9 November 2009
Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team along with interpreters and U.S. State Department employees conduct a foot patrol with the intention of checking on and possibly improving the conditions in the village of Bar Mamel, Sayed Abad District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 19 Feb. 2010. These soldiers and civilians work together to assess and improve humanitarian conditions in Sayed Abad District.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest\Released)(100219-A-6225G-093)
A soldier from 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1-503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team enters a member of a private Afghan security company into the Biometrics Automated Toolset (BAT) Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) System near the village of Heyderk Hel, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb.18, 2010. The BAT HIIDE System assists soldiers in community mapping. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest. (Released)(100211-A-6225G-059)
A Private Afghan Security Company truck with a DSHK machine gun mounted on the back sits along the side of a road. U.S.Forces stopped this security company's convoy due to reports from locals claiming that the security company had been shooting sporadic gunfire at their homes in the villages of Heydark Hel, and Kajkalah, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Russell Gilchrest. (Released)(100211-A-6225G- 158)
U.S. Army Sgt. Sami Abdulbari leads his squad along side the road through Kowlak Valley, Nangahar province, Afghanistan in the attempt to detect any threats to the road as Route clearance vehicles follow closely behind. Sgt. Abdulbari is a member of the 1st Platoon, 41st Engineering Company, 1st Engineering Battalion, Feb. 19, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Victor Egorov/Released)(1002019-A-5983E-033)
Afghans talk to a patrol of U.S. Army soldiers in the village of Bar Mamel, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb.19, 2010. Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team often engage locals to assess conditions in the village and build relationships. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest/Released)(100219-A-6225G-061)
An Afghan National Police personnel shows the class how to find grid coordinates within a single grid square during a map reading course given by soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry at Forward Operating Base Joyce, Kunar Province Afganistan, Feb. 20, 2010. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Corey Idleburg/Released)(100220-A-1839I-012)
U.S Army Lt. Col. William J. Butler of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne) introduces his staff to local commanders of the Afghan Border Police and Afghan National Army at Forward Operating Base Joyce, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2010. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Corey Idleburg/Released)(100220-A-1839I-036)
Local Afghan Border Police Commander and his subordinates during a key leader engagement held at Forward Operating Base Joyce, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2010. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Corey Idleburg/Released)(100220-A-1839I-052)
Sherbaba (On the left) and Zia KPZ (On the Right), Afghan business owners, stand behind the glass counter of their business at the Bazaar on Forward Operating Base Altimur in the Logar Province, Afghanistan Feb. 21, 2010. U.S. Army Photo by First Lieutenant Brian R. McFarland. (Released)(100221-A-0021M-018)
U.S. Army Sgt. Derec Pierson from the 55th Combat Camera talks to some local Afghan children during a presence patrol outside of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, 21 Feb., 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Horace Murray/Released)(100221-A-3996M-0026)
An Afghan man places a sticker in the window shop that he received from American soldiers saying "Everyone is doing their part for Afghanistan" at the top and on the bottom it says "I am Afghan" pedestrians in the street during a presence patrol outside Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, 21 Feb., 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Horace Murray/Released)(100221-A-3996M-032)
Spc. Brandon Keesler attempts to show an Afghan local national child a hand game at a local bazaar in a village near Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2010. Spc. Keesler is a member of 38th Infantry Division, Headquarters, Headquarters Company. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson/Released)(100221-A-4544P-009)
Local nationals observe the happenings at the bazaar in a village near Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson/Released)(100221- A-4544P-017)
Afghan National Army Soldiers practice reflective fire during their basic training at Camp Parsa, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2010. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)(100223-A-0350A-053)
Medics from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne) bandage a local Afghan boy after he was hurt carrying wood near Forward Operating Base Joyce, Konar Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Corey Idleburg/Released)(100222-A-1839I-051)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kurtis Pitts an All Wheeled Vehicle Maintainer (MOS 91B) from Headquarters and Headquarters Company 10th Psychological Operations Battalion out of St. Louis, Missouri uses and arc welder to welds metal planks together in back of their building at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Horace Murray/Released)(100224-A-3996M-008)
An Afghan spray paints a wall rack to sell in his shop in the bazaar in Sayed Abad District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb 24, 2010. Afghans are known for covering their possessions with bright colors. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest (Released)(100224-A-6225G-008)
Afghan National Army Soldiers practice reflective fire during their basic training at Camp Parsa, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2010. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released)(100223-A-0350A-031)
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jesse Underwood from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment engages enemy forces in a small arms fire fight during Operation Mostarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) (100219-F-9171L-773)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nick Furfari from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment stops to rest during Operation Mostarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) (100219-F-9171L-953)