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LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan H. Rayder, a Altmar, N.Y., native and rifleman assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides security for Afghan National Security Forces on day two of a six-day dismounted operation here Dec. 20. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.



LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Spc. Paul M. Cattorn, a Peru, Ind., native and squad automatic weapon machine gunner assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides security for Afghan National Security Forces on day two of a six-day dismounted operation here Dec. 20. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.



LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, and Afghan National Security Forces work to gain high ground before moving into a hostile village on day three of a six-day dismounted operation Dec. 21. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.



LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Spc. Mark E. Fielding, a Benton, La., native and rifleman assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides security for Afghan National Security Forces on day five of a six-day dismounted operation here Dec. 23. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Shaun Hoffman, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol to clear possible weapons caches outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.



U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William Rendall, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division speaks to an Afghan man during a weapons clearance patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Jenkins, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stands in an enemy fighting position located outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, during a weapons clearance patrol, Dec. 20, 2010.



U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keith Fosmire, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrols outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, in order to locate possible weapons caches, Dec. 20, 2010.



U.S. Army Spc. Conner Elms, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and an Afghan National Army soldier patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.



A U.S. Army soldier with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security in an orchard during a patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.



A U.S. Army soldier with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol to clear possible weapons caches outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.



U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jack Mazzotti, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division directs his soldiers during a weapons clearance patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Houston, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Afghan National Army soldiers look on during an assessment of the ANA Operating Post in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army 1st Lt.Eric Swanson Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Lt. William Rendall 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division speak during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010



U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Houston, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stands next to a mortar tube during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. Samuel Ford, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division uses a Global Positioning System camera to document a culvert during a patrol in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. Major Lonnie Clary, Operations 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Lt. William Rendall, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division perform an assessment of an Afghan National Army Operating Post in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Lonnie Clary, Operations 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Lt. William Rendall 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division have a discussion during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Isley, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division looks through the scope on his rifle to make sure a culvert is clear of explosives during a patrol, Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Operations Sgt. Maj. Lonnie Clary, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division takes notes during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. Edmundo Sepulveda and Sgt. Anthony Isley of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walk passed a burned out tractor trailer, Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Behning, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walks from his vehicle during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army 1st. Sgt. Travis Elliston, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division inspects an Afghan National Army fighting position during an assessment of an ANA Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William Rendall, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Sgt. Major Lonnie Clary, Operations 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division perform an assessment of an Afghan National Army Operating Post in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. Samuel Ford, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walks next to his vehicle in order to clear and document culverts along a highway in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Isley, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division uses the scope on his rifle to examine a culvert during a clearance patrol in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc.Jeff Rice 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol to the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan Dec.16, 2010.



U.S. Army Sgt. Russell Daumer, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walks through an orchard during a patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Spc.Jake Beaton, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol near the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Chris Sullivan, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division crosses the Tangi River into the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec.16, 2010.



U.S. Army Spc. Jake Beaton, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol near the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. Jason Albright, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security while waiting for convoy vehicles to assemble outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. James Kirby, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrols the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. Jeff Rice, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and an Afghan National Army soldier provide security during a patrol near the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Rubio, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division takes a security position outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. Julian Colmeiro, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division returns to Combat Operating Post Sayed Abad following a meeting with local elders in the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Alexander, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security in a bazaar located in the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division take up a security position outside the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec.16, 2010.



U.S. Army Spc. Carl Ottinger, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division writes down grid coordinates during a patrol outside the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.



U.S. Army soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walk to the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.

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Ma porca miseria il soldato sul gommone ha una m60!!!!!rediviva come non mai.....bellissime foto.....

[..Henry...]

U.S. Army Spc. Benji McHugh, of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, works security from the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Khost, Afghanistan May 26, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Prentice C. Martin-Bowen/Released)



Staff Sgt. Craig Stevens (center), of Pottsville, Pa., with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, maneuvers through a cloud of dust to get into position between two other Soldiers, June 3, after dismounting the departing UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Soldiers air assaulted into the desert near Nubai, northwest of Taji, along with Iraqi army soldiers to conduct searches for possible weapons caches.



