U.S. Army Capt. Tim Beecher mans the .50-caliber machine gun on the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as another Black Hawk flies near the Tora Bora area along the Pakistan border in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2011.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Braden Lemaster, officer-in-charge of the Jalalabad Office of the Afghanistan Engineer District, of Sacremento, Calif., cuts the ribbon officially opening the Khas Kunar II Afghan Border Patrol Station in Khas Kunar District, Afghanistan, June 4. The station will house 93 border patrol officers and is expected to enhance security along the Pakistan border. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chuck Walker)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Toon provides security atop a mountain during Operation Oqab Behar VI in Paktika province, Afghanistan, May 20, 2011. Toon is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. The mission provided security along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.U.S. Army photo by Spc. George N. Hunt.
Soldiers assigned to Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Steel, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, stop in a village close to the Pakistan border to talk with locals about security concerns or problems in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, May 20. The soldiers said they believe the increased patrols in the area will improve overall security for villagers living there. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Burrell.
U.S. Army Capt. Edwin Churchill calls for indirect fire following an enemy attack on his company’s position near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan, May 18, 2011. DOD photo by Karen Parrish.
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U.S. Army engineers set off explosive charges to disable a road serving as an illegal crossing point at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, May 16, 2011. DOD photo by Karen Parrish.
SOMALIA (May 3, 2011) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) apprehended 7 Somali pirates and released 15 Pakistani crew members . The Pakistani master of the vessel claimed to have been pirated and used as a mother ship for more than six months. The boarding team found seven loaded AK47 assault rifles, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, seven projectiles, and several ammunition canisters, ladders and grappling hooks. The boarding team disposed of the pirate paraphernalia and weapons. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Intelligence Specialist Deshonia Wesley/Released)
Soldiers from Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, climb mountainous terrain March 28 during an operation to clear key terrain near the Afghanistan and Pakistan border to deny insurgents freedom of movement across the border. Courtesy Photo.
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SOMALIA (May 3, 2011) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) apprehended 7 Somali pirates and released 15 Pakistani crew members . The Pakistani master of the vessel claimed to have been pirated and used as a mother ship for more than six months. The boarding team found seven loaded AK47 assault rifles, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, seven projectiles, and several ammunition canisters, ladders and grappling hooks. The boarding team disposed of the pirate paraphernalia and weapons. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Intelligence Specialist Deshonia Wesley/Released)
An Afghan Border Patrol police officer looks through a bag in a boy's wheelbarrow on the pedestrian walkway March 7 at Torkham Gate on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson.
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Pakistani Army Brig. Gen. Asad Shahzada (second from right) Pishin Scouts and Frontier Corps zone commander, gestures as he talks to liaisons from the Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force officials at the Joint Border Coordination Center on Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak. The trilateral meeting covered topics ranging from fighting terrorist activities and improving information sharing to upgrading roads. Photo by Sgt. Richard Andrade
Two members of the 621st Contingency Response Element wait with forklifts for the arrival of another aid aircraft. The CRE team was responsible for palletizing and loading more than 20 million pounds of cargo for the people of Pakistan after devastating floods left millions of people homeless and more than 2000 dead. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Shawn Underwood)
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Soldiers from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade and Pakistan army soldiers pose for a group photo before the closing ceremony in Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Dec. 2. The closing ceremony signals the end of humanitarian operations out of Ghazi Aviation Base. Photo by Pfc. Joshua Kruger.
Pakistani navy divers operate an AN/PQS-2 Alpha hand-held sonar while wearing blacked out diving masks to simulate zero visibility during a basic dive equipment training course held by Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, attached to Combined Task Group 56.1.
CTG 56.1 provides maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Anderson Bomjardim
