Afghanistan Wartime Architecture January 2010
Part 4

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment depart friendly lines in Dahana, Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2010. Security forces patrol the area as part of a surge effort in the area to disrupt the Taliban's freedom of movement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Marines with the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion fill HESCO barriers with dirt at Patrol Base Buji in Golestan, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2010. Marines are filling the barriers as part of the construction of base during Operation Swift Change. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Albert F. Hunt/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Navy Lt. Michael Taylor, left, a chaplain with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Whillock, with Weapons Company, shovel rocks during construction of a new chapel at Forward Operating Base Deleram, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 use AM-2 matting to build a new landing zone outside Forward Operating Base Cafferata, Afghanistan, Jan. 24, 2010. The mats weigh between 60 and 120 pounds apiece. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment clears a house in the Farah province of Afghanistan Jan. 26, 2010. Marines are searching houses as part of Operation Swift Change. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Albert F. Hunt/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment patrol a town in the Farah province of Afghanistan Jan. 26, 2010. The patrol is part of Operation Swift Change, during which Marines clear the area of Taliban forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Albert F. Hunt/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

Afghan boys stand in a shop in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2010. The market grows as security improves in the area. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

An Afghan boy in Now Zad, Afghanistan, watches while U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment pass by Jan. 19, 2010. The Marines are visiting shops to develop relationships with their owners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

An Afghan man sits in his store in Now Zad, Afghanistan, while U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment pass by Jan. 19, 2010. The shop is one of the many new shops in the city, created as displaced Afghans return to the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment patrol through Bar Now Zad, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2010. The Marines are moving into the area to deny the Taliban freedom of movement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment patrol a town in the Farah province of Afghanistan Jan. 26, 2010. The patrol is part of Operation Swift Change, during which Marines clear the area of Taliban forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Albert F. Hunt/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

U.S. Navy Chief Navy Counselor Surgann Coker-Bello, right, counsels newly reported Builder 2nd Class Scott Bryant, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, inside her office in the province of Helmand, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2010. Coker-Bello counsels all Sailors concerning their naval career and lets them know what to expect from the NMCB-74 retention team. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan G. Wilber/Released). Date Posted: 1/27/2010

U.S. Army Capt. Andy Kerin and other Soldiers with the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, listen to Sahib Jan, commander, Spin Boldak Highway Patrol, voice his local community concerns before recording a public radio announcement in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2010. Kerin is engaged in facilitating public radio announcements on 94.5, "The Voice of Spin Boldak," by working with the local Afghan government officials to improve the flow of information to Afghan citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II/Released). Date Posted: 1/25/2010

The site for Ahmad Shah Massoud's tomb, a local Afghan hero and former leader of the Northern Alliance, stands over a hill top in the Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

The roof inside Ahmad Shah Massoud's memorial site is made out of marble and golden steel trims in the Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. Massoud was a local Afghan hero and former leader of the Northern Alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

The body of Ahmad Shah Massoud remains inside tomb at his memorial site in the Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. Massoud was a local Afghan hero and former leader of the Northern Alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

U.S. military members of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team and Afghan interpreters visit a girl school construction project at the Froj Village in the Anaba District of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

Afghan construction workers build a girls school in the Froj Village in the Anaba District of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. The project is being funded by the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

Afghan construction workers listen to suggestions from a group of engineers assigned to the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team inspecting a girl school project in the Anaba District of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

Members of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team visit the construction site for the Panjshir Dept. of Public Health Administration Building in the Bazarak District of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

U.S. Army Cpl. Nick Moeai, assigned to the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, steps down from the roof top of a school construction project in the Anaba District of Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released). Date Posted: 1/11/2010

An Afghan elder speaks to a shura at the Chapa Dara district center in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2010. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, commander of 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, and Kunar provincial Gov. Fazlullah Wahidi visited the Chapa Dara, Manogai and Watapur districts during a two-day trip to meet with district sub-governors, line directors, village elders and shura members to better connect the provincial government with district governments. A few key issues addressed during the visits were a new budgeting process and reconciliation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Boisvert/Released). Date Posted: 1/12/2010

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment patrols past a graveyard in Delaram, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2010. Marines walk through the town to speak with residents and assess damage to their shops. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Albert F. Hunt/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

Afghan National army of the 6th Codec, 2nd Brigade, 201st Corp, 1st Company soldiers walk back from reviewing their targets, during a weapons qualification, with the M16 A1 rifle, on Forward Operating Base Bostick, at Bostick, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon M. Evans/Released). Date Posted: 1/25/2010

U.S. Soldiers, from 1st Platoon, 4th Battalion, 361st Calvary Regiment, 4th Infantry Division wait for the village doctor before they conduct a Village Medical Outreach, in Naray, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon M. Evans/Released). Date Posted: 1/25/2010

The Arms Room cases at the Afghan National Police Station in Naray, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon M. Evans/Released).Date Posted: 1/23/2010

Holding Cells at the Afghan National Police Station in Naray, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon M. Evans/Released). Date Posted: 1/23/2010

U.S. Soldier Staff Sgt. Marcus Brown, 759th Military Police Battalion, 984 Military Police Company, 2nd Platoon, waits while his interpreter translates his instructions during a Police Patrol class for the Afghan National Police in Naray, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon M. Evans/Released). Date Posted: 1/23/2010