U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Glenn Niemitalo, an engineer with Provincial Reconstruction Team-Paktika, looks at a canal, which is part of a karez system near Seghanna, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2009. Master Petty Officer Niemitalo is from Albany, New York. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards / Released)091130-F-7418E-080

Afghan village elders wash their hands prior to eating lunch at the district center in Dangam, Afghanistan on Dec. 3, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released) 091203-A-6365W-022

An Afghan village elder sits in the gardens inside the district center in Dangam, Afghanistan on Dec. 3, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released) 091203-A-6365W-050

U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth Callejas works security on a street in Sharana, Afghanistan during a Provincial Reconstruction Team-Paktika mission, Dec. 03, 2009. Spc. Callejas is a PRT-Paktika security forces member deployed from the 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard and he is from Phoenix, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards / Released) 091203-F-7418E-218

An Afghan girl awaits to receive clothing from U.S. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, Boragay Village, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. U.S. Soldiers are conducting a humanitarian relief project , "Bundle-up,” providing Afghan children with shoes, jackets, blankets, scarves, and caps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez /Released) (091204-F-9171L-321)

An Afghan girl awaits for a new pair of shoes being distributed by U.S. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment in Boragay Village, Zabul Province, Dec. 4, 2009. U.S. Soldiers are conducting a humanitarian relief project "Bundle-up,” providing Afghan children with shoes, jackets, blankets, scarves and caps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez /Released)

A Stryker armored vehicle from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment departs Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez /Released) (091204-F-9171L-025)

An Afghan National Policeman provides security as U.S. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, hand out shoes to Afghan children in Mollayal Village, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. U.S. Soldiers are conducting a humanitarian relief project "Sole for Souls,” providing Afghan children with shoes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez /Released) (091204-F-9171L-178)

A group of Afghan children await to receive clothing from U.S. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment in Boragay Village, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. U.S. Soldiers are conducting a humanitarian relief project "Bundle-up", providing Afghan children with shoes, jackets, blankets, scarves, and caps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) (091204-F-9171L-213)

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Ashley Higgins from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, fits a shoe on an Afghan child in Mollayal Village, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. U.S. Soldiers are conducting a humanitarian relief project "Sole for Souls" providing Afghan children with shoes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez /