The primary mission of soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division stationed at FOB Shank is to advise and assist Afghan National Security Forces in the region. The soldiers continue to patrol outside the FOB in an effort to decrease rocket attacks on the FOB from the nearby villages. Security is at a heightened state throughout Afghanistan as the nation prepares for the April 5th presidential election.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division prepare to go out on a patrol from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division prepare to go out on a patrol from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
SGT Alenander Forst (L) from Mason, Ohio with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division waits for the start of a patrol mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
SGT Alexander Forst from Mason, Ohio, with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division waits for the start of a patrol mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
SPC Alexander Lehinger from Minneapolis, Minnesota with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division prepares to go out on patrol from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
SPC Benjamin Rudd from Syracuse, New York with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division waits for the start of a patrol mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
PFC Zachary Stiles from Greer, South Carolina with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division prepares to go out on patrol from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
SGT Alexander Forst (L) from Mason, Ohio and PFC Cody Boelkens from West Chicago, Illinois with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division wait for the start of a patrol mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
SPC Phillip Allen from Towanda, Pennsylvania with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division talks on the radio after a scheduled patrol mission from Forward Operating Base (FO Shank was cancelled on March 28, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walk past a billboard which encourages women to vote in Afghanistan's April 5th presidential election following a patrol outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
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The primary mission of soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division stationed at FOB Shank is to advise and assist Afghan National Security Forces in the region. The soldiers continue to patrol outside the FOB in an effort to decrease rocket attacks on the FOB from the nearby villages. Security is at a heightened state throughout Afghanistan as the nation prepares for the April 5th presidential election.
SGT Alexander Forst (C), from Mason, Ohio, patrols with other soldiers the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank, on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol into a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol into a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol into a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol into a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol on the edge of a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol on the edge of a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol on the edge of a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division set up a defensive position inside an Afghan National Army (ANA) outpost during a patrol outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol on the edge of a village outside of Forward Operating Base (FO Shank on March 29, 2014 near Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan