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August 2011 > Photos From the Frontlines of Afghanistan 
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U.S. Marine Sgt. Jared Barnard, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, takes a break in Malozi, Afghanistan.

3rd Recon Marines enter a compound in Malozi, Afghanistan.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion at Patrol Base Alcatraz in Sangin, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Soldiers navigate through rice paddies and cornfields while on patrol in Laghman province, Afghanistan on August 7th, 2011. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

U.S. Army Soldiers cross a creek during a combat patrol in Laghman province, Afghanistan on August 7th, 2011. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

A U.S Army sniper watches for suspicious activities in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. (US Army photo by Capt. Daniel Bustamante)

U.S. Army Soldiers cross a creek during a combat patrol in Babur Village, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Senior Airman Sean Martin, USAF)

A U.S. Army 2nd Lt. briefs her platoon prior to a route clearance mission.

A US Soldier secures an area in Qalat City, Afghanistan on August 9th, 2011. (USAF photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)

A US Marine assault breaching vehicle fires a line charge to clear IEDs in the Ladar Bazaar, Afghanistan.

The line charge detonates.

A Marine waits in line to use a phone to call his pregnant wife back in the states on August 4th, 2011.

Soldiers of Task Force Black Knight, 172nd Infantry Brigade, rest after a patrol in Paktika province, Afghanistan on August 10th, 2011. (Photo by Spc. Jacob Kohrs)