Vice President Richard Nixon enters an automobile in Afghanistan
Photographic Materials
Vice President Richard Nixon shakes hands with locals in Afghanistan
Photographic Materials
[Motorcade for President Eisenhower's visit to Kabul, Afghanistan] / [TOH].
Photograph shows cars and motorcyles driving through a street with crowds of people on either side; buildings and mountain in the distance.
U.S. Marine Corps 1ST LT. Nick Ramseur, a platoon commander with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, hands out posters and flyers to the local people in a mountain village at the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 31, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... more
U.S. Marine Corps troops of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provide security for the convoy while camels carrying supplies from a local mountain village walks by. The Marines pause to inspect during a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 31, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... more
U.S. Marine Corps troops in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct a mounted patrol in the cold and snowy weather of the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, in order to disrupt any enemy activity on Dec. 30, 2004. The Marines are stuck in heavy snow and had to move on foot. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... more
U.S. Marine Corps troops in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct a mounted patrol in the cold and snowy weather of the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, in order to disrupt any enemy activity on Dec. 30, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... more
U.S. Marine Corps personnel with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, stop for a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 29, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... more
U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Adam Brantley, a rifleman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security behind his FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during on a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 29, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Y... more
A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) driven by U.S. Marines Corps personnel from a Weapons Company with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, head down a narrow stretch of road while in route to the Khowst-Gardez Pass in Afghanistan, on Dec. 28, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Yarboro, USMC Release Stat... more
During a snow storm, U.S. Marines Corps personnel mounted on High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) from a Weapons Company with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, head down a narrow stretch of road while in route to the Khowst-Gardez Pass in Afghanistan, on Dec. 28, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES Scene Camera Operator: CPL James L. Yarboro, USMC Release Stat... more
Helicopter-tank operation in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 130, page 116
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Rehmat, an Afghan guerrilla, one of four that was chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele... more
Abdoul, an Afghan guerrilla, one of four that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons Release Status... more
An Afghan Mujahideen demonstrates positioning of a hand-held surface-to-air missile
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Soviet BMP-1 mechanised infantry combat vehicles move through Afghanistan
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A child wounded in Afghanistan's civil war wears stickers bearing the insignia of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on her shirt during a medical evacuation flight from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a 17th Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war sit aboard a bus following a medical evacuation flight. Twenty-four rebels wounded were flown from Islamabad, Pakistan, aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft and will be taken to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Mrs. Laura Bush Visits Ayenda Learning Center in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Original caption: Original caption: Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by Habiba Sarabi, Governor of Bamiran Province, right, and students of the Ayenda Learning Center during a tour of the school's construction site in... more
A high angle view of the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The bivouac site located to the distant left (see 2-man dome tents) belonged to the Marine Service Support Group-26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). The mass of military vans in the center of the photo belonged to the 101st Air Assault Division, US Army
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... more
A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment tent area facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... more
US High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) sit under a coating of frost in front of the mosque at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The HMMWVs include two M1097s and one M1035 (center)
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... more
A member of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) stands inside of an observation post site where Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) drive their LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) through the Afghan-manned gate at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
A pair of LAV-25s (Light Armored Vehicle-25) with the Marines from Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
With interperters onboard Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol using an LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
Afghan children watch from an archway as Marines conduct a mounted patrol with Light Armored Vehicles through a village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Us... more
A view of a burial site at a village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Us... more
Afghan children watch US Marines conduct a mounted patrol with Light Armored Vehicles through a village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Us... more
Marine First Lieutenant Lennon with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) stops to speak with Afghan villagers during a mounted patrol through an Afghan village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
Afghan children gather around the village well to watch Marines conduct a mounted patrol with Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) through a village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Us... more
An Afghan boy tries to coax Marines into giving him a gift near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
Flashing a smile an Afghan boy tries to coax the Marines into giving him a gift near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
An Afghan agricultural storage barn in a village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
On the winding dirt roads Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol onboard their Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
Members of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) scan the area, around a Soviet surface-to-air missile (SAM) site destroyed by coalition air sorties, in order to locate unexploded munitions. This site is near their observation post, near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
First Lieutenant Lennon, USMC (right), a member of Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), tells an Afghan man to seek cover prior to the destruction of unexploded munitions by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
A member of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) stands inside of an observation post site where US Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
Members of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) have lunch at an observation post site where US Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
Members of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) have lunch at an observation post site where Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
Members of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) have lunch at an observation post site where Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
Members of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) eat lunch at an observation post site where US Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow ... more
A Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion with Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 265, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) sits at the end of the runway at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. On the ground are three AH-1W SuperCobras and flying by is a UH-1N Iroquis
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... more
A KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), the Raiders, stands by on an airfield at a forward operating base. A KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) takes off in the background with Marines from the 26th MEU returning to Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... more
Airmen from the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron, Indian Springs, Nevada, recovers a RQ-1L Predator after it return from a flight over Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle system used for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 15th Reconnaissance Squadron Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William... more
[Bagram Air Base - Parwan - Afghanistan]
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Com... more
An US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopters lifts off from Bagram Air Base (AB) Afghanistan, for a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
Two Afghanistan Military Forces (AMF) Soldiers armed with Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers (RPG-7) prepare to patrol the area around Gardez, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gardez State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Rel... more
Local Afghani children surround an unidentified US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant (LT) assigned the Combat Camera documentation team, near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Melissa Sanscrai... more
US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion uses a translator to speak with local Afghani leaders to evaluate a damaged irrigation project site in the region of Jabel Saraj, near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Statu... more
US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion uses a translator to speak with local Afghani leaders to evaluate a damaged irrigation project site in the region of Jabel Saraj, near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Statu... more
Mr. Ismail Khan (left) Afghani Warlord leader of the Tajiks ethnic group, meets US Army (USA) General (GEN) Tommy R. Franks, Commander-in-CHIEF, US Central Command, at Herat Airport in western Afghanistan, during GEN Franks visit to the area
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Herat Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Joe Springfield, USAF Release St... more
A US Army (USA) CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter Crew CHIEF assigned to B/Company, 159th Aviation Battalion, pre-flights his helicopter before a mission at Bagram Air Base (AB) Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Com... more
A young Afghani boy leads a song performed by students at the Asheiy School in Kabul, Afghanistan, during their International Children's Day Celebration. The songs were primarily about freedom from the Taliban and the promise of a better future
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Charles Portman (left), interviews an Afghani boy at the Asheiy Kindergarten School in Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. School Officials invited US Military and Afghani Army personnel to watch a series of short plays and songs performed by the students, telling about freedom from the Taliban and the promise of a better future
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
An Afghani girl poses for a photograph in front of US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Kevin McDonnell (right), Commander, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) and Afghanistan National Army (ANA) COL Nahji Bulla (center) at the Asheiy School in Kabul, Afghanistan. School Officials invited US Military and Afghani Army personnel to watch a series of short plays and songs celebrating International Children's Day, telling about freedom from the Taliban and the promise of a better future
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
A local Afghani man stop to pose for a photograph, as he helps US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, set up a United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) tent outside Entry Control Point 5 at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
An Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldier (left) and a US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 345th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Squadron, dance to traditional Afghani music at a military academy near Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Members of the 345th PSYOP Squadron are rewriting traditional PSYOP doctrine by incorporating a variety show for new ANA recruits once a week. Afghan Recruits dance and read poetry bringing together many ethnic backgrounds and tribes
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) Maintenance personnel deployed at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan, inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 23rd Wing on the flight line after a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, for a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
Afghani Students at the Technical Academy Elementary School located near Kabul, Afghanistan, carry a bundle containing donated "School-in-a-box" sets containing pens, pencils, notebooks and textbooks, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
An injured Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldier receives treatment from a US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 947th Forward Surgical Team (FST) inside the Army Medical Center at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The ANA Soldier was injured in a truck accident outside the Base
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
An injured Afghanistan Army Soldier receives treatment for head wounds from US Army (USA) Medical Personnel at the Army Medical Center at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan. The Soldier is one of three Afghani Military Forces (AMF) personnel injured in a truck accident just outside of the airfield during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: Sstg Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
A local Afghani Civilian takes a brake after unloading bags of donated blankets, school supplies, and food at a schoolyard located at Rawanay, Afghanistan. The donations were delivered by US Army (USA) Soldiers from Civil Affairs (CA), Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), and Psychological Operations (PYSOP), during Operation Golden Eagle
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rawanay Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Keith D. Mcgrew, USA Release Status: Re... more
A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands in dusty conditions near the wreckage of an abandoned vehicle at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEODM. . Along with the harsh conditions, much of Bagram Air Base remains filled with reminders of past military conflicts like this old piece of Soviet military hardware in the foreground
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) Arlo K. Abrah... more
The wreckage of an abandoned Soviet Mig-21 Fishbed aircraft sits with rusted hardware in an open field near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. After over 20 years of war and civil unrest, the Afghan landscape is painted with pieces of old military hardware and unexploded ordnance
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Sw) Arlo K. Abra... more
A US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Brian Cole, 489th Civil Affairs Battalion and a local translator stand in floodwaters and listen to Afghanistan villagers in the Sayate District near Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan. The area will be surveyed and considered for disaster relief, provided by the US Military
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sayate Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Status: Re... more
A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion stands in floodwaters with local Afghanistan villagers in the Sayate District near Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan. The area will be surveyed and considered for disaster relief, provided by the US Military
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sayate Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, USAF Release Status: Re... more
Two local Afghanistan youths climb up a tree to escape the floodwaters that have destroyed crops and homes in the Sayate District outside of Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan. The area will be surveyed and considered for disaster relief, provided by the US Military
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... more
US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 52d Fighter Wing (FW) render a last salute to their outgoing Commander, USAF Colonel (COL) Gregory J. Ihde, as he departs Spangdahlem Air Base (AB) Germany, headed for a command assignment to Bagram Air Base (AB) Afghanistan. Due to the short notice there was not sufficient time to perform a formal Change of Command Ceremony
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ka... more
New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, board an elaborately decorated truck after participating a live fire training exercise on the in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
A local Afghan woman washes clothes next to the Kabul River near downtown Kabul, Afghanistan
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) (left), and a Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Soldier, check to make sure a new recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the ANA, has cleared his 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle, after participating in a live fire training exercise on the range in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army, 1ST Battalian, 3rd SFG, is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
A New Recruit assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) prepares to fire his 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle, during a live fire training exercise on the range in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalian, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
New Recruits assigned to the 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), armed with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, practice drill and ceremony during training conducted at a facility near Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
Two local Afghan women dressed in birkas, sit on the sidewalk of the market in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, while waiting for their families to finish shopping
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
An Afghan family from the Pashtun tribe sits together in their home in Kabul, Afghanistan
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more
Two Local Afghanistan women wash clothes at an area located near the Kabul River in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Bethann Hunt, USAF Release Status: Releas... more