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Afghanistan: December 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic “The Marines of Team 1, Border Adviser Team 1, provided support during Operation Eagle Hunt under harsh conditions. Day one of the operation started off for the Marines with a three-mile trek through sandy plains before reaching a compound they would later call home for the majority of the mission. The team’s mission was to provide support for the Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police, who spearheaded the operation. (USMC/Cpl. Marco Mancha)”

The Frame: Looking back at images from 2011 “In this file aerial photo taken Jan. 21, 2011, a NATO military re-supply convoy kicks up dust in the desert as seen from a medevac helicopter of the U.S. Army’s Task Force Shadow “Dust Off”, Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment near Marjah in the volatile Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan. AP / Kevin Frayer”

The Year in Pictures: Part I - The Big Picture - Boston.com “Men stand next to an auto rickshaw near farmers’ fields on January 20, 2011 in Afghanistan. (Kevin Frayer/AP)”

Photos of the Day: Dec. 14 - Photo Journal - WSJ “PURPLE PRAISE: An aide held Purple Hearts that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta later awarded to 12 Task Force Black Hawk soldiers in Sharana, Afghanistan, Wednesday. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)”

Afghanistan, November 2011 - The Big Picture - Boston.com “Staff Sgt. Joshua Haveman holds his son, Lucas, for the first time at the Chattanooga, TN, airport upon returning from Afghanistan with the 241st Engineering Installation Squadron of the Tennessee Air National Guard, Nov. 17, 2011. (Angela/Chattanooga Times Free Press)”

Afghanistan, November 2011 - The Big Picture - Boston.com “Afghan pedestrians walk through a busy street in Kabul, Dec. 5, 2011. Afghanis’ future post withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014 is at issue. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)”