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Afpak Photo War Archive 2

31 July 2009

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8 build a guard tower at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district in Helmand, Afghanistan, July 29, 2009. Combat Logistics Battalion 8 supports the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan are deployed in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/31/2009 A U.S. Army paratrooper from 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division secures the landing zone during an air assault search mission in the Khost Province of Afghanistan during Operation Champion Sword, July 29, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire/Released) Date Posted: 7/31/2009 U.S. Army Cpl. James Daoust, a field medic with 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides aid to an Afghan boy during an air assault search mission in the Khost Province of Afghanistan during Operation Champion Sword, July 29, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire/Released)Date Posted: 7/31/2009 A U.S. Army Soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division pulls rear security during an air assault mission in support of Operation Champion Sword in Khost province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas/Released) Date Posted: 7/31/2009 A U.S. Army Soldier working with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division speaks with an Afghan woman in Khost province, Afghanistan, during Operation Champion Sword July 28, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas/Released) Date Posted: 7/31/2009 An Afghan girl watches as Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a civil affairs patrol in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 26, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Purschwitz/Released)Date Posted: 7/30/2009 A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment ground-guides a 7-ton truck into Charlie Company's forward operating base in Nawa, Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu/Released) Date Posted: 7/31/2009 An Army carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Gerrick D. Smith, Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Smith died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. AP Sergeant First Class Pratt (R) of the U.S. Army's Road Clearance Package (RCP) of the 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade directs a 50 calibre machine gunner to shoot towards militant positions during a patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 30, 2009. Reuters A U.S. Chinook helicopter carries a M777 A2 howitzer as it lands on base in the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, July 31, 2009. Thousands of U.S. troops are deploying in southern Afghanistan as part of an effort to prevent the Taliban from disrupting the country's Aug. 20 presidential ballot. AP U.S. Chinook helicopters carry M777 howitzers on their way to a base in the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, July 31, 2009. AP Afghan soldiers sell sodas and snacks while on patrol in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 27, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/30/2009 Afghan National Army officers, Afghan National Police officers, Nawa District officials and U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan, eat a meal at Patrol Base Jaker, in the Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Purschwitz/Released) Date Posted: 7/30/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. William Greeson, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, takes photographs of a meeting between Afghan National Army officers, Afghan National Police officers, Nawa District officials and Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan, at Patrol Base Jaker, in the Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Purschwitz/Released) Date Posted: 7/30/2009 Afghan National Police (ANP) recruits receive weapons training at the ANP Central Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. The recruits are enrolled in a three-week accelerated security course in preparation for the upcoming election Aug. 20, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane/Released) Date Posted: 7/30/2009

30 July 2009

U.S. soldiers of the 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade prepare to tow a broken-down improvised explosive device (IED) detecting Huskie vehicle during a patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 30, 2009. Reuters The rank insignia of General Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, is seen during his speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London July 30, 2009. The head of Britain's army argued for more resources to fight the war in Afghanistan on Thursday, saying the country's future and its place in the world order depended on it. Reuters Afghan soldiers take cover from an incoming sand blast from a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Super Stallion helicopter while preparing for the arrival of Afghan National Army Gens. Sher Mohammad Zazai and Mohayoddin Ghuri at Patrol Base Jaker, Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/30/2009 Afghan woman and children mourn a deceased family member at a cemetery while Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a road reconnaissance patrol in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/30/2009

