U.S. Troops Conduct Weapons Training on Forward Operating Base Farah

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officers Eric Greenwald, front, and Joshua Oswald, back, train on an M-240B machine gun on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. Greenwald, an electronics technician, and Oswald are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Army Pvt. Dean Michael, right, trains U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Ignacio, left, on the loading procedures for an M-240B machine gun on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. Michael and Ignacio are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer William Gibbens, left, and U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Oswald, right, change the barrel on an MA-2, .50-caliber machine gun on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. Gibbens and Oswald are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah participate in a training day on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Ignacio, left, engages targets with an M-9 pistol on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. Ignacio is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer William Gibbens, left, and U.S. Army Cpl. Daniel Thornton, right, assist U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Oswald, center, with the loading procedures of an MA-2, .50-caliber machine gun on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. Gibbens, Daniel, and Oswald are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
  • U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Oswald engages targets with an MA-2, .50-caliber machine gun on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 22, 2012. Oswald is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady