... More

Provincial Reconstruction Team combats water-borne illness in Afghan drinking water

Provincial Reconstruction Team combats water-borne illness in Afghan d...

Air Force Dr. (Capt.) Bill Errico, Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, instructs doctors from Zabul on how to properly use the ionizer. The Zabul PRT medical team from donated water purification systems to ho... More

Spc. Curt Hodgfirst belts out his best at Camp Phoenix's

Spc. Curt Hodgfirst belts out his best at Camp Phoenix's

Spc. Curt Hodgfirst belts out his best at Camp Phoenix's first night of "Phoenix Idol." The competition helped to bring in the New Year for service members at the camp.

Staff Sgt. Josh Almadovar, Police Mentor Team, 33rd

Staff Sgt. Josh Almadovar, Police Mentor Team, 33rd

Staff Sgt. Josh Almadovar, Police Mentor Team, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pulls security alongside an Afghan national police riot squad member outside the Kabul soccer stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan. The A... More

Soldiers train on Shadow

Soldiers train on Shadow

Spc. Christopher McPherson, center, unmanned aerial vehicle operator, 50th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, observes Spcs. Nicholas Erdos-Thayer, left, and Christopher Storkamp,... More

Lt. Cmdr. William Danchanko, a nurse practitioner at

Lt. Cmdr. William Danchanko, a nurse practitioner at

Lt. Cmdr. William Danchanko, a nurse practitioner at Role 3, the hospital on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, pre-reads the book he has selected for his son prior to recording it Sept. 27. Since USO and United ... More

Fort Bliss, Texas - 1st Lt. Denys Villatoro, an operations

Fort Bliss, Texas - 1st Lt. Denys Villatoro, an operations

Fort Bliss, Texas - 1st Lt. Denys Villatoro, an operations officer from Homestead, Florida, and 2nd Lt. Kevin Steiner, a reconnaissance officer from Fairfax, Virginia, both assigned to Headquarters and Headquar... More

The Military Police of the 716th Military Police Battalion,

The Military Police of the 716th Military Police Battalion,

The Military Police of the 716th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, supported by the 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, held a change of responsibility ceremony Oct. 22, a... More

Sgt. Toby R. Glaze, a native of Fall River Mills, Calif.,

Sgt. Toby R. Glaze, a native of Fall River Mills, Calif.,

Sgt. Toby R. Glaze, a native of Fall River Mills, Calif., now the noncommissioned officer in charge of vehicle services in the 43rd Sustainment Brigade, poses in front of the brigade colors, Jan. 4, prior to de... More

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram

The sun eclipses the moon over Disney Drive at Bagram Air Field Dec. 10.

U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., chief of Staff

U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., chief of Staff

U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., chief of Staff of the Army, visits key leaders of Fort Carson's 43rd Sustainment Brigade, March 4, prior to the brigade's deployment to Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.

Women's Afghan National Police Graduation

Women's Afghan National Police Graduation

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Merwin, E Company, TF Shadow maintenance platoon leader hugs a graduate of the Women's Afghan National Police training course in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, to congratulate her a... More

Sgt. Jason North, Task Force Saber Helicopter Maintainer,

Sgt. Jason North, Task Force Saber Helicopter Maintainer,

Sgt. Jason North, Task Force Saber Helicopter Maintainer, poses next to his AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter, Mustang Ramp, Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, June 14.

Campaign Streamers Show Proud Legacy

Campaign Streamers Show Proud Legacy

The multi-colored campaign streamers on the 43rd Sustainment Brigade guidon serve as a chronology of the brigade's deployment experience, Jun. 15.

A C-130 drops cargo at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif.,

A C-130 drops cargo at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif.,

A C-130 drops cargo at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., June 19, during an exercise to help train Soldiers how to recover resupply during deployment and mobilization.

Sfc. Kevin W. Quill, a Philadelphia native and broadcast

Sfc. Kevin W. Quill, a Philadelphia native and broadcast

Sfc. Kevin W. Quill, a Philadelphia native and broadcast journalist by trade, now the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade public affairs section, takes some time out to mentor one ... More

Builiding complete, Afghanistan

Builiding complete, Afghanistan

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah's Civil Affairs and Civil Engineering team, along with Farahi Chief Justice and construction contractor members pose for a group photo in front of the com... More

Combined Forces Kill 21 Insurgents in Paktika

Combined Forces Kill 21 Insurgents in Paktika

U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Wilson of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, provides security during a mission in the Zirat Mountain Area, Waza Kwah District, ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers travel back to Combat Outpost Jaghato