During a downed aircraft training exercise, U.S. Army soldiers practice providing medical aid to two AH-64 Apache pilots as two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters bring in the downed aircraft recovery team to a training site on Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 10. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Cavalry Division's Company F, 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade and the Black Hawk crewmembers are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski



Prepping for a launch, Sgt. Donald Melvin (left), an unmanned aerial vehicle mechanic, from Columbus, Miss., a 1st Infantry Division Soldier attached to 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, and Spc. Stephen Cantrell (right), from Wichita Falls, Texas, a UAV mechanic, in 1st Inf. Div., also attached to the 1st ACB, set a UAV onto a ramp that will help propel the aircraft into flight at Camp Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad, June 25



U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth J. Butler, of Braintree, Mass., fires a 7.62mm caliber sniper rifle while on Camp Victory, Iraq, June 24, 2009. Butler returned to Iraq with the Troops First Foundation after being wounded in action in the Baghdad region. Butler lost his right arm above the elbow while serving with the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.

Edit: Just noticed the Mistake in the quote that came with the Photo above and have now adjusted it.



U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Kay with 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, yells instructions to fire an 81-mm mortar shell during a live-fire demonstration, for members of the Iraqi army in Diayala, Iraq, June 28.



U.S. Army Spc. Brad Mattix, with Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security at Combat Outpost Sangar, Zabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 22, 2009. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force.



Staff Sgts. Cody Flood and Michael Jamison collect data on explosives in preparation for a controlled detonation Nov. 23, 2009, at Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Sergeants Flood and Jamison are 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence)



U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment unload Humanitarian aid for distribution to the town of Rajan Kala, Afghanistan Dec. 05, 2009. Charlie Company used their Stryker armored vehicles to move the Humanitarian aid from the Joint District Community Center to the town of Rajan Kala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II/Released)



A Soldier celebrates during the 110th playing of the Army-Navy football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2009. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive to Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan in a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, Dec. 17.



Branches of the Kunar River meet in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan as seen from the cabin of a helicopter, Dec. 17.



U.S. Army Sgt. Travis Woodard, 24, from Hampton, Va., travels aboard a CH-47D Chinook helicopter from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division flying over the Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17. Woodard is a mortar operator assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.



A U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division prepares to land inside the landing zone at Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan, Dec. 17.



U.S. Army Sgt. Travis Woodard, 24, from Hampton, Va., travels aboard a CH-47D Chinook helicopter from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division flying over the Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17. Woodard is a mortar operator assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.



U.S. Army Sgt. Jennifer Cohen, from Victorville, Calif., ducks her head to prevent dust from hitting her face as a CH-47D Chinook helicopter lands at Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan, Dec. 17. Cohen is a broadcast journalist assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) from Fort Meade, Md.



U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive to Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan in a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, Dec. 17.




U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive to Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan in a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, Dec. 17.



U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive to Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan in a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, Dec. 17.



U.S. Army Sgt. Jennifer Cohen, from Victorville, Calif., waits to board a helicopter at the landing zone in Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan, Dec. 17. Cohen is a broadcast journalist assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) from Fort Meade, Md.



A U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division prepares to land inside the landing zone at Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan, Dec. 17.



U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 32th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, wait to board a helicopter at the landing zone inside Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan, Dec. 17.



U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division refuel a CH-47D Chinook helicopter at Forward Operation Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Dec. 17.

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Task Force Denali

U.S Army Lieutenant Michael Barnhart from Task Force Denali 92 MP directs his team at Ghurki Kholah village in Paktya province December 11, 2009.



A U.S Army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP uses a Hide's camera to scan the fingerprints of an Afghani villager during a patrol to collect information at Ghurki Kholah village in Paktya province December 11, 2009. Hide is an identification system using fingerprint and retinal scans



An U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP patrols at Wazi-Zadram village in Paktya province December 11, 2009.



