Army photos taken on March 21 and released on April 9. Marines pics from April 8.
Soldiers from Able Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, react to fire during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21 while two Afghan children watch. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
Spc. Thomas White, infantryman, Able Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, scans his sector at a defensive watch position during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21 while to Afghan children watch. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
Spc. Derek Jordan, medic, Able Company 3-66, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, scans the finger of an Afghan man during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
Spc. Thomas White, infantryman, Able Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, climbs a ladder to set up a defensive watch position during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21 while to Afghan children watch. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
Spc. Thomas White, infantryman, and Sgt. Shane Ehrlich, team leader, both from Able Company 3-66, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, keep watch during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
Soldiers from Able Company 3-66 Armor, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade set-up a defensive watch position during an air assault mission in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21. The soldiers, alongside the Afghan National Army, searched two villages for insurgent activity and weapons caches.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Mark Jensen (center), a team leader with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 22-year-old native of Nyssa, Ore., jokes with Afghan National Police patrolmen and local children while providing security at a vehicle checkpoint outside the Hazar Joft Bazaar here, April 8, 2012.
U.S. Marines with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrol past the Garmsir district center during a security patrol here, April 8, 2012. On the patrol, the Kilo Co. Marines partnered with members of the Afghan National Police to maintain security in and around the Hazar Joft Bazaar, one of the busiest commercial centers in Helmand provinceâs Garmsir district. Their partnership is a vital part of preparing the Afghan National Security Forces to assume lead security responsibility in Garmsir.