U.S. Army Soldiers travel back to Combat Outpost Jaghato

U.S. Army Soldiers travel back to Combat Outpost Jaghato after a mission they conducted in the village of Calenday, Jaghato District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, July 13. These soldiers are assigned to 1st Pl... More

Sgt. Troy Heckenliable of the 196th Maneuver Enhancement

Sgt. Troy Heckenliable of the 196th Maneuver Enhancement

Sgt. Troy Heckenliable of the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota Army National Guard, prepares coffee as Sgt. David Nelson, mess assistant, looks on at Camp Bala Hissar in Kabul, Afghanistan, July... More

Spc. Moshal Sanchez, right, a linguist with 3rd Battalion,

Spc. Moshal Sanchez, right, a linguist with 3rd Battalion,

Spc. Moshal Sanchez, right, a linguist with 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery from the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, translates between Lt. Col. Kyle Marsh, the 3-6 commander, and Alhaj Sha... More

Spc. Douglas Crihfield, Fox Company wheel mechanic,

Spc. Douglas Crihfield, Fox Company wheel mechanic,

Spc. Douglas Crihfield, Fox Company wheel mechanic, mounts a weapons bracket on the side of a vehicle turret on Forward Operating Base Kunduz, July 16. Spc. Crihfield is deployed with the 1st Battalion, 87th In... More

A U.S. Army Soldier uses a forklift to unload a kicker

A U.S. Army Soldier uses a forklift to unload a kicker

A U.S. Army Soldier uses a forklift to unload a kicker box of water at the Joint Combat Operating Base outside the town of Pul E Sayad, Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 17.

A member of the Afghanistan National Army watches a

A member of the Afghanistan National Army watches a

A member of the Afghanistan National Army watches a backhoe lay the foundation to a road into the Joint Combat Operating Base at Pul E Sayed, Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 18.

NCO Battle Staff, US Army Photo

NCO Battle Staff, US Army Photo

Sgt. 1st Class Shelby Reed, an automated logistics specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Area Support Group, Camp Arifjan, participates in the graphics and overlays portion of Battle Staff trai... More

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, partnered with the Embedded Partnering Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), form up to head to a training exercise aboa... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan B. Burson of Katy, Texas, a

U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan B. Burson of Katy, Texas, a

U.S. Army Pfc. Jonathan B. Burson of Katy, Texas, a 28-year-old gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, talks to children outside Combat Outpost Monti in... 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

ISAF Welcomes New Senior Enlisted Leader

ISAF Welcomes New Senior Enlisted Leader

Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill accepts the NATO flag from Gen. David H. Petraeus, NATO International Security Assistance Force commander, during an Change of Responsibility ceremony Wednesday. Hill takes over... More

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and Afghan National Security Forces listen to the Wardak provincial police chief discuss preparations for the upcoming Afghan elections at Forward Operating Bas... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, incoming command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, incoming command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, incoming command sergeant major for International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, talks with Command Sgt. Maj. Darwin Rahder, Task Force Rushmore command sergeant major,... More

4th CAB Petroleum Operations NCOIC earns API Tactical Petroleum Soldier of 2010 award

4th CAB Petroleum Operations NCOIC earns API Tactical Petroleum Soldie...

U.S. Army Sgt. Manuel Logan, petroleum quality surveillance laboratory noncommissioned officer in charge, Company A, 404th Aviation Support Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, from Ki... More

An Afghan soldier stares out the window of a Mi-17

An Afghan soldier stares out the window of a Mi-17

An Afghan soldier stares out the window of a Mi-17 Helicopter Sept. 22, 2010. The flight transported personnel to Kabul Military Training Center to the award ceremony for Afghan female officers.

Gail McCabe, Soldiers Radio and Television reporter,

Gail McCabe, Soldiers Radio and Television reporter,

Gail McCabe, Soldiers Radio and Television reporter, interviews an Afghan soldier at the Infantry Branch School Sept. 26, 2010. The school is where soldiers selected as infantry do their advanced training.

Soldier becomes naturalized citizen at Kandahar Air Field

Soldier becomes naturalized citizen at Kandahar Air Field

Spc. Erica Falmngar, a soldier with the 266th Movement Control Battalion, received her U.S. Certificate of Naturalization from Maj. Gen. Timothy McHale, the Deputy Commander for Support, U.S. Forces Afghanistan... More

Wisconsin Native Re-enlists in Combat Zone

Wisconsin Native Re-enlists in Combat Zone

Sgt. Christine C. Kurkerewicz re-enlists to serve four more years in the Army, during a ceremony on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Kurkerewicz is a native of Eagle River, Wisc., and now serves as a personnel a... More

CFC Kicks Off in Afghanistan

CFC Kicks Off in Afghanistan

Col. Joseph Buche, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan chief of staff makes his Combined Federal Campaign pledge as NTM-A at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, officially kicks off the camp initiative.

