Scenes From Afghanistan

By U.S. ArmyAugust 29, 2013

Soldiers Preserve Tradition
1 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Polish army soldiers assigned to Polish Task Force 50, hold their nations flag and renders honors as the American flag is lowered by U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade, ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Soldiers Preserve Tradition
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade, Forward Operating Base Rushmore, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, fold the American flag as Polish army soldiers assigned to Polish Ta... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Soldiers Preserve Tradition
3 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Polish army soldier assigned to Polish Task Force 50 renders honors while another holds the flags of Poland and the United States as the Afghan flag is lowered by U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Secu... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Soldiers Preserve Tradition
4 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade, Forward Operating Base Rushmore, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, fold the American flag as Polish army soldiers assigned to Polish Tas... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Mortar Training
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Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Isaqh assigned to 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 203rd "Thunder" Corps, explains the principles of firing a 60mm mortar to one of his soldiers while U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Chaffins of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regim... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Mortar Training
6 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Chaffins and Spc. Richard Cazarez assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, explain the set up and use of a 60mm mortar with bipod to Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Isaqh of 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Corps, ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Mortar Training
7 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Chaffins, a mortar man assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment explains the use of a "whiz" wheel to Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Isaqh of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 203rd "Thunder" Corps through an interpre... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghans Provide Aerial Medical Evacuation Support
8 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A pair of Ministry of Defense helicopters responded to a Border Police request for medical evacuation of a wounded police officer at the Walawas Checkpoint in Giyan District of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 24, within an hour of the injury. Whi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Mortar Training
9 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Chaffins, a mortar man assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment explains the use of a "whiz" wheel in conjunction with the mortar site of a 60mm mortar to Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Isaqh and one of his soldi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghans Provide Aerial Medical Evacuation Support
10 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A pair of Ministry of Defense helicopters responded to a Border Police request for medical evacuation of a wounded police officer at the Walawas Checkpoint in Giyan District of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 24, within an hour of the injury. Whi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Citizens Register to Vote
11 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Provincial Governor Moheebullah Samim watches as an International Election Committee member puts his photograph on his 2014 voter registration card, June 26, 2013. Governor Samim and other provincial leaders registered to vote publically to demonstra... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Citizens Register to Vote
12 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Provincial Governor Moheebullah Samim holds up his 2014 voter registration card, June 26, 2013. He and other provincial leaders registered to vote publically to demonstrate the security of the Sharan voter registration site in Paktika Province, Afgha... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Citizens Register to Vote
13 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A female voter registration employee at the Sharan voter registration site registers a female resident of Paktika Province, Afghanistan to vote in the 2014 elections, June 26, 2013. The rights of Afghan women have expanded and continue to grow under ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Afghan Citizens Register to Vote
14 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Disarming Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) Department of the Afghan Uniformed Police in Paktika Province held a weapons turn-in ceremony with provincial leaders, June 26, at the Provincial Government Complex in Sharan, Paktika Province. Pictured are w... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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