Long-time readers remember we once ran these as regular posts, in case you were wondering the reason why you don’t see them anymore it’s because of the lack of new pics coming from Afghanistan. All the MSM outlets at one point had embedded photographers in the field but for reasons unknown to me they no longer seem to be doing this. I was lucky to come across a few recent pics for this post.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, patrol a village in western Kandahar City during a joint clearance operation with Afghan Uniformed Police from Police Substation

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Captain Joe Pazcoguin, commander of Company B, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, talks with 1st Lt. Austin Cattle, Company B, and 1st Lt. Mitchell Creel, 530th Engineer Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, during a clearance operation in western Kandahar City, The joint clearance with Afghan Uniformed Police of Police Substation 8 yielded three mortar rounds, seven rocket-propelled grenades and one anti-personnel mine.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Private First Class Paul Molina, a Soldier assigned to 530th Engineer Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, out of Fort Stewart, Ga., takes a knee during a joint clearance operation with Afghan Uniformed Police from Police Substation 8 in western Kandahar City.

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter takes off on Feb 4 from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The primary missions for Chinooks are troop movement, artillery emplacement, and combat resupply. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht)

U.S. soldiers part of the NATO- led International Security Assistace Force (ISAF) are seen alert at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

U.S. soldiers part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks, as a U.S. Chinook helicopter is seen on the back ground near the place where the foundation of a hospital was laid in Shindand, Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. The foundation of a U.S. military funded 50 beds hospital was laid with the cost of 400, 000 US dollar in Shindand of Herat, the hospital project is expected to be completed in 18 months. (AP Photo)

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies overhead on Feb. 5 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

An MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter takes off during a medical evaluation in Shah Joy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27. Helicopters provide the fastest way to transport injured personnel from rural areas of Afghanistan to medical facilities located at larger coalition bases.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Montemurro does last minute checks on an F-16C Fighting Falcon piloted by Lt. Col. Bradford Everman on Feb. 5, 2012 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Everman is the commander of the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, and Montemurro is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Both are deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, which is located at Atlantic City International Airport, N.J. The 177th is deployed to provide close air support to coalition forces.

Afghan Local Police and members of coalition special operations forces load an ALP member needing medical care onto an MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during a medical evacuation in Shah Joy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27. Helicopters provide the fastest way to transport personnel with medical needs from rural areas of Afghanistan to medical facilities located at larger coalition bases.