An U.S Army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP gives a pen to a child during a patrol at Wazi-Zadram village in Paktya province December 11, 2009.



A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP uses a camera to scan the fingerprints and iris of an Afghani villager during a patrol to collect information at Ghurki Kholah village in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 11, 2009.



An U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP patrols at Wazi-Zadram village in Paktya province December 11, 2009.



U.S Army Lieutenant Barnhart Michael from Task Force Denali 92 MP directs his team at Ghurki Kholah village in Paktya province December 11, 2009.



An U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP patrols at Ghurki Kholah village in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 11, 2009.



An U.S Army soldier from Task Force Denali 92 MP patrols at Wazi-Zadram village in Paktya province December 11, 2009.

A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 1-40 Cav checks a 105mm Howitzer during snowfall at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 9, 2009.



A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 1-40 Cav checks a 105mm Howitzer during snowfall at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 9, 2009.



A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 1-40 Cav checks a 105mm Howitzer during snowfall at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 9, 2009.



A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 1-40 Cav checks a 105mm Howitzer during snowfall at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 9, 2009.



A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 1-40 Cav plays with snow at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 9, 2009.

SGT Joseph Delair of Syracuse, NY fingerprints and photographs men from a nearby village at the Sahowza District Center on December 2, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan. The men are registered and checked in the system to make sure they are not wanted as an enemy combatant. Today President Obama said he wants to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bring the total number to nearly 100,000.



SGT Joseph Delair of Syracuse, NY with the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment trains Afghan National Policemen at the Sarhowza District Center on December 2, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan.



Sgt. Joseph Delair of Syracuse, New York, with the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, trains Afghan National Policemen at the Sarhowza District Center on December 2, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan.



Soldiers from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment roll out of the Sarhowza District Center in an MRAP on December 3, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan. The U.S Army shares the district center with Afghan National Police which they are training to take over the lead role for security in the district.



Soldiers from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to roll out of the Sarhowza District Center in an MRAP convoy on December 3, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan.



Soldiers from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to roll out of the Sarhowza District Center in an MRAP convoy on December 3, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan.



Soldiers from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment huddle around a fire with policemen from the Afghan National Police (ANP) at the Sarhowza District Center on December 3, 2009 near Sarhowza, Afghanistan.

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RIP PFC Dewater

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229th Military Police Company, 336th MP Battalion, 49th MP Brigade, gunner, Private 1st Class Andrew Thomas pulls security for his convoy while traveling down Route Irish, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 9. The Virginia National Guard unit is home based in Virgina Beach, Va., and it has a primary mission of personal security detachment, or PSD.

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Pfc. Marc Fisher, of Boston, Mass., a Soldier from C Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, patrols around Contingency Operating Post Carver, Dec. 16, to ensure there were no threats to the installation or the Soldiers living there.



Staff Sgt. Alexis Rodriguez, of Saginaw, Mich., a squad leader with C Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, observes his surroundings during a base defense patrol around Contingency Operating Post Carver, Dec. 16



Staff Sgt. Alexis Rodgriguez, of Saginaw, Mich., a squad leader in C Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, coordinates with his subordinate team leaders over his radio while on a base defense patrol around Contingency Operating Post, Dec. 16, to prevent attacks on the installation.


BAGHDAD, Iraq—While upcoming elections, scheduled for next spring, give many Iraqis a sense of hope in their ability to improve their government and way of life, insurgents view elections as an opportunity to conduct attacks and impose their own agenda.

American Soldiers are hard at work to deny the insurgency any ground within the Istiqlaal area, northeast of the capital, and outlying areas.

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division have conducted a series of raids and cache searches in and around Istiqlaal to interdict weapons and explosives trafficking into areas closer to Baghdad.

Throughout this month, U.S. troops worked long days with their partners from the 6th Iraqi Emergency Response Unit and 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Federal Police Division, executing raids and cache searches in the rural Rashidiyah and Fahama areas along the Tigris River.