Top-notch Lt. Col. Briefs Afghan Logistics Ops

Top-notch Lt. Col. Briefs Afghan Logistics Ops

Lt. Col. Steven N. Carozza, support operations officer in charge, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, prepares to brief a handful of general officers on the brigade's ongoing logistics operations, during the Joint Sustai... More

Air Guard general shares Afghanistan experience with school children

Air Guard general shares Afghanistan experience with school children

Air Force Brig. Gen. Guy Walsh high-fives students from Clark Wood Elementary School in Elkland, Pa., during a visit to the school, Thursday, Oct. 7. Walsh, commander of the 451st Expeditionary Wing while deplo... More

158th CSSB Finishes Tour in Afghanistan

158th CSSB Finishes Tour in Afghanistan

Command Sgt. Maj. Pamela M. Higgins, 158th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion command sergeant major, congratulates each of the Soldiers under her wing for a job well done, during the battalion's end-of-tour ... More

Pfc. Abigail M. Benson, of St. Paul, Minn., now an

Pfc. Abigail M. Benson, of St. Paul, Minn., now an

Pfc. Abigail M. Benson, of St. Paul, Minn., now an intelligence analyst with the 43rd Sustainment Brigade, prepares to recite the oath re-enlistment during a ceremony on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 19.... More

Nevada Guard prepares Canadian aviators for deployment

Nevada Guard prepares Canadian aviators for deployment

Canadian air force Capt. Cameron Fisher, next to rotors, and U.S. Army Sgt. Tommy Rogers, from B Company, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, perform pre-flight checks on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prior to... More

Service members and civilians stretch out and warm

Service members and civilians stretch out and warm

Service members and civilians stretch out and warm up before running the Army Ten-Miler shadow run on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 23.

Guard's agribusiness teams work to provide sustainability

Guard's agribusiness teams work to provide sustainability

Army Staff Sgt. William Jones, from the Nebraska Army National Guard, speaks to attendees at the annual conference of the Association of the United States Army in Washington, D.C., about his experiences as a me... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Johnson, medic, Provincial

U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Johnson, medic, Provincial

U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Johnson, medic, Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar, works quickly to assess the injuries of a U.S. service member wounded in action Oct. 29, 2010. In his hometown of Worcester, Mass., J... More

The 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd

The 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd

The 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, color guard participates in a transfer of authority ceremony Oct. 31 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. The ceremony marked the end of a y... More

Students at the Khowst girls school await a greeting

Students at the Khowst girls school await a greeting

Students at the Khowst girls school await a greeting from members of the 3-19th Agribusiness Development Team. Khowst girl’s school provides education to nearly 4,000 young women ages 7 to 18 in the Khowst Prov... More

U.S Navy Cmdr. Karen Griffith, left, from Long Beach,

U.S Navy Cmdr. Karen Griffith, left, from Long Beach,

U.S Navy Cmdr. Karen Griffith, left, from Long Beach, Calif., executive officer of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, updates U.S. Army Sgt. Keith Radcliffe, from Colombia, Md., a security force membe... More

A teenager from the Saitara III orphanage in Kabul,

A teenager from the Saitara III orphanage in Kabul,

A teenager from the Saitara III orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan helps Chief Petty Officer Patrick Harding unload an SUV full of supplies donated by U.S. service members. Service members from the New Kabul Compo... More

Spc. Robert A. Ousley Jr., a culinary specialist in

Spc. Robert A. Ousley Jr., a culinary specialist in

Spc. Robert A. Ousley Jr., a culinary specialist in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo., recites the Oath of Enlistment during a re-enlistment ceremony on Kandaha... More

U.S. Army Maj. Scott DeJesse, third from left, the

U.S. Army Maj. Scott DeJesse, third from left, the

U.S. Army Maj. Scott DeJesse, third from left, the district support team chief with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), listens to Mehirulla Muslim, right, the Nurgaram District subgovernor, durin... More

Afghan leaders mentoring, Afghanistan

Afghan leaders mentoring, Afghanistan

From left, U.S. Army Maj. Scott DeJesse, the district support team chief with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT); Mehirulla Muslim, the Nurgaram district subgovernor; and U.S. Army Capt. Jyan Beva... More

U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Saber, 101st Combat

U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Saber, 101st Combat

U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Saber, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, take a group photo before running the Honolulu Marathon shadow run on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12. T... More

Maj. John M. Ruths, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort

Maj. John M. Ruths, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort

Maj. John M. Ruths, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo., is awarded a Bronze Star Medal by Lt. Col. Charles Demery, deputy commanding officer, 43rd SB, for his efforts as officer in charge of operation... More

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., U.S. Army Chief of Staff,

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., U.S. Army Chief of Staff,

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., U.S. Army Chief of Staff, speaks with the soldiers of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo., on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan Dec. 23.

