Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, survey the ridgeline after taking in sniper fire from an insurgent during Operation Diamond Head in Afghanistan, July 29.
Photo courtesy of US Army’s 2011 year in Photos
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Gratefulness
Sgt. 1st Class Manuel Delarosa, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, Shinkai Detachment, finds a pair of shoes for a young girl while helping Afghan National Security Forces distribute winter supplies in Safidar Village, Afghanistan, Feb. 1.
Photo Courtesy of US Army’s 2011 in Photos website, www.army.mil/yearinphotos/2011Red Bulls Overwatch
Spc. Michael Scarsbrook, an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, from Iowa Falls, Iowa, looks down on a spot in Tupac, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, where his unit had been attacked by an improvised explosive device two days earlier. TF Ironman is a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls. – Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson
1/22 Infantry soldier on patrol
A Soldier assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, walks through a valley during a patrol through Malajat, Afghanistan, June 4.- Photo by Sgt. Canaan Radcliffe
Photo Courtesy of US Army’s year of 2011 in Photos, www.army.mil/yearinphotos/2011/index.html
Santa wears Multi-Cam
U.S. Army Sgt. Jared Dillon carries a duffel bag full of cookies, candy and personal hygiene products for the soldiers deployed to Forward Operating Base Pacemaker on Dec. 25, 2011. Dillon is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team’s Personal Security Detachment. Throughout the day, soldiers from the unit traveled to five different forward operating bases to deliver gifts and holiday cheer. DoD photo by Sgt. Ruth Pagan, U.S. Army.
On Patrol
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin Jones walks past a group of Afghan citizens during a security patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 12, 2011. Jones is a combat photographer assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. DoD photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder, U.S. Marine Corps.
Appreciation of women
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lauren Everett (left), a medical technician assigned to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, examines the injured eye of an Afghan Uniformed Police officer at the Mehtar Lam police headquarters in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 13, 2011. The Provincial Reconstruction Team and a security forces assistance team traveled to the police headquarters to provide medical care to local policemen and to meet with the police-training officer. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, U.S. Air Force.