The combined forces began work early in the morning, arriving at several different agricultural areas while the sun came up. Soldiers and ISF spread out across fields and through groves to search for caches of explosive materials and weapons.

Meticulously, the team searched and cleared over 22 suspected cache sites throughout Rashidiyah and Fahama and searched many target houses.

Partnered teams of Soldiers and IPs established traffic control points everyday to interdict weapons trafficking while others searched populated areas for illegal weapons and worked to arrest wanted insurgents with warrants issued by the Iraqi courts.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies low over Contingency Operating Base Basra during the late afternoon hours, Dec. 12.

Soldiers of Bravo Company 82nd Division Special Troops Battalion provide security while a CH-47 Chinook drops Solders off during an air assault mission Dec. 18, 2009, Parwan, Afghanistan.

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SFC Jeremy Ellis from Ashland, Kentucky of the U.S. Army's Alpha Company 4th Battalion 5th Stryker Brigade looks out from the top of a Stryker armored combat vehicle as it leaves on a mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Wolverine on December 11, 2009 near Qalat, Afghanistan. The battalion has been tasked with helping to secure Zabul Province in southeastern Afghanistan.



SPC Louis Phay from Yerington, Nevada of the U.S. Army's Alpha Company 4th Battalion 5th Stryker Brigade keeps watch from the top of a Stryker armored combat vehicle while on a mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Wolverine on December 11, 2009 near Qalat, Afghanistan. The battalion has been tasked with helping to secure Zabul Province in southeastern Afghanistan.



SPC Robert Isom (L) from Central Falls, Rhode Island and Roman Taylor of Avondale, Arizona of the U.S. Army's Alpha Company 4th Battalion 5th Stryker Brigade stand guard as members of their platoon speak with policemen with the Afghan National Police before leaving on a mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Wolverine on December 11, 2009 near Qalat, Afghanistan. The battalion has been tasked with helping to secure Zabul Province in southeastern Afghanistan.



SFC Jeremy Ellis from Ashland, Kentucky of the U.S. Army's Alpha Company 4th Battalion 5th Stryker Brigade looks out from the top of a Stryker armored combat vehicle as it leaves on a mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Wolverine on December 11, 2009 near Qalat, Afghanistan. The battalion has been tasked with helping to secure Zabul Province in southeastern Afghanistan.



SGT Joshua Hedensten from Cambridge, Minnesota of the U.S. Army's Alpha Company 4th Battalion 5th Stryker Brigade keeps watch from the top of a Stryker armored combat vehicle while on a mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Wolverine on December 11, 2009 near Qalat, Afghanistan. The battalion has been tasked with helping to secure Zabul Province in southeastern Afghanistan.



Pvt. Kevin White from Wakefield, Rhode Island of the U.S. Army's Alpha Company 4th Battalion 5th Stryker Brigade stands guard as members of his platoon speak with policemen with the Afghan National Police before leaving on a mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Wolverine on December 11, 2009 near Qalat, Afghanistan. The battalion has been tasked with helping to secure Zabul Province in southeastern Afghanistan.

Lt. Andrew Minoski of Las Vegas, Nevada of the U.S. Army's 172nd Brigade Combat Team (C) dons his body armor before a patrol January 19, 2009 in Musayyib, in the Babil Province, Iraq. Musayyib was once an explosively dangerous zone for American troops; now a fragile peace is at hand, as the area's restive Shia and Sunni groups formed U.S.-sanctioned militias to keep order. American troops are stepping up patrols in advance of important Iraqi elections on January 31.



Lt. Andrew Minoski (L) of Las Vegas, Nevada of the U.S. Army's 172nd Brigade Combat Team questions a resident about hanging Palestinian flags, which can be a sign of protest against American forces January 19, 2009 in Musayyib, in the Babil Province, Iraq.



