AFGHANISTAN Khwost Province -- 19 Nov 2007 -- US Army Sgt. Jeremiah K. Stafford watches as an Afghan. Border Policeman fires a PKM machine gun during marksmanship training in the eastern Khowst Province of Afghanistan.
AFGHANISTAN Korengal Valley -- 29 Jan 2005 -- A US Marine Corps machine gunner of Lima Company, Josh Ploetz, looks over the sights of his M-240G machine gun as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to drop medical supplies near the Marines' position high in the Hindu Kuch mountains during Operation Spurs.
AFGHANISTAN Allah Say -- 20 Aug 2007 -- US Army Spc. Chris Avila (right) and other soldiers engage Taliban forces during an ambush, after a halt to repair a disabled vehicle near the village of Allah Say, Afghanistan. Avila is assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade.
AFGHANISTAN Musahi Valley -- Feb 2008 -- Italian Army soldiers respond to reports of a weapons cache in the Musahi Valley area south of Kabul during a medical assistance visit
AFGHANISTAN Jalalabad -- 20 Dec 2007 --Two US Army soldiers stand on a M777 Lightweight 155-mm Howitzer as they prepare to hook the cargo slings to CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an airlift mission at Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The howitzer will be airlifted to troops in the field.