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Afghanistan Wartime Architecture Series: http://cryptome.org/info/af-war-arch/af-war-arch.htm


 
Afghanistan Wartime Architecture May 2008
Part 2
 

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080519-F-2828D-060. An aerial view of Afghanistan May 19, 2008, during an air medical evacuation mission from Kabul International Airport Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Released)

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080519-A-7103G-003. Sgt. Maj. of the Afghan National Army (ANA) Roshan Safi, right, speaks to U.S. and coalition sergeant majors about issues such as training and mentorship at the ANA Sergeant Major of the Army Seminar at Kabul Military Training Compound, Kabul, Afghanistan, May 19, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Mary Gonzalez/Released)

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080517-F-2828D-124. Members of the Afghan National Air Corps in an Mi-17 Hip helicopter conduct an air medical evacuation mission over Afghanistan May 17, 2008. U.S. Airmen assigned to the Combined Air Power Transition Force are training members of the Afghan National Air Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Released)

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080517-A-9553J-002. An aerial view of U.S. military service members as they participate in the 2008 Global War on Terror Trot 10 kilometer run at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, May 17, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Antony M. C. Joseph/Released)

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080516-M-4003C-068. U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO, International Security Assistance Force, unload water and mail supplies from a delivery convoy at their operating base located in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, May 16, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Randall A. Clinton/Released)

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080515-A-4619A-080. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brandon M. Kennedy, center right, and Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah K. Smith, center left, platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Regiment (Airborne), talk with Afghan village elders May 15, 2008, at the weekly meeting in a facility on Forward Operating Base Able Main, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gregory Argentieri/Released)

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080515-M-9966C-362. U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force conduct operations in Garmsir, Afghanistan, May 15, 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Carlson/Released)

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080515-M-6020M-024. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Robert Magnus, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to the Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Aviation Command Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO, International Security Assistance Force, during his visit at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, May 15, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alison L. Martinez/Released)

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080514-M-6001G-006. U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO, International Security Assistance Force, prepare to search the rooftop of a building while operating in the Garmsir area of South Helmand Afghanistan, May 14, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra/Released

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080513-M-6020M-023. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ricky Brown, right, Commanding Officer, serving with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 (CLB-24), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO, International Security Assistance Force, prepares to turn over command to 1st Sgt. John Bankus, during the Post & Relief Ceremony at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, May 13, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. Bankus will be the acting Sgt. Maj. for CLB-24. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alison L. Martinez/Released)

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080513-M-4003C-037. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Pennington, left, and Lance Cpl. Damien Melendez, both assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), construct a makeshift shower, as Marines take advantage of down time to bathe and wash clothes in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, May 13, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Randall A. Clinton/Released)

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080512-F-2828D-208. An Afghan National Air Corps Mi-17 Hip helicopter flies over the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 2008. U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Combined Air Power Transition Force are training airmen from the Afghan National Air Core. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Released)

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080511-M-4003C-038. U.S. Marine Corps Marines, assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO International Security Assistance Force, talk amongst themselves as night falls on their operating base in Hellmand, Afghanistan, May 11, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Randall A. Clinton/Released)

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080507-F-8733W-002. U.S. Soldiers, assigned to Bravo Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, build guard towers at the Margah Combat Outpost, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, May 7, 2008. This construction facilitated a key tenant of the counter-insurgency fight by allowing ground forces to interact with the people, as well as separate the enemy from the people in historical border infiltration areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace/Released)

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080507-F-2828D-130. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin Holmes demonstrates an aircrew signal mirror to Afghan National Air Corps airmen during training at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 7, 2008. Holmes is assigned to the Combined Air Power Transition Force and is deployed from the 47th Operations Support Squadron out of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)/Released)

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080506-A-4949G-001. Lt. Col. Mark McGrail, left, a surgeon assigned to Combined Task Force-101, gives the opening remarks at an infectious disease seminar at the Jirga Center in Bagram, Afghanistan, May 6, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Tamara Gabbard/Released)

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080504-M-6001G-016. A U.S. Marine provides security from the rubble of a building during operations in Garmsir, Afghanistan, May 4, 2008. The Marine is from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit attached to International Security Assistance Force. DoD photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

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080504-M-6001G-021. Explosions occur near buildings in Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra/Released)

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080504-M-9966C-031. U.S. Marine Corps B Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, Marines enter a building in Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew J. Carlson/Released)

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080504-M-6001G-019. A building explodes in Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra/Released)

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080504-M-6001G-020. U.S. Marine Corps A Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, International Security Assistance Force, Marines approach a smoking building while operating in Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2008, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra/Released)

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080502-M-3197S-090. Aerial view of buildings in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, taken during an airborne route reconnaissance conducted by U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, May 2, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shawn M. Statz/Released)

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080502-M-3197S-017. Aerial view of buildings in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, taken during an airborne route reconnaissance conducted by U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, May 2, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shawn M. Statz/Released)

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080502-M-3197S-097. An aerial view showing a building located between the Kandahar Province and the Helmand province in Afghanistan, taken during an airborne route reconnaissance conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, May 2, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Shawn M. Statz/Released)

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080501-M-7448P-002. U.S. Marines with tour of a farmer?s guesthouse in Garmsir, Afghanistan, May 1, 2008. The Marines are from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit assigned to International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Piper/Released)