Lt. Andrew Minoski of Las Vegas, Nevada of the U.S. Army's 172nd Brigade Combat Team leads a patrol of soldiers January 19, 2009 in Musayyib, in the Babil Province, Iraq.

Pfc. Dustin Napier (L) of Cincinnati, Ohio and Army Chaplain Jonathan Knoedler of Portland, Oregon, both in the 3-89 Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division, sit in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle while traveling the streets of east Baghdad May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently




Soldiers exit a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle at Forward Operating Base Loyalty May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq



Army Chaplain Jonathan Knoedler of Portland, Oregon of the 10th Mountain Division walks in front of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.



Soldiers exit a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle at Forward Operating Base Loyalty May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq



A gunner sits in the well of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle as it moves on the streets of east Baghdad May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.



A Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle is parked at Forward Operating Base Loyalty May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq




Army Chaplain Jonathan Knoedler of Portland, Oregon (center) leads men of the 3-89 Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division in rallying call before moving out in a MRAP vehicle onto the streets of east Baghdad May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Members of 1st Platoon, Blackwatch Co., 2-1 Infantry, look for a downed “Raven” UAV from another battalion near Hutal village, along Highway One, in Kandahar. The Raven is rather small – it weighs a only few pounds, and has a four foot wingspan, and is particular useful with infantry operations.



Lt. Nicholas Privette leads members of 1st platoon, the “Roughnecks,” on cordoned search through nearby Hutal village, looking for insurgents that may be holed up in the area.



Spc. Anthony Hernandez sets up his 240 in a wagon at the entrance of an alleyway while on patrol with 1st platoon, the “Roughnecks,” Blackwatch Co., 2-1 Infantry, near COP Rath in western Kandahar.

Staff Sgt. Jason Hughes, Squad Leader, 1st Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry, writes a letter home to his grandmother at the Baba Saheb district center in Kandahar. He often takes up to three days to write a letter, taking his time to figure out what he wants to say.



After scouting some new desolate hills about 1000 yards away from the last compound, Staff Sgt. Matthew Sanders, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry, takes in his newly assigned patrol base, an empty hilltop outside of town. Who needed walls or buildings anyway for the winter? C-wire is just as good.



After about an hour and half break from building the FOB, it’s back to work for 4th Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry. Their Thanksgiving meal is quickly worked off by digging out an entrance for the Strykers, filling sandbags, and building guard towers on the compound.



Members of 4th Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry, eat their Thanksgiving meal after taking over a compound for a brand new FOB near the Argandab valley in Kandahar. Most of the troops said the dinner was decent enough – although there was one loud dissent, “the mashed potatoes taste like ****! And that’s the best part of the meal!” It was universally agreed, though, that flying and trucking in a hot holiday meal was a very, very good thing.



Sgt. Ryan Sharp, 21, from Brookfield, Wi. (C), shows the rest of 1st Platoon, Bravo Co., 1-17 Infantry, his share of videos and pictures of the unit before turning in for the night – ranging from their training almost 3 years ago in Ft. Lewis, to their current deployment in the Argandab valley in Kandahar, Afghanistan. “A lot of us went to Basic together, and most of us have been together for a long time. It’s stuff from battle drills, classes, and training – us goofing around. It’s probably the first time a group of us together has seen the collection.”



Spc. Brandon Trentham, Bravo Co., 1-17 Infantry, prepares to leave COB Outlaw in the Argandab valley in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The company generally rotates out to another FOB a kilometer away every five days, always on foot. He estimates that his bag weighs around 50 lbs. – and with his 240 and body armor, he’s probably carrying at least his body weight in gear. “You kinda get used to it,” he said.



Sgt. Jason Hawkins, Bravo Co., 1-17 Infantry, watches the perimeter on patrol shortly after sunrise in the dense orchards and vineyards of the Argandab valley in Kandahar, Afghanistan. During the summertime, the foliage is so dense that visibility is only around 40 ft. when you’re kneeling. Grunts from across several operating areas have compared it to Vietnam – the daily patrols in a thick belt of green, regular gunfights, explosions heard in distance, and the Kiowas overhead – but minus the naplam, of course.

