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U.S. Soldiers conduct a patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers to check on conditions in a village in the Wardak province of Afghanistan Feb. 17, 2010. The Soldiers are assigned to the Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

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Marine snipers assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unitfire their weapons during a crew serve weapons shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau. Nassau is deployed as part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group/24th Marine Expeditionary Unit supporting maritime security operations and theater security operations efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

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Paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), exit a C-130 aircraft Feb. 12, at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, as part of the largest airborne training exercise conducted by U.S. forces in Iraq since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A jumper’s parachute is opened by the yellow universal static line along the fuselage of the aircraft.

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U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment conduct a combat mission inside a Stryker armored vehicle during Operation Helmand Spider, Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2010.

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Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, set up security inside a compound in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2010. The Marines took shelter inside the compound after clearing it of insurgents and improvised explosive devices. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers have been conducting Operation Moshtarak to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

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Scout snipers with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security from a compound in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2010. The Marines took shelter inside the compound after clearing it of insurgents and improvised explosive devices. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers have been conducting Operation Moshtarak to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

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Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2010. During the patrol, the Marines found a large cache of improvised explosive device-making materials, which were later destroyed during a controlled detonation. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers have been conducting Operation Moshtarak to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

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U.S. Soldiers with Mobile Gun System platoon, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division destroy an abandoned compound near Highway 1, Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 18, 2010. Recent discoveries of explosive devices have forced U.S. forces to destroy compounds in the area.

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U.S. Army Spc. Gomez Ruddy surveys mountains around him for possible threats as the rest of his team provides over watch security for the convoy moving along route Nebraska, near Forward Operating Base Methar Lam, Nangahar province, Afghanistan.
Feb. 16, 2010.

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U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, search the location of a Improvised Explosive Device cache found in Sharana, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Feb. 15.

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Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment while out on patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, Feb. 17. Several days after coalition forces launched an assault against insurgents taking refuge in the city, the fighting continues to manifest in sporadic outbursts.

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Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and 1st battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, take a moment to observe their surroundings after convoying construction material for their upcoming mission in Marjeh. The large plastic tubing will be used by Alpha Co. to build makeshift bridges over small canals.

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NORWAY - Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division board the Fast Inshore Attack Craft to conduct an amphibious assault during exercise Cold Response 2010 on February 19, 2010. Cold Response 2010 (CR10) is a Norwegian sponsored, scheduled, and conducted multinational invitational exercise with the Norwegian armed forces focused on cold weather maritime/amphibious operations, interoperability of expeditionary forces, special and ground operations.
Participants include forces from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and other NATO partners. This exercise, previously known as Battle Griffin, will occur entirely north of the Arctic Circle and will emphasize individual and unit cold weather capabilities.

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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jesse Underwood from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment engages enemy forces in a small arms fire fight during Operation Mostarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010.

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U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment engage enemy forces in a small arms fire fight with insurgents during Operation Mostarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010.

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Lance Corporals Daniel Garner (left), a rifleman, and Chris Ducharme, a mortarman, both with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, investigate a possible improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. The suspected IED turned out to be nothing of concern. Marines and Afghan national army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to carry out counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

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TerraN_EmpirE said:

see the first second and third photos in post 1042 those ACU's? Well there time is numbered US Army is officially issuing Multicam too Afghan operations this summer.

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U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment engage in a small arms fire fight with enemy forces during Operation Mostarak in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2010.

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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Stephan P. Karabin II, right, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks with British soldiers about clearing roads near Marjah, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2010. Karabin is working with many different Task Force Helmand units to remove all Taliban forces from the province.

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U.S. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23th Infantry Regiment provide security as their battle-damaged Stryker armored vehicle is prepared for towing by U.S. Soldiers from the 402nd Brigade Support Battalion during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2010.

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FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan national security force members and Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, take part in a patrol of villages in the Buji Bhast pass area Jan. 26.

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KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. Robert L. Jones, from Dallas, Texas, a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, converses with a young boy from the Kandagal village in the Manogai District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. Recently, an anti-Afghan mortar shell landed in the village. The platoon visited to check on the health of a young resident injured in the attack.

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KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Robert J. Goggins, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., a gunner assigned to 2nd platoon, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, shakes hands with a local from the Kandagal village in the Manogai District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province.

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U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua E. Tomblin of Canyon, Texas, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Imholt of Becker, Minn., and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Thomas J. Goodman of Ellicott City, Md. all with with 3rd Platoon, Chosen Company, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, lead a patrol through the Wata Poor District.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Hunt of Conosburg, Pa., team leader and Spc. Anthony Garcia of Rancho Cucamonga, rifleman both with 3rd platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, stand guard with Afghan National Army soldiers in the village of Tarale in the Monogia district. The Soldiers were part of a joint patrol between ANA, ANP and U.S. Army Soldiers.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Kreuger Jr. of Wheeling, W. Va., a team leader with 4th Platoon, Dagger Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team., pulls security during a meeting with village elders in the Wata Poor District.

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Sgt. Russel T. Kristopher of Rapid City, S.D., a Soldier with 1st Platoon, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, prepares to pull security during a meeting between the Afghan Border Patrol, the International Security Assistance Force and an elder with the village of Bargay in eastern Afghanistan on Jan. 18.

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KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Lee, aerial gunner, Bravo Co., 1-169 Aviation Reg. and Ala. native, provides aerial security from the rear door of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Khost Province, Afghanistan, Feb 24. Chinook helicopters are one of the primary air platforms for moving troops and supplies throughout Afghanistan.

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U.S. Marines provide security during a security halt in Marjeh, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2010. The Marines are with Combined Arms Assault Team 1, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7.

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Cpl. Anthony Deprimo, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, gives a piece of candy to an Afghan child while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to conduct counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

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Camp Lejeune Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, walk through a scenario during a Future Immersive Training Environment Joint Capability Technology Demonstration March 3. FITE is part of a broad USJFCOM campaign to enhance ground-based simulation through realistic, immersive training designed to make warfighters proficient enough that their first firefight is no worse than their last training event.

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