Photos US Forces In Afghanistan

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One of the last flights out.

 

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US Army Delta Force/CAG operator Jamey Caldwell in Afghanistan around the time of the Battle of Tora Bora, 2001.

Jamey Caldwell spent more than 21 years in the United States Army, serving his entire career in Special Operations. SGM Caldwell served 7 years with the 75th Ranger Regiment then spent the following 14 years in a Special Missions Unit.

 

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CIA’s Special Activities Division operator known as David Tyson (c) and a US Special Forces soldier (r) speaking to a Northern Alliance commander during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. 2001

 

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Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment during an operation as part of Operation Resolute Support, Afghanistan, 2019. [4240x2832]

 

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US Air Force Special Reconnaissance Airman on patrol with a Marine Special Operations Team in Northwest Afghanistan, April 2010

 

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CIA’s Special Activities Division operator known as David Tyson (c) and a US Special Forces soldier (r) speaking to a Northern Alliance commander during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. 2001
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CIA officers who were among the first to enter Afghanistan 20 years ago.

 

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A snowstorm brought approximately 3 inches of snow to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 29th, 2013.

 

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Green Berets from the 19th SFG arrived at a compound in Narizah, southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan. 2002

 

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Delta Force Marauders, Identified Personnel are Major Tom Greer and Sgt. Maj. A Greg 'Ironhead' Birch. Afghanistan. Photo from George E. Hand IV - Sofrep.

 

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CIA officers who were among the first to enter Afghanistan 20 years ago.
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All the way to the right, standing with what looks like an AKM, appears to be Michael Spann, first American killed in Afghanistan.

 

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US Navy Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB 40) scramble for cover upon hearing the sound of incoming Taliban rocket attack during a concrete placement project in Kunduz; Afghanistan, 2010

All US military use M-4,but US Navy Seabees use M-16A2!

 

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All US military use M-4,but US Navy Seabees use M-16A2!

Also, 11 years ago.....

 

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USMC

 

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Operation Strong Eagle III, Kunr Province, March 2011. 101st infantry trooper catching snowflakes during a firefight

 

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Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion during a operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 2012.

 

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March 2004. A soldier from the US Army's 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (19th SFG) (A) mans an M60 machine gun in the turret of a Humvee, while someone changes a tire on the way to Asadabad.

 

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March 2004. A soldier from the US Army's 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (19th SFG) (A) mans an M60 machine gun in the turret of a Humvee, while someone changes a tire on the way to Asadabad.
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2004,US.military,special force use M-60A1 in a front line?

 

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2004,US.military,special force use M-60A1 in a front line?

No, on a vehicle.

 

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Afghan 6th Special Operations Kandak alongside US SOF respond to hostile enemy fire during an operation in the Nejrab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2014.

 

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Navy Corpsman Ikaika McCallum (of Kaneohe, HI) nurses a bullet wound to his face aboard a Medevac helicopter. The bullet tore across McCallum's lip and exited through his cheek without doing any major damage. Marjah, Afghanistan 2010