[zordans]

Non so se c'entra con la discussione ma io vorrei regalarvi queste immagini. Vediamo se lo riconoscete

[..Henry...]

non è mica Salvatore Giunta? il primo soldato in vita ad aver ricevuto la Medaglia d'onore nel 2007 se non erro belle immagini

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KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers located at Combat Outpost Spera partnered with members of the Afghan national army to destroy a multi-room building, used to protect insurgents as they travelled through Khost province, Dec. 18.

U.S. Army 707th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team out of Fort Lewis, Wash.; 3rd Scout Platoon, Troop A, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Alaska; and members of the Afghan national army destroyed the multi-room building, nicknamed the "Taliban Hotel," to restrict insurgent freedom of movement and logistic support.

"In theatre, as a whole, my team and I are responsible for the safe mitigation of explosive hazards, ranging from unexploded ordinance to improvised explosive devices," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dennis Speek, 707th EOD team leader. "Our current mission at COP Spera is to explosively destroy a complex known as the 'Taliban Hotel' that is being used by insurgents for safe haven while conducting attacks in the vicinity of COP Spera."

Securing the surrounding area is the main priority of the 707th EOD Team and ANA.

"I am tasked with conducting border patrols to deny insurgent weapon and supply smuggling capabilities," said U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Jewell, Jr., platoon leader for the 3rd Scout Platoon. "Along with that task comes mentorship and partnership with ANA counterparts to create a safer environment for the people of Afghanistan."

The destruction of the "Taliban Hotel" helps show the people of Afghanistan that insurgent forces are not tolerated in this area, Jewell said.

Demolishing the hotel took a large amount of explosives, and the mountainous terrain called for unconventional methods of transportation in order to get equipment to the location. In this situation, the ANA provided the solution; the combined forces team loaded the backs of donkeys to carry 300 pounds of C-4 explosive charges.

"We are happy to help stop insurgents from entering our country in any way we can," said Baaz Mohammad, Afghan national army medical soldier. "With the help of the ANA-supplied donkeys, the trip is made more bearable."

According to Jewell, his unit's presence with the Afghan national security forces allows them to conduct missions that would conventionally be out of ANSF's grasp. Being partnered with American forces allows the ANSF opportunities to conduct missions that would otherwise be out of reach, such as the EOD destruction of the "Taliban Hotel," giving them something to work towards.

"We are supporting the ANSF to build a strong military presence that can support and defend their government against insurgents and criminals," he said. "That way, one day, they can conduct missions on their own at the same level, which is ultimately our goal in Afghanistan.

"Levelling the 'Taliban Hotel' prevents the insurgents from relying on another avenue to spread violence and turmoil with the borders of Afghanistan."

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Mehall from San Antonio, Texas, of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, takes a knee and pulls security as he waits for his team to catch up, after searching a former ammunition factory for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20.



U.S. Soldiers attached to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and the 55th Signal Company, 21st Signal Brigade, come down a three story tower after searching a former ammunition factory for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20.



U.S. Army Spc. Mark Mclain, from Marin, Ohio, and U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Munizich, from Los Angeles, Calif., of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, search a former ammunition factory for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20.



U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Mehall, from San Antonio, Texas, and U.S. Army Spc. Mark Mclain, from Marin, Ohio, of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, come down the stairs from the second story of a former ammunition factory, searching for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20.



U.S. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, enter a former ammunition factory to search for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20.



U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Mehall from San Antonio, Texas, of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls security while being posted on top of a ladder, as his team searches a former ammunition factory for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20



U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Mehall, from San Antonio, Texas, of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, climbs a ladder to reach the roof of a former ammunition factory, in search of improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20.



U.S. Army Spc. Mark Mclain, from Marin, Ohio, and U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Munizich, from Los Angeles, Calif., of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, search a former ammunition factory junkyard for improvised explosive devices and other explosives in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20

[..Henry...]

