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The Silver Star, the Nation's third-highest award is worn by Sgt. Williams W. Rollins. Rollins was awarded the Silver Star for his heroic actions in Afghanistan. During a reconnaissance patrol to the village of Dowlatabad, enemy fighters ambushed Rollins' squad with a high volume of machine gun and rocket propelled grenade fire from multiple prepared positions. With the majority of his squad pinned down by the accurate enemy fires, Rollins rushed to within 30 meters of the enemy positions, and in the face of almost certain death, provided suppressive fire which allowed his men to escape the immediate ambush area, according to the official awards citation. By Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson
MARJAH, Afghanistan Chief Petty Officer Robert Davis, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, holds an infant that was brought to the Afghan National Army medical outreach in Marjah, Afghanistan. Sixth Marine Regiment is deployed in Helmand Province supporting International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shawn P. Coover/Released)
KAF bazaar school Senior Airman Jonathan Armstrong gets stopped with the soccer ball by local Afghan children while playing a game at the bazaar school Nov. 13, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Armstrong is a vehicle operator and dispatcher assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
Multiple Low Cost, Low Altitude aerial delivery system bundles land at a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan. Photo Credit: Courtesy photo of NSRDEC
A Marine with Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and an Afghan citizen share a road near Combat Outpost Rankle, Afghanistan, Dec. 17. Approximately 25 combat engineers and heavy equipment operators with CLB-3's Engineer Co. improved 1,100 meters of roadway in direct support of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment as well as local Afghan citizens. By Cpl. Daniel H. Woodall
A Specialized Search Dog sits upon detecting the location of an explosive hidden in a sand pit during the certification event Wednesday. SSD teams were introduced in 2005 in response to the rising threat of improvised explosive device attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. The main difference between an SSD and an explosive detector dog is there capability of working primarily off-leash and at greater distances away from their handler. (Military Photo)
A member of 216 Signals Squadron operates a Bowman 325 HF man pack radio, at the British base in Lashkar Gar. Were British Forces in Afghanistan have extensively been using the new Bowman radio. This image was taken on Op Herrick IV, the UK's deployment into Helmand Province of Southern Afghanistan. Op Herrick IV has seen the development of the Helmand Task Force in the province, which has seen the cross Governmental Provincial Reconstruction Team set up in Lashkar Gar, to help the Afghan Government build strong governmental institutions, security and create jobs. The Task Force is made up of 3300 troops from the British Military, with the majority being taken from 16 Air Assault Brigade.
A boy in the village of Dag Mene in the Shalay Valley of eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province curiously eyes the camera during a security patrol in the area Nov. 4. Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, cleared Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell
DIWAR, Afghanistan (Dec. 18, 2010) Active duty and reserve component Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 40 and 18 secure and fortify a combat outpost in Diwar, Afghanistan. The Seabees continued working despite a suicide car bombing that killed six Soldiers at the site seven days before. The combined efforts by joint forces will restrict movement of Taliban insurgents and help secure self-governing efforts in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael B. Watkins/Released)
1st Marine Division Staff Sgt. Cary Anderson, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, meets with children during a joint patrol in the village of Habibabad, Dec. 13. Marines and Danish soldiers have been training a unit of Afghan National Army soldiers in tactics and patrolling, while stopping to discuss concerns with the locals. By Lance Cpl. Glen Santy
Plans are to provide troops in Afghanistan with a new generation of Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV). The LPPV has been designed to provide unprecedented levels of blast protection for a vehicle of its size, and will be able to carry a crew of up to six people. It will add to the wide array of protected vehicles already being used on operations in Afghanistan, including Mastiff and Ridgeback.