Soldiers of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade accompany

Soldiers of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade accompany

Soldiers of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade accompany a Christmas Eve mail-delivery flight on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to deliver holiday packages to Soldiers on outlying Forward Operating Bases near Kandahar Ai... More

A gingerbread cathedral decorates a table at Independence

A gingerbread cathedral decorates a table at Independence

A gingerbread cathedral decorates a table at Independence Hall Dining Facility on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, for Christmas dinner, Dec. 25.

Spc. Amber Lewis, military police officer assigned

Spc. Amber Lewis, military police officer assigned

Spc. Amber Lewis, military police officer assigned to 372nd Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Camp Nathan Smit... More

Fort Bliss building dedicated to Special Forces El Pasoan

Fort Bliss building dedicated to Special Forces El Pasoan

Malaki Mills, the 2-year-old son of fallen Special Forces Soldier Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Mills, reaches to touch a plaque honoring his father, as Quent Mills, Joshua's brother, holds him above the commemorative i... More

Staff Sgt. Omar Sierra-Lopez, healthcare non-commissioned

Staff Sgt. Omar Sierra-Lopez, healthcare non-commissioned

Staff Sgt. Omar Sierra-Lopez, healthcare non-commissioned officer in charge, assigned to Company C, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, plays his guitar, ‘The Red Lobs... More

1st Lt. David A. Provencher, executive Officer for

1st Lt. David A. Provencher, executive Officer for

1st Lt. David A. Provencher, executive Officer for Bravo Company, 1-87 Infantry, is presented the Silver Star during a ceremony Jan. 26. Provencher was awarded the Silver Star for his valorous actions June 16,... More

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men who bravely served at Bala Murghab. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace/RELEASED)

‘Longknife’ Squadron and Iraqi Federal Police partners offer humanitarian aid to locals

‘Longknife’ Squadron and Iraqi Federal Police partners offer humanitar...

Iraqi Federal Police with the 2nd Federal Police Division hand out blankets and food to Iraqi citizens, Feb. 12. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Joseph Malins)

Pfc. Anthony Lodiong, a U.S. Army logistician with

Pfc. Anthony Lodiong, a U.S. Army logistician with

Pfc. Anthony Lodiong, a U.S. Army logistician with the 10th Sustainment Brigade, stands with children of a cattle village in the Upper Nile State after conducting a household survey to determine the malnutritio... More

South Dakota Army National Guard soldier Sgt. 1st Class

South Dakota Army National Guard soldier Sgt. 1st Class

South Dakota Army National Guard soldier Sgt. 1st Class Jon Geise, right, of Aurora, S.D., is recognized by NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan commander Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV Feb. 18, 2011, for outstan... More

Resolute Warrior Spotlight – Staff Sgt. Don Morales

Resolute Warrior Spotlight – Staff Sgt. Don Morales

Meet Staff Sgt. Don Morales, a Tacoma, Wash., resident, serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan with the 7th Sustainment Brigade. Morales is a civil affairs Noncommissioned Officer.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MARJAH, Helmand province, Afghanistan

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MARJAH, Helmand province, Afghanistan

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MARJAH, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Afghan Local Police (ALP) graduates march on stage to receive their certificates and patches during a graduation ceremony. After three weeks of tra... More

Sgt. Latanya Deniyazhe, the 297th Inland Cargo Transfer

Sgt. Latanya Deniyazhe, the 297th Inland Cargo Transfer

Sgt. Latanya Deniyazhe, the 297th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 1225th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion movement non-commissioned officer in charge, takes the written portion of the 7th Sustainment Brigade... More

U.S. Army Maj. Robert Federigan, the 4th Combat Aviation

U.S. Army Maj. Robert Federigan, the 4th Combat Aviation

U.S. Army Maj. Robert Federigan, the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade medical operations officer, shakes hands with the Regional Command – North deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Sean Mulholland, left, who presented him ... More

As U.S. Army 1st Lt. Leo Su, 1st platoon leader, A

As U.S. Army 1st Lt. Leo Su, 1st platoon leader, A

As U.S. Army 1st Lt. Leo Su, 1st platoon leader, A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team reads, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jonathon Spataro recites the Oath of Enli... More

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