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Cumiford, relays grid coordinates by radio to the tactical operations center at Combat Outpost Terezayi while out on patrol in the Terezayi district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4. Cumiford serves as a platoon leader with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala. He and his Soldiers work with the Afghan border policemen out of Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah to sustain border security and maintain peace amongst the local population.



A Mark 19 Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station, can be mounted on the top of various combat vehicles and has an array of cameras and advanced electronic sensors. U.S. Army Soldiers from Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala., utilize the CROWS while pulling guard duty at Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah in the Terezayi district of eastern Afghanistan's Khost province.



U.S. Army Soldiers from Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, maintain 360-security during mounted patrols in Terezayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec. 2. The Soldiers, out of Fort Richardson, Ala., conduct daily security patrols to ensure security throughout the Terezayi district.



U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Meggs, conducts a security patrol in the Terezayi district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4. Meggs and other Soldiers with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala., work with the Afghan Border Police operating out of Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in eastern Afghanistan. Meggs, a fire support officer, provides indirect fire support to ground maneuver units.



A round from a Mk19 Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station, is test fired for accuracy at Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah in the Terezayi district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4. U.S. Army Soldiers serving with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala., utilize the CROWS while pulling guard duty alongside the Afghan border police at the Afghan COP.




U.S. Army Pfc. Christopher Long takes a break after pulling guard duty at Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah in the Terezayi district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec 4. Long serves as a squad designated marksman with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala.



U.S. Army mortar men from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, Indiana National Guard, provide 120 mm mortar fire support to Soldiers from Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala., at Afghan Combat Outpost Chergotah located in the Terezayi district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4.



U.S. Army Sgt. Mihail Golin, uses a tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided missile to help secure the Afghanistan and Pakistan border crossing of Chergotah in the Terezayi district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4. Security in Chergotah is a daily struggle due to a vast amount of mountain crossings. Golin serves as an infantryman with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Ala.

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Pfc. Josh Barrios from Torrence, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Brent Holmes from Marysville, Wash., both mortarmen with B Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conduct a fires mission Dec. 16 from Camp Clark in the Khost Province of eastern Afghanistan.








Date: 12.23.2009

BAGHDAD – It takes more than just hot air to get the Aerostat surveillance system up in the sky, it also requires many hours of training.

Soldiers from 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division have spent the last month learning from the ground up how to assemble, operate and perform minor maintenance on the system, here, at Joint Security Station Muthana.

The surveillance systems that are mounted on the Aerostat blimp have the ability to view objects or locations many kilometers away, during day or night.

"With this training [we] will able to operate the system ourselves and provide a aerial view across the area of operation," said Sgt. Perter Burkes, a infantryman from Austin, Texas. "The Aerostat is a pressurized flexible structure that's filled with helium and it looks like a blimp."

Part of the 28-day training on the $4 million piece of equipment required the Soldiers to spend two weeks in the classroom learning the ins and outs of the system.

"In the class we learned about each part of the system, how to put them together and operate it," Spc. Val Tapia, a fire support Soldier from Stockton, Calif. "The class was very helpful because we were able to ask all the questions we needed."

At the end of the classroom session of the course the Soldiers had to take a written exam to test their knowledge on the system.

"I studied very hard for the written test," said Spc. Roy Justin, a radar repair specialist from Castleton, N.Y. "I was very proud that I did excellent on the test."

Every Soldier that did well on the written exam continued on to the hands-on portion of the course.

"We inventoried each piece of the system and then basically put the entire thing together," said Tapia. "It took us two day to put it together."

The final portion of the course required each person to master how to launch and recover the Aerostat.

"It took a team of about eight people 15 to 20 minutes to launch and recover the system and each person on the team had to learn everyone else's position," said Tapia. "We launched and recovered the Aerostat at least 50 times, under the supervision of the civilian instructor, so that everyone would be confident no matter what position they were thrown in."

