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Afghan soldier keeps watch

A Marine with 3rd Medical Battalion instructs members

U.S. soldiers tour the Saint Elijah Monastery at Forward

Small blocks and colored ribbons represent houses,

A view of the main intersection just inside the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8),

Sgt. John Bacon looks on as 205th CEK soldiers construct

Spc. Erik Martin pulls security, as member of Provincial

Soldiers with the 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps,

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A view of the Texas 17 air control tower, left, and the Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment camp as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment camp as seen, with the guard tower prominent, from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force Special Tactics Squadron airmen man the control tower, code named "Texas 17," overlooking the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment facility build by US Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan

A view of one of fighting positions dug by Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. A Freightliner All Terrain Tow Vehicle (ATTV) in use in the background

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The Texas 17 air control tower, with American flags flying, as seen through the broken glass of the the passenger terminal at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The Texas 17 air control tower, with American flags flying, as seen through the broken glass of the the passenger terminal at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Texas 17 air control tower as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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