U.S. Marines and Afghan border police off-load a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during Operation Shahem Tofan Eagle Storm in the Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder.
Snow flies up as a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands at a remote landing zone in Shahjoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2012. Helicopters provided an efficient and reliable means of transporting personnel and cargo to rural areas of Afghanistan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. David Manning digs a foxhole at his platoon's defensive position during during Operation Shahem Tofan Eagle Storm in the Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2012. Manning is a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder.
2/16/2012 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan—Maj. Gen. James J. Jones listens as Staff Sgt. Zachery Trosch explains the different parts of a sniper rifle at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2012. Jones is the U.S. Air Force Central Command deputy commander and Trosch is a quick response team member with the 455 Security Forces Squadron. Jones was visiting Bagram to raise troop morale. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom.
U.S. Marines and Afghan border police board a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter before beginning Operation Shahem Tofan Eagle Storm near Combat Outpost Torbert in the Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. After arriving by helicopters and an armored convoy, U.S. and Afghan forces scoured dusty highways for smugglers and insurgents moving across the eastern desert into Helmand province. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan-- Airman 1st Class Jonathan Nieves and Staff Sgt. Carlo Lat open a panel on an F-16 Aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Nieves is an aircraft electrician with the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Lat is a crew chief with the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Both are deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing, NJ. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom.
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A noncommissioned Afghan army officer helps U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joshua Holden climb onto a roof while searching compounds during a security patrol in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 6, 2012. Holden is a section leader assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. Marines from his unit and Afghan soldiers partnered to conduct census operations, and search houses for illegal drugs and evidence of insurgent activity. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder.
Army 1st Sgt. Walter Josephs Jr., a field artillery instructor, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Walter Josephs Jr., a 451st Air Expeditionary Wing services journeyman, visit at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Skinkle.
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UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, depart from the flight line here, Feb. 13. The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade is currently in charge of U.S. aviation operations in Regional Command North and is providing aerial support for coalition ground forces. Photo by Sgt. Felix Acevedo.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jonathan Price conducts a security patrol near the village of Narizah in Afghanistan's Tani district, Feb. 10, 2012. Price is a squad leader assigned to the 501st Infantry Division's Company B, 1st Battalion Airborne. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson.
U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Ferguson demonstrates to Afghan soldiers how to use a M-136 AT4 anti-tank grenade launcher on Observation Post Mangol in the Nari district in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Feb. 8, 2012. Ferguson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trey Harvey.
U.S. Army Sgt. Cristian Duenas, center, gives a class on the use of radios to Afghan soldiers on Observation Post Mangol in the Nari district in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Feb. 7, 2012. Duenas is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trey Harvey.
A soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade directs the C-130 carrying Gen. Martin Dempsey, the highest ranking U.S. military officer after landing at Forward Operating Base Shank. Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was in Visits Bulldog Soldiers In Afghanistan to meet with troops and military commanders. Photo by Sgt. John Ortiz.
U.S. Army soldiers patrol a village during a joint clearance operation with Afghan police in western Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Feb. 1, 2012. The clearance operation yielded three mortar rounds, seven rocket-propelled grenades and an anti-personnel mine. DoD photo by Sgt. Seth Barham, U.S. Army.
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