29 July 2009

An Afghan National Police officer meets a British special security agent during a key leaders engagement between U.S. Marines of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and Nawa District officials in the Nawa District Bazaar, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 22, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Location: Patrol Base Jaker Date Posted: 7/29/2009 U.S. Army Soldiers return from a mission, and stow their gear, on Combat Outpost Gorbuz, Afghanistan, July 21, 2009. The Soldiers are deployed with Alfa Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 7/28/2009 Eight year-old Emily Simonian, right, looks on as the body of her cousin Marine Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos is off loaded from a plane at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis Wednesday morning July 29, 2009. Xiarhos was killed Thursday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. AP Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detecting Huskies from the U.S. Army's Road Clearance Package (RCP) eight of the 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade, work on a road in the valley of Kunar River in Afghanistan's Kunar province July 28, 2009. Reuters An armoured vehicle from the U.S. Army's Road Clearance Package (RCP) eight of the 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade, drives past burned out trucks in the valley of Kunar River in Afghanistan's Kunar province July 28, 2009. Reuters Marines unload a transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Donald W. Vincent, 26, of Gainesville, Fla. , from a U.S. Air Force C-17 during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del. , Tuesday, July 28, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Vincent, died July 25, of wounds sustained while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. AP Mourners cry as the hearses containing the bodies of four soldiers, who died in Afghanistan, drive through Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire, south west England July 28, 2009. Four British soldiers who died whilst serving in Afghanistan were repatriated on Tuesday. Reuters Fernando Cano (L) and his wife his wife Vickie (R) say goodbye to their son U.S. Army PFC Benjamin Cano (C) before he deploys to Afghanistan with the 293rd Military Police Company July 28, 2009 in Fort Stewart, Georgia. More than 130 soldiers from the company, attached to the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, will spend the next year in Afghanistan training the Afghan National Police. Getty U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Helmut Eggl holds his M-9 Beretta handgun above water as he crosses a canal July 26, 2009, during a patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Eggl is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Miller, U.S. Marine Corps/Released) Date Posted: 7/28/2009 U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Flynn wades through a canal in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 26, 2009. Flynn is a combat correspondent with Regimental Combat Team 3 and is attached to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. Fox Company is conducting patrols outside Patrol Base Hasan Abad to restrict insurgents' freedom of movement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Miller/Released) Date Posted: 7/27/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Michael Regan, an aviation liaison officer with Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A), Joint Operations Center, provides force protection for members of the CSTC-A volunteer community relations (VCR) program who interact with and entertain refugee children during an aid mission to their camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 24, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane/Released) Date Posted: 7/28/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, right, commander, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan, meets with Helmand Province government officials at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa District of the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, July 23, 2009. Nicholson was invited by Provincial Governor Gulav Mangal to a shura with Nawa District elders with hopes of re-establishing the Afghan government. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/28/2009

26 July 2009

U.S. Sergeant Gregory Owens (L) and Private Dennis Pratt are seen during a patrol in a village of Hajian in mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan in this July 15, 2009 file photo. Owens and Pratt died July 20, 2009 in Wardak when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle followed by an attack from enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires, a U.S. Defense Department statement says. Reuters These undated handout photos released by the U.S. Army at Fort Drum, New York show two soldiers who died July 20, 2009 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. A Defense Department statement issued Wednesday says a roadside bomb exploded near the vehicle the four were riding. Then, they came under enemy fire with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. The soldiers are Sgt. Gregory Owens Jr. , 24 of Garland, Texas; and Pfc. Dennis J. Pratt, 34 of Duncan, Okla. AP A U.S. Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the body of Army sergeant Gregory Owens, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 21, 2009. Reuters A Marine Corps carry team loads a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Lasher, 27, of Oneida, N.Y. , into a transfer vehicle during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del. , Saturday, July 25, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Lasher, died July 23 of wounds suffered while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. AP

25 July 2009

U.S. Technical Sergeant Richard Gibbons of the 741st EOD Battalion Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) Team takes out a shell from a weapons cache discovered in a house in the centre of Logar Province in Afghanistan July 25, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldiers of the 741st EOD Battalion Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) Team prepare to approach a house suspected of hiding a weapons cache in the centre of Logar Province in Afghanistan July 25, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldiers of the 741st EOD Battalion Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) Team rush into a house suspected of hiding a weapons cache in the centre of Logar Province in Afghanistan July 25, 2009. Reuters The body of suspected Taliban fighter lies on a roadside as Afghan police officers stand guard in Khost, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests and armed with AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the main police station Saturday in the southeast city of Khost, triggering hours-long gunbattles that left seven militants dead and 14 people wounded, officials said. AP U.S. soldiers from Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade take positions as they cross a foot bridge on a patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 24, 2009. Reuters A U.S. Army Chaplin holds the two halves of a pewter medallion given to soldiers and their spouses with the 293rd Military Police Company before taking part in the 3rd Infantry Division's first Coin Covenant Ceremony July 24, 2009 in Fort Stewart, Georgia. More than 130 soldiers from the company are due to deploy to Afghanistan early next week. The ceremony for married and engaged soldiers is part of the chaplain program that encourages couples to remain faithful during their year long deployment. Getty U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out commemorative coins to wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., June 12, 2009. Mullen took questions from the service members during the all hands call and addressed their concerns regarding their injuries, careers and futures. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released) Date Posted: 6/12/2009 U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out his coin to Sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), under way in the Gulf of Oman, July 13, 2009. Mullen is visiting the ship to thank the crew for its service and operational support. The ship is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released) Date Posted: 7/17/2009 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen presents commemorative coins to children during the 15th Annual Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Grand Harbor, Md., May 22, 2009. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released) Date Posted: 5/24/2009 U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hands out his coin to a U.S. Army sergeant first class after a town hall meeting at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Feb. 19, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paul Villanueva II/Released) Date Posted: 5/14/2009 U.S. Army Pfc. Aldo Flores holds up the coin he received from U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq, during the completion of his naturalization process at Al Faw Palace, Victory Base Complex, Baghdad, Iraq, July 4, 2009. Flores and more than 230 other service members were naturalized at the ceremony. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ferdinand Thomas/Released) Date Posted: 7/17/2009 U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Wilson, command sergeant major for Multi-National Force - Iraq, presents coins of excellence June 8, 2009, to Soldiers of Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in appreciation for their service at Joint Security Station Loyalty in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released) Date Posted: 6/16/2009 U.S. Army Capt. Brenda Ruth, commanding officer of the 850th Horizontal Engineer Company, Minnesota Army National Guard, displays two coins she received from the North Dakota National Guard during a send off ceremony for her unit at the Fargo Armory in Fargo, N.D., April 23, 2009. The 850th HEC deployed 113 Soldiers to the Fargo area to assist the state battle floods. (U. S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ralph Kapustka/Released) Date Posted: 6/24/2009 Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates hands a coin to the daughter of U.S. Navy Lt. Jason Redman in the Pentagon Feb. 12, 2009, as members of his family look on. Redman, a Navy SEAL, took rounds from a machine-gun to his face and arm in Iraq last year. (DoD photo by Cherie Cullen/Released) Date Posted: 2/12/2009 U.S. Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets Soldiers and hands out coins Dec. 19, 2008, during a United Service Organizations (USO) show at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq. The tour showcased singers Kid Rock and Kellie Pickler, actress Tisha Arnold, and comedians John Bowman, Kathleen Madigan and Lewis Black. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S. Makinano/Released) Date Posted: 1/2/2009 Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright and his wife, Sandee, visit with a Soldier at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2008. Cartwright traveled to the center to meet with wounded warriors and check on their care. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump, U.S. Air Force/Released) Date Posted: 11/6/2008 Lakeyia Jones, the wife of U.S. Army Sgt. Cedric Jones, writes a commitments letter to her husband during the 3rd Infantry Division's first Coin Covenant Ceremony July 24, 2009 in Fort Stewart, Georgia. Getty An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Joshua James Rimer Friday, July 24, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Rimer, 24, of Rochester, Pa. died July 22 in Zabul province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. AP U.S. Private Dennis Pratt (L) and Specialist Anthony Lightfoot sit on top of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicle during a short break on the Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan in this July 8, 2009 file photo. Pratt and Lightfoot died July 20, 2009 in Wardak when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle followed by an attack from enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires, a U.S. Defense Department statement says. AP An Army carry team carries the transfer case of Pfc. Anthony Lightfoot, of Riverdale, Ga. , during a dignified transfer on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Lightfoot, of Riverdale, Ga. was killed in Afghanistan. AP These undated handout photos released by the U.S. Army at Fort Drum, New York show four soldiers who died July 20, 2009 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. A Defense Department statement issued Wednesday says a roadside bomb exploded near the vehicle the four were riding. Then, they came under enemy fire with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. The soldiers are Sgt. Gregory Owens Jr. , 24 of Garland, Texas; Spc. Anthony M. Lightfoot, 20, of Riverdale, Ga. ; Spc Andrew J. Roughton, 21 of Houston and Pfc. Dennis J. Pratt, 34 of Duncan, Okla. AP A U.S. Air Force carry team places the transfer case containing the body of Army specialist Andrew J. Roughton next to the case containing Army private first class Dennis Joseph Pratt, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 21, 2009. Reuters

