A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South scans the horizon for threats during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South steps carefully over an 18-inch-thick mud wall separating fields in the region while conducting a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area regularly patrols the area in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
A U.S. Special Forces soldier assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South moves down a pathway during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
U.S. Special Forces soldiers assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South greet Afghan children during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
A soldier assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South observes the horizon for threats during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011, in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects. (Photo by: Spc. Kelly Fox)
U.S. Special Forces soldiers assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South observe a pathway for threats during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects. (Photo by: Spc. Kelly Fox)
An intelligence sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South takes a knee while providing security overwatch during a patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South team helps secure this southern Afghan district in order to pave the way for development and agricultural projects like schools and more efficient irrigation canals.
A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South leaps over debris in a grape field during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols to assess development projects, which include efforts to enhance irrigation in this district bordering one of southern Afghanistan's main sources of water, the Arghandab River.
A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South climbs a seven-foot tall wall during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South takes time out of his team's security patrol to greet some of the Afghan children of Kandahar province's Panjwai District, Feb. 20, 2011. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
A U.S. Special Forces weapons sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South directs security positions during a patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.
A U.S. Special Forces intelligence sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South climbs over the ruins of an abandoned compound during a security patrol Feb. 20 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to secure known abandoned compounds from the possible storage of explosive-making material.
A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South enters an abandoned compound during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to secure abandoned compounds from the possible storage of explosive-making material.
A U.S. Special Forces communications sergeant assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South proceeds up a steep footpath during a security patrol Feb. 20, 2011 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special Forces team in the area conducts regular patrols in order to bolster security as well as to meet with area villagers to assess development projects.