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Dempsey Arrives in Kabul for Meetings With Leaders

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks through the window of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while flying over Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2012.

DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012, to meet with senior military leaders and service members as he seeks updated first-hand information on the current situation on the ground there. The first day included a flight over the region.

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  • Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak meets with U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passes the Afghanistan honor guard at the Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012 DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, talk as they walk to the force's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, talk at the force's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, meets with U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the force's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks through the window of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while flying over Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and deputy commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, updates reporters on current operations during a briefing at the Pentagon, Feb. 8, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Barrios, right, and Pfc. Aaron Wilson, left, set the aim of their 120 mm mortar system on Camp Clark, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2012. Barrios and Wilson are assigned to Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, Airborne, 40th Cavalry Regiment. The mortar teams were testing their systems to use new precision guided munitions. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar
  • Two AH-64D Apache helicopters approach the flightline on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2012, as snowcapped mountains provide a backdrop. The Apache crews are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, which is providing ground forces with medevac support, air assault capabilities and overhead reconnaissance with air weapons teams. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas
  • U.S. Army Pfc. Heather De La Vega fires her M240B machine gun as she takes direction from U.S. Sgt. John Maziarz and U.S. Sgt. Isiah Selby on Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2012. De La Vega is a personal security detail medic, and Maziarz and Selby are personal security detail soldiers. All are assigned to Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb
  • U.S. Army Pfc. James Dennis performs a torque check on the main rotor head of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2012. Dennis is a crew chief assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company A, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas
  • An aircraft director guides an F/A-18F Super Hornet into position for launch from the bow catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 8, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman George M. Bell
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack McMurrain signals to a plane captain while troubleshooting systems on an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7, 2012. McMurrain, a aviation structural mechanic equipment, is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
  • Army officers complete a team obstacle course during Prop Blast, an event on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 3, 2012. During this phase, teams must move the tire and a simulated casualty down a muddy slope, across a muddy slough, and up the other side. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

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