24 July 2009

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jeremy Mitz, assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepares an eight ball explosive to breach a lock during a raid on Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 18, 2009. The raid is part of a plan to disrupt the Taliban's freedom of movement and their ability to store weapons and drugs in village homes and businesses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Minks, left, watches as Lance Cpl. Jacob Schutt and Sgt. Lacey open a door while Cpl. Sanders provides security during a raid in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 18, 2009. The men, all assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, partnered with Afghan National Army soldiers to conduct the raid. The raid is part of a plan to disrupt the Taliban's freedom of movement and their ability to store weapons and drugs in village homes and businesses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released)Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment raid a shop in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 18, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Coldwell, left, Lance Cpls. Swakavich and Sloan, all with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, partner with Afghan National Army soldiers to conduct a raid on Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 18, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment rush to a firing point after receiving enemy fire in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment prepare to return fire after receiving enemy fire in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Hipkins, a squad leader with 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, gives orders to his men after coming under enemy fire in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment return fire from behind a wall after receiving enemy fire in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. James A. Burks/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Schoenmaker, with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, talks with leaders at a meeting in the Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 15, 2009. 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan, are deployed in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg/Released) Date Posted: 7/23/2009 U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. David Wilson, left, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and James Derleth, with the U.S. Agency for International Development, inspect unexploded ordnance during a civil affairs group patrol in the Nawa District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. Wilson and Derleth are out talking with locals in order to gauge the needs of the populace and provide information to the Agency for International Development. The Marines are deployed to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counterinsurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/22/2009

22 July 2009

Ian Purves, center, a stabilization adviser with Provincial Reconstruction Team-Helmand, and U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment examine the Nawa District Government Center July 12, 2009, for possible future structural improvements. The center, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was once under Taliban control. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/21/2009 [Unidentified gent at right is security for Purves, a big guy, packing a folding close-assault weapon and a belt of cartridges, a pistol; long-haired with sideburns and tatoo! Anybody know his name, company, hometown, salary, insurance, next-of-kin? Send to: cryptome[at]earthlink.net] (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Shot: 7/15/2009 Date Posted: 7/21/2009 HK G36KE short assault rifle, export version, with 'E' type telescope sight / carrying handle setup Image: Heckler-Koch Source