An Afghan child, holding a winter coat given to her by Afghan soldiers, walks through a medical outreach event here Dec. 23. This is an important part of helping the Sangin people, said Ghalam Fakhai, an Afghan Army doctor in Sangin. The Afghan soldiers and the Marines are working hard to help. Events like this are just one more step to get there. By Sgt. Dean Davis Regimental Combat Team 2
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) commanding general and sergeant major stand with Lt. Col. Douglas Gasgow, commanding officer for the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (Reduced) (Reinforced) Flying Tigers, and a small group of his Marines in front of a disabled H-47 Chinook. The Marines conducted an external lift for the Chinook, returning the aircraft for repairs to Forward Operating Base Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The Tigers and their CH-53E Super Stallions are the only aircraft in country capable of a 23,500 pound external lift. By Sgt. Derek B. Carlson 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (FWD)
BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Nov. 22, 2010) Chief Hospital Corpsman David Worrell, the leading chief petty officer for 3d BN, 25th Marine Regiment, treats an Afghan child during a village medical outreach project in Boldak. Afghanis were given care for minor injuries and illnesses and were also provided personal hygiene products such as toothbrushes and shampoo by members the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum/Released)
Pfc. Bruce S. Simms, a rifleman from Calabasas, Calif., assigned to 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, stretches his legs in his fighting position on a mountainside overlooking the Ganjgal Valley, Afghanistan, Dec. 11. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba--Reserve Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Frazier, a member of Ft. Eustis, Va.-based Port Security Unit 305 stands duty outside the Navy Fleet Hospital in Cuba. Detainees from the war in Afghanistan are treated at the hospital. PSU 305 has been deployed to Cuba since January to provide security for both water and shoreside operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. USCG photo by PA2 Megan Casey
SANGIN, Afghanistan (Nov. 18, 2010) A hospital corpsman assigned to Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, cleans a local Afghan elder's foot to check for infection at a patrol base near Sangin, Afghanistan. The Marines of Company B are conducting counterinsurgency operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William J. Faffler/Released)
Regimental Combat Team 1 A U.S. Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 pets a dog in a compound during a clearing operation in southern Marjah, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2010. The Marines searched for enemy activity and interacted with Afghan citizens. The regiment was deployed to Helmand province to support the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shawn P. Coover/Released)
An Afghan girl carrying her baby brother clutches a box of food while her older brother stands by at a small village outcropping on a mountainside overlooking the Pech River Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province Nov. 23. Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bul Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell
Ka-boom! Special operations forces with the International Security Assistance Force fire an 81 mm mortar at an insurgent position from Forward Operating Base Kutschbach, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2010. The ISAF SOF fired mortars to drive back insurgents attacking an Afghan security forces checkpoint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford)
One misstep and I'm in the canal Staff Sgt. Kevin Flenoury crosses over a canal during a foot mission to the village of Khwazi, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2010. Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul visited the village to survey a site for a future well project. PRT Zabul is composed of members from the Air Force, Army, Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Department of Agriculture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)
1st Marine Logistics Group (FWD) Marines with Charlie Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), carry a Hesco barrier in Sangin, Afghanistan, Nov. 24. CLB-2 Marines installed protective barriers around a medical clinic in order to protect Afghan civilians who seek help at the clinic. The engineers also secured a staging area for vehicles and built fighting positions to provide security from the Taliban. By LCpl. Kenneth Jasik
Unserviceable munitions lay in a pit surrounded by C4 explosives in preparation for destruction Dec. 22, outside the perimeter of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Edward A. Garibay, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
SANGIN, Afghanistan (Nov. 7, 2010) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Raul R. Silva, assigned to Police Advisor Team 1 of Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, interacts with Afghan children during a security patrol with Civil Affairs Group and Afghan Uniformed Police. The battalion is one of the combat elements of Regimental Combat Team 2 conducting counter insurgency operations with the International Security Assistance Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Ortiz/Released)
A Sentinel R1 surveillance aircraft of 5 Squadron RAF, at an airfield in the Middle East. The Sentinel R1 provides a long-range, battlefield-intelligence, target-imaging and tracking radar for the RAF and the Army and conducts surveillance applications in peacetime, wartime and in crisis operations.
1st Marine Logistics Group (FWD) Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (Forward), wait in line to check out at the mobile post exchange operated by Marine Corps Community Services near the Kajaki Dam, Dec. 25. MCCS and Disbursing Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) arrived in Kajaki on Christmas day to provide goods such as snacks and other comfort items to the Marines in the area. By Lance Cpl. Kenneth Jasik
Troops carry a wounded comrade to a Blackhawk medivac helicopter. This followed a prolonged contact with Taliban fighters which saw the enemy attack from various positions on both sides of a river in Helmand, Afghanistan during Operation Panchai Palang 2 (Panthers Claw). Soldiers of 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards (2 Coy 1WG), had been occupying a compound overlooking Checkpoint Yellow 7, a volatile bridge crossing, when the engagement occurred.
Two soldiers from 1st Battalion Scots Guards based at Checkpoint North, Helmand, Afghanistan take warmth from a fire at night. Their unit was covering the Basharan Area of Operation (AO) for clearance operations, reassuring locals and ground domination. This image was a winner for Cpl Gary Kendall RLC in the Army Photographic Competition 2010.
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