The Soldiers completing the Aerostat training course will provide a major asset to the area.

"The training was excellent," said Burkes. "Now that this team is almost done with the training, we will be able to provide the visual support that is very essential for the safety of our Soldiers."







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US Army Soldier from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment perform Military Operations Urban Terrain training during a training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)




US Army Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment perform Military Operations Urban Terrain training during a training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)



A US Army fire team from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment scouts a simulated enemy obstacle during a Military Operations Urban Terrain training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)



Two US Army Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment disable a road block obstacle during a training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)



US Army Specialist Thomas Doss and his team from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment perform Military Operations Urban Terrain training during a training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)



An eight-wheeled Stryker mechanized unit from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment performs in a training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)



An eight-wheeled Stryker mechanized unit from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment performs in a training exercise under the Joint Task Force East in the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

[..Henry...]

The soldiers stationed at Observation Post Restrepo, overlooking the Korengal Valley, are engaged in protracted battle against a toxic mix of local insurgents, Taliban leaders, foreign jihadis and al-Qaeda members.



The enemy routinely fires on the soldier's positions from perches in the gorge. No one knows what — or who — lies at the end of the 6-mile-long valley because no one has been able to make it that far. In this photo, smoke rises from a mortar fired by American troops



Over the past nine months, the unit has lost seven men.



US Specialist Jordan Turner is 21 years old



Soldiers from the unit head to Obi Naw Village.



The unit is beset by an ambush while on patrol.



The soldiers interview a village elder about insurgent activity during a night patrol. The unit had hoped that the man would accompany them on a search mission, part of an effort to set an example to other members of the community. The man declined to take part.



A Bravo Company soldier provides security while members of his unit interview residents of Loi Kolay, another village in the valley







The outpost is provisioned with MREs, but occasionally someone carries in something special, like chips or Mountain Dew.



A fortified position is well stocked with heavy guns.



Members of the unit return from a night patrol to Loi Kolay. Captain Howell observes that it will take more than troops to subdue the insurgents. "To win this war, it's going to take patience," he say.








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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy L. Conn, an instructor for the 7th Army Non Commissioned Officer Academy located at the Joint Multinational Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany, says he learns something new every day from his Warrior Leader Course students. Conn said the training that Soldiers receive at WLC is significant to becoming a qualified leader in today's Army. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Vaile-Nelson/133rd MPAD)



U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy L. Conn, an instructor for the 7th Army Non Commissioned Officer Academy located at the Joint Multinational Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany, says he learns something new every day from his Warrior Leader Course students. Conn said the training that Soldiers receive at WLC is significant to becoming a qualified leader in today's Army. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Vaile-Nelson/133rd MPAD)



Soldiers carry a "wounded" comrade off of the battlefield during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 16. The Soldiers are students in the Warrior Leader Course held at the 7th Non Commissioned Officer Academy here. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Vaile-Nelson, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)



U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Haase, a Soldier with the 146th Signal Company based in Weisbaden, Germany, searches for enemy movement during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Training Command located in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 16. The exercise was part of the Warrior Leader Course evaluation phase at the 7th Army Non Commissioned Officer Academy. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Vaile-Nelson/133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)



U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Haase pulls security in the prone position after an Improvised Explosive Device was discovered by his team during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Training Command located in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 16. Haase and other Soldiers in his Warrior Leader Course were evalauted on leading troops in tactical situations after three-weeks of classroom instruction. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Vaile-Nelson, 133rd Moblie Public Affairs Detachment)



A Soldier attending Warrior Leader Course at the 7th Army Non Commissioned Officer Academy treats a "wounded" Soldier during an evaluated training exercise July 16, at the Joint Multinational Training Command located in Grafenwoehr, Germany. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Vaile-Nelson, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fire a 105 mm round with an M119 light-tow howitzer during live-fire training at Combat Outpost Monti in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan on Dec. 2, 2009.