21 July 2009

Elementary school students take part in a summer military camp for civilians, run by retired marines in Ansan, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 21, 2009. Students are taking part in the camp to strengthen their spirit and body. Reuters An Afghan policeman (C) uses his mobile phone to take a picture of a suicide attacker after he was killed in Gardez, southeast of Kabul July 21, 2009. At least eight people were killed when Taliban guerrillas, including waves of suicide bombers, attacked government buildings in a town in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, residents and officials said. Reuters Afghan army soldiers and U.S. soldiers keep watch after waves of attacks by the Taliban in Gardez, southeast of Kabul July 21, 2009. Reuters An Afghan National Army soldier takes aim during a patrol in the village of Tantil in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 21, 2009. Reuters A U.S. soldier (L) from Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade looks through the sight of the rifle of his Afghan National Army comrade during a patrol in the village of Tantil in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 21, 2009. Reuters Pakistani security forces display ammunition they confiscated from militants in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, in Landi Kotal along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. AP A U.S. soldier from Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade prepares for a patrol in the village of Tantil in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 21, 2009. Reuters Military pallbearers carry the casket during burial services at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Monday, July 20, 2009 for Sgt. C. Wayne Hosford who was killed July 6 in Kunduz, Afghanistan. AP Marine Lance Cpl. Marquez, second platoon, Second Battalion, Eight Marines (2/8), prepares to return fire to the enemies of Afghanistan on 19 July 2009. The Marines are in Lakari Bazaar partnered with the Afghan National Army in order to prevent freedom of movement of the enemies of Afghanistan. 2/8 is the ground combat element of Regimental Combat Team 3, 2D Marine Expedtionary Brigade-Afghanistan. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Gunnery Sgt James A Burks)(Released) Date Posted: 7/21/2009 U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brian Sandau, right, and U.S. Marine Corps Warrant Officer Paul D'Angelo, left, treat an Afghan girl for burns on her leg during a civil affairs group patrol with U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and Afghan National Army soldiers in the Nawa District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 17, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/20/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. William McCollough, commander, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, briefs Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade about road conditions in the Nawa District at Patrol Base Jaker in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, July 16, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/20/2009 A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Super Stallion helicopter suspension team re-supplies Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment July 16, 2009, during a security patrol through the Nawa District Bazaar in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, July 16, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released, Patrol Base Jaker) Date Posted: 7/20/2009 U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a Civil Affairs Group patrol in the Nawa District of the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, July 16, 2009. Due to the increased number of security patrols by Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines, there has been in increase in the number of locals seen in public. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/20/2009 Afghan National Police officers conduct a vehicle mounted security patrol while U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a Civil Affairs Group patrol nearby in the Nawa District Bazaar of the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, July 16, 2009. Due to the increased number of security patrols by Afghan soldiers and U.S. Marines, there has been in increase in the number of locals seen in public. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/20/2009 U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jason Condon, a battalion air officer with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, conducts a Civil Affairs Group patrol with Afghan soldiers in the Nawa District of the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, July 17, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 7/20/2009 Family members of Private Sebastien Courcy, approach the hearse carrying his casket, at Canadian Forces Base Trenton July 19, 2009. Private Courcy died while conducting operations in the Panjwayi District, near Kandahar Afghanistan July 16, 2009. Reuters A U.S. soldier (R) from Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade rests after a foot patrol at Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 20, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldiers from Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade rest and rehydrate with IV drips after a foot patrol at Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 20, 2009. Reuters A U.S soldier plays with a sling from his Mine Resistant Ambush Protect (MRAP) armored vehicle in the village of Baubus in Logar Province in Afghanistan July 20, 2009. Reuters A member of the mortar team attached to the U.S. Army's Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade shaves his face with a hand razor and a bottle of water during a quiet moment at Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 20, 2009. Reuters U.S. Staff Sergeant Jaffrey Jackson (R) gives a briefing for soldiers of 1st Platoon, 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division before leaving for a security support mission from the Combat Operation Outpost (COB) McClain in Logar Province in Afghanistan July 20, 2009. Reuters An Afghan family transports their harvest on a donkey next to a U.S army Mine Resistant Ambush Protect (MRAP) armored vehicle in the village of Baubus in Logar Province in Afghanistan July 20, 2009. Reuters Haji Abdullah Jan, District Governor of Garmser, (L) is greeted by Lt. Col. Christian Cabaniss from Tucker, Georgia with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. as he returns to Mian Poshteh for the first time in 4 years after the Marines drove Taliban fighters from the village on July 20, 2009 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan. Getty A member of the mortar team attached to the U.S. Army's Dagger Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade scans the area around Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 19, 2009. Reuters U.S. Soldiers and Afghan National Security Forces medically evacuate a wounded insurgent during a combat operation in the village of Barge Matal in the eastern Nuristan province of Afghanistan July 12, 2009. During the operation, U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Afghan National Security Forces secured the remote mountain village, which had been overwhelmed with insurgents. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, U.S. Army/Released) Date Posted: 7/15/2009