Afghanistan

Sgt. Jesse Knott credits rescued cat with getting him through dark times on his deployment.

Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst uses virtual trainers to help prep their service members for deployment. An instructor explains how

Graphic footage documenting a firefight in Dand Patan Afghanistan. Credit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AcmdwfJvBg

A Coy 2 Rifles on their recent deployment to Nahr e Saraj in Helmand Province taking the fight to the

Gurkhas engage in a firefight with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

The MK-48 machine gun and M203 grenade launcher are used to suppress Taliban firing positions during a firefight.

Pech River Valley, Afghanistan.

During a firefight, AT-4 Rockets and M249 machine guns are used to rain fire onto Taliban positions in Charkh Afghanistan.

The Bagram Batman "Makes" A Soldier remember to always keep his weapon on him at all times while deployed!

When the Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan in 1989, it left "graveyards" of military hardware scattered across the