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29 March 2010

 
Afghanistan Wartime Architecture 2002
 

020611-A-8466M-010. US Army (USA) Soldiers and Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldiers meet with local villagers in an effort to locate caves in the area of Sulamain Khel, Afghanistan. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Assault) are operating 18-miles from the Afghanistan and Pakistan border during Operation Apache Snow II, as part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Date Shot: 06/11/02

020427-M-0428C-004. The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, is welcomed by Afghan National Army Gen. Mohammed Fahim, Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) Minister of Defense for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, as he arrives at the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2002, for a tour and to meet with several different AIA officials during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. James J. Connolly, Jr.) (Released)

020427-D-9880W-203. The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, addresses personnel of the Coalition Joint Task Force in a hangar at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Apr. 27, 2002. (Department of Defense official photo by Robert D. Ward) (Released)

020427-D-9880W-301. U.S. Secretary of Defense, The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld (left), in a meeting with Afghan Minister of Defense Gen. Mohammed Qasim Fahim Khan, during a visit at the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2002. OSD Package No. A07D-00238 (DOD Photo by Robert D. Ward) (Released)

020427-D-9880W-196. U.S. Secretary of Defense, The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld (seated center) listens intently as a Royal Marine (United Kingdom) Officer talks about his unit's experience in fighting the Al Qaeda in the mountains of Afghanistan. Sec. Rumsfeld is currently visiting with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Franklin L. "Buster" Hagenback, Commanding General Coalition Joint Task Force Mountain (seated to his right), at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan on April 27, 2002. OSD Package No. A07D-0238 (DOD Photo by Robert D. Ward) (Released)

020427-M-0428C-003. The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (front, third from right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, is escorted by Mr. David Sedney (front, left), Charge' d' Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan; Dr. Zalmay M. Khalilzad (front, second from left), Special Presidential Envo for Afghanistan; and the Honorable Robert P. Finn (right of Secretary Rumsfeld), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, after his arrival at the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2002, to attend a briefing about the progress training of the Afghan National Army and participate in a re-enlistment ceremony for two U.S. Marines during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. James J. Connolly, Jr.) (Released)

020427-D-9880W-267. U.S. Secretary of Defense, The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld (center), and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, The Honorable Robert Finn , are given a tour of the U.S. Embassy compound located in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 27, 2002. OSD Package No. A07D-00238 (DOD Photo by Robert D. Ward) (Released)

020427-M-1646M-001. The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, listens as U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mark Foster (right) and Cpl. Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio (second from right) recite the re-enlistment oath in the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2002. The Secretary is there to attend a briefing about the progress training of the Afghan National Army and participate in a re-enlistment ceremony for these two U.S. Marines during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Moore) (Released)

020418-F-2902B-006. American and Canadian soldiers stationed at Kandahar Airfield attend a memorial service for three soldiers from the 710th Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Company killed on 15 April 2002. The soldiers were on a tactical mission two kilometers north of Kandahar City, Afghanistan, when killed by an explosive ordinance during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Date Shot: 4/18/2002

020118-M-9368G-019 US Marine Lieutenant Colonel Lynes, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conducts a sandtable exercise with US Marines and US Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 18, 2002, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.