Photos From the Frontlines of Afghanistan
1/11/10 - (Source: US Department of Defense - Click photos to
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The HC-130P/N, an extended-range version of the C-130
Hercules transport, fires flares as it flies over
Afghanistan on January 8th, 2010. (U.S. Air Force
photo/Released) |

A
Chinook helicopter fires warning flares before dropping
supplies at Combat Outpost Sarkari Bagh, Arghandab River
Valley, Afghanistan on January 9th, 2010. |

U.S.
Army Spc. Stacie Triick, a member of a female engagement
team out of Forward Operating Base Bostick, searches an
Afghan woman entering a health clinic in Naray,
Afghanistan on January 4th, 2010. (DoD photo by Sgt. Jennifer Cohen, U.S.
Army/Released) |

U.S. Soldiers with Cloak Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st
Cavalry Regiment, monitor traffic from the top of an
Afghan border police compound at the border crossing in Wesh, Afghanistan
on January 1st, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo
by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II/Released) |

Capt. Jason C. Brezler, team leader for 3rd
Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment civil affairs group,
speaks with children at at a school in Now Zad, Afghanistan. Brezler, 31, is
from Bronx, N.Y. |

Staff Sgt. Donald Ottoway, from Denver, Colorado, performs
a head count of members from Forward Operating Base Ghazni as they re-enter the Qara Bagh District Center in
Qara Bagh, Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt.
Rebecca F. Corey, PRT Ghazni/Joint Combat Camera -
Afghanistan) |

Cpl. Alex Ivy, a mortar man with Weapons Company, 3rd
Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, observes the surrounding
area as Afghans work to
rebuild their shops in Now Zad, Afghanistan. Ivy, 21, is
from St. Louis. |

Lance
Cpl. John B. Kavanaugh, a member of Headquarters and
Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
explains to an Afghan national army soldier how his
firing stance can affect his balance and accuracy near
Forward Operating Base Geronimo. Kavanaugh,
20, is from Warner Robins, Georgia and is a 2008 graduate
of Warner Robins High School. |

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th
Marine Regiment takes cover in an orchard in the Now Zad
Valley, Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Cpl. Daniel M.
Moman, U.S. Marine Corps/Released) |
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