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A solider with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A solider with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A solider with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps displays his certificate of graduation from the Tactical Site Exploitation Course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2018. The course teaches follow-on s... More

A soldier from the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier from the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier from the Afghan National Army 215th Corps holds his certificate after graduating from the Tactical Site Exploitation Course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2018. The course teaches follow-on s... More

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner,

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner,

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner, Jr., commanding general of Task Force Southwest, receives the colors from Sgt. Maj. Darrell Carver, Task Force Southwest sergeant major during a transfer o... More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest (middle), and Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps (right), aw... More

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, musicians, and dancers wearing traditional clothing, celebrate ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the ... More

Afghan instructors teach a soldier with the 1st Kandak,

Afghan instructors teach a soldier with the 1st Kandak,

Afghan instructors teach a soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps about 60mm mortars as a Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest observes at Camp Shorabak, Afghanista... More

Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps, addresses his soldiers during Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) opening ceremony for 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan... More

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, displays his certification of completion from a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Fe... More

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade greet each other before a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advisors with TFSW ... More

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, receives his certificate of completion for a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. ... More

Leaders from Marine subordinate commands of II Marine

Leaders from Marine subordinate commands of II Marine

Leaders from Marine subordinate commands of II Marine Expeditionary Force take notes and discuss updates to NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18 during a planning meeting at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 20, 2018. Lea... More

Brig. Gen. Hussain Gul, Shorab Regional Hospital commander

Brig. Gen. Hussain Gul, Shorab Regional Hospital commander

Brig. Gen. Hussain Gul, Shorab Regional Hospital commander with the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, laughs during a conversation with his Task Force Southwest (TFSW) counterparts at Shorab Regional Hosp... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, stands relieved and Sgt. Maj. Don Hernandez, incoming II MEF Support Battalion sergeant major, is appointed du... More

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Sgt. Maj. Jason Jones, incoming

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Sgt. Maj. Jason Jones, incoming

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Sgt. Maj. Jason Jones, incoming sergeant major of Task Force Southwest, salutes the colors during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, January 15, 2018. Durin... More

A pilot with the Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) stands

A pilot with the Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) stands

A pilot with the Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) stands in front of his C208 airplane after conducting an air drop at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2018. The training enhances the readiness of their pilots to... More

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) prepare

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) prepare

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) prepare to load equipment onto a helicopter departing to Shorserack at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, March 6, 2018. Marines with TFSW form expeditionary advising packag... More

Lt. Gen. William D. Beydler, commanding general of

Lt. Gen. William D. Beydler, commanding general of

Lt. Gen. William D. Beydler, commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command (MARCENT), talks to Marines and Sailors of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) during a town hall on Camp Shorab, Afghanistan,... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, addresses the audience during his retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 14, 2018. Sgt. Maj. Don Hern... More

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, along with

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, along with

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, along with Norwegian military leadership, conduct a townhall meeting with local civilians in Vaernes, Norway, Sept. 29-30, 2018, for the municipality of Stjordal. The... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, receives an award during his retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Dec. 14, 2018. Sgt. Maj.Don Hernandez, ... More

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps signals to his group while they search for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 2... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade asses a boresight of a heavy machine gun during a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advi... More

A Marine and Sailor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW)

A Marine and Sailor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW)

A Marine and Sailor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan solider with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade say goodbye after a day of a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advisors wit... More

The commanding officer of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile

The commanding officer of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile

The commanding officer of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, addresses his troops at their graduation from a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shorabak, Afgh... More

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade listen during a during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest a... More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest, and Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general of the ANA 215th Corps, greet each other before the Operational Re... More

Col. Shahwali Khan, commander of the Regional Military

Col. Shahwali Khan, commander of the Regional Military

Col. Shahwali Khan, commander of the Regional Military Training Center, shakes the hand of a soldier from the Afghan National Army 215th Corps during the graduation from the Tactical Site Exploitation Course at... More

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) monitor

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) monitor

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) monitor a surface burn to properly dispose of ammunition packaging at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 9, 2018. Explosive ordnance disposal Marines planned, conduc... More

A soldier of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade takes notes during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest at C... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, addresses the audience during his retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 14, 2018. Sgt. Maj. Don Hern... More

Dancers wearing traditional clothing to celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing to celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing to celebrate Afghan National Army (ANA) Day await the festivities at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan... More

Brig. Gen. Dawood Tarakhil, commanding general of the

Brig. Gen. Dawood Tarakhil, commanding general of the

Brig. Gen. Dawood Tarakhil, commanding general of the 505th Zone Afghan National Police (left), Mr. Hayatullah Hayat, governor of Helmand province (middle), and Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding gene... More

Mr. Hayatullah Hayat, governor of Helmand province,

Mr. Hayatullah Hayat, governor of Helmand province,

Mr. Hayatullah Hayat, governor of Helmand province, and Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest converse and share a meal after the NASRAT Shura at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, ... More

Leaders with Task Force Southwest and the Afghan National

Leaders with Task Force Southwest and the Afghan National

Leaders with Task Force Southwest and the Afghan National Army 215th Corps observe the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) opening ceremony for 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade at the Helmand Regional Military Training Ce... More

Service members of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) talk

Service members of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) talk

Service members of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) talk with leadership of the Shorab Regional Hospital at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2018. Afghan and TFSW counterparts discussed the sustainment and improv... More

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (left), director of the

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (left), director of the

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (left), director of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, meets with personnel at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2018. Shields discussed the current situation of U.S. ... More

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (left), director of the

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (left), director of the

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (left), director of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, meets with personnel at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2018. Shields discussed the current situation of U.S. ... More

Service members with Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) and

Service members with Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) and

Service members with Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) and the 738th Aviation Expeditionary Advisor Group watch a C208 pilot perform an air drop at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2018. The training enhances the ... More

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest examine empty

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest examine empty

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest examine empty shell casings to determine proper disposal procedures at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. Aside from ensuring the safety of the task force, Marine e... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings with Col. Abdull Latif, operations officer of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28... More

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) survey

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) survey

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) survey ammunition packaging before conducting a surface burn to properly dispose of the packaging at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 9, 2018. Explosive ordnance d... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, stands relieved and Sgt. Maj. Don Hernandez, incoming II MEF Support Battalion sergeant major, is appointed du... More

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade listen during a during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest a... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, receives an award during his retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, Dec. 14, 2018. Sgt. Maj. Don Hernandez, inco... More

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, displays his certification of completion from a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Fe... More

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps listen to an evaluation by their instructor after practicing sweeps for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during a training day of the route clearanc... More

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, maneuver

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, maneuver

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, maneuver vehicles after off-loading them from the ARC Resolve for NATO exercise Trident Juncture in Hammernesodden, Norway, Sept. 24, 2018. Marines and service m... More

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Senior leaders with the

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Senior leaders with the

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Senior leaders with the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and Marines render salutes during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, January 15, 2018. D... More

Afghan soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

Afghan soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

Afghan soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps reassemble a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a training day of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak,... More

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner,

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner,

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan — Brig. Gen. Roger B. Turner, Jr., outgoing commanding general of Task Force Southwest, speaks to an audience of senior leaders with the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and ... More

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest greets an

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest greets an

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest greets an Afghan soldier recovering at the Wounded Transition Unit at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2018. Sgt. Maj. Waheddin Wafa, command sergeant major of the ... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and an Afghan solider with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade say goodbye after boresight alignment class taught by Marine advisors with TFSW at Camp Shora... More

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

A soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps looks for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during a training day of the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2018. The ei... More

Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of

Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of

Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest, advises Afghan National Defense (ANDSF) and Security Force and Helmand leadership during the NASRAT Shura at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan... More

Afghan instructors teach a soldier with the 1st Kandak,

Afghan instructors teach a soldier with the 1st Kandak,

Afghan instructors teach a soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps about 60mm mortars as a Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest observes at Camp Shorabak, Afghanista... More

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, standby

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, standby

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, standby to off-load equipment for NATO exercise Trident Juncture from ARC Resolve in Hammernesodden, Norway, Sept. 23, 2018. Marines and service members from the... More

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade listen during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest at Camp Sh... More

Leaders of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Leaders of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Leaders of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, observe their soldiers firing heavy machine guns, which was the culminating event of a four-week train-the-tra... More

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps locates grid coordinates during a map-reading class of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 7, ... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps listen during a shura at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, March 13, 2018. Leaders of the ANA 215th Corps an... More

Brig. Gen. Hussain Gul, Shorab Regional Hospital commander,

Brig. Gen. Hussain Gul, Shorab Regional Hospital commander,

Brig. Gen. Hussain Gul, Shorab Regional Hospital commander, with the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps talks with his of Task Force Southwest counterpart at Shorab Regional Hospital, at Camp Shorabak, Afg... More

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike

An Afghan soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade checks the aim of a heavy machine gun while performing a boresight during a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advisors with Task For... More

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps adjusts a 60mm mortar system during a training day of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Marc... More

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps locate grid coordinates during a map-reading class of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 7, 20... More

Soldiers with 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps wait for the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) opening ceremony to begin at the Helmand Regional Military Training Center at Camp Shorabak... More

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade listen during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest at Camp Sh... More

An Afghan soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th

An Afghan soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th

An Afghan soldier with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps signals to his group searching for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 2... More

Col. Shahwali Khan, commander of the Regional Military

Col. Shahwali Khan, commander of the Regional Military

Col. Shahwali Khan, commander of the Regional Military Training Center, speaks at the graduation for the Tactical Site Exploitation Course where soldiers from the Afghan National Army 215th Corps were presented... More

Afghan soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA)

Afghan soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA)

Afghan soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps listen to a speech by Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general of the ANA 215th Corps, at the Regional Military Training Center (RMTC)... More

The commanding officer of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile

The commanding officer of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile

The commanding officer of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, addresses his soldiers during a graduation ceremony of a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shora... More

Col. Matthew R. Nation, plans officer for U.S. Marine

Col. Matthew R. Nation, plans officer for U.S. Marine

Col. Matthew R. Nation, plans officer for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command (MARCENT) (left) and Col. John Armellino, deputy commander of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) walk together during tour of Camp Sho... More

Lt. Col. Per-Erik Bjoernstadbraatem, the Norwegian

Lt. Col. Per-Erik Bjoernstadbraatem, the Norwegian

Lt. Col. Per-Erik Bjoernstadbraatem, the Norwegian Chief of the Army liaison officer to II Marine Expeditionary Force takes notes during a planning meeting for NATO exercise Trident Juncture 18 at Camp Lejeune,... More

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps and a Marine with Task Force Southwest locate grid coordinates during a map-reading class of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at ... More

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps listen

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps listen

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps listen to closing remarks at the graduation for the Tactical Site Exploitation Course where soldiers from the Afghan National Army 215th Corps were presented cer... More

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Maj. Bradley Simmons, outgoing II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion sergeant major, receives an award during his retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 14, 2018. Sgt. Maj .Don Hernandez... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan

A Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and Afghan soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade asses a boresight of a heavy machine gun during a train-the-trainer class taught by Marine advi... More

A soldier of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army 215th Corps, and a Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) exchange greetings before the culminating event of a train-t... More

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan National Army (ANA) Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, started ANA Day in 2017... More

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) monitors

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) monitors

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) monitors a surface burn to properly dispose of ammunition packaging at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 9, 2018. Explosive ordnance disposal Marines planned, cond... More

Leadership of Task Force Southwest walks with  Lt.

Leadership of Task Force Southwest walks with Lt.

Leadership of Task Force Southwest walks with Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields (third from left), director of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, off the landing zone at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. ... More

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army 215th Corps wait to begin searching for notional improvised explosive devices (IED) during a training day of the route clearance course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb.... More

An Afghan soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade,

An Afghan soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade,

An Afghan soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps demonstrates how to reassemble a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a training day of the Operational Readiness Cycle (... More

Afghan soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA)

Afghan soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA)

Afghan soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps listen to a speech by Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general of the ANA 215th Corps, at the Regional Military Training Center (RMTC)... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings with soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ash... More

An Afghan solider recovering from injuries in Marjah

An Afghan solider recovering from injuries in Marjah

An Afghan solider recovering from injuries in Marjah is visited by service members of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) and medical leadership of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps hosptial at Camp Shorabak, ... More

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings

A Marine with Task Force Southwest exchanges greetings with soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps before celebrating ANA Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ash... More

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest signals

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest signals

A Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest signals positive feedback while teaching a during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations to soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile S... More

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan

Dancers wearing traditional clothing celebrate Afghan National Army (ANA) Day at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2018. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, started ANA Day in 2017... More

Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammed Ahmadzai, commanding general of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps, addresses his soldiers during the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) opening ceremony for 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Af... More

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps show

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps show

Soldiers of the Afghan National Army 215th Corps show off their graduation certificates from the Tactical Site Exploitation Course while standing alongside Marines who helped evaluate and refine the soldiers sk... More

Soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade examine the primary drive lever of the Mk-19 Grenade Launcher during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taugh... More

Leaders of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Leaders of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Leaders of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, observe their soldiers firing heavy machine guns, which was the culminating event of a four-week train-the-tra... More

Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, Task Force Southwest

Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, Task Force Southwest

Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, Task Force Southwest 18.1 commanding general, greets Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, Director of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. 18... More

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

Soldiers of the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade listen during a train-the-trainer class about mounted heavy machine guns and operations taught by Marine advisors with Task Force Southwest at Camp Sh... More

Night Firing Over Helmand

Night Firing Over Helmand

U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest (TFSW) fire a 120mm mortar as a show of force at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, March 10, 2018. Approximately 300 Marines with TFSW are deployed to the Helmand province to prov... More

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, receives his certificate of completion for a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Feb. ... More

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan

A soldier with the 1st Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps checks for a pulse of an injured soldier during a training day of the Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) at Camp Shorabak, Afgha... More

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, director of the Joint

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, director of the Joint

Lt. Gen. Michael H. Shields, director of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, and Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding general of Task Force Southwest, meet briefly before a meeting at Camp Sho... More

Lt. Gen. William D. Beydler, commanding general of

Lt. Gen. William D. Beydler, commanding general of

Lt. Gen. William D. Beydler, commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command (MARCENT), learns about new assets and capabilities of Task Force Southwest (TFSW) while touring Camp Shorab, Afghanis... More

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force

A soldier with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Mobile Strike Force Brigade, Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps, displays his certification of completion from a train-the-trainer course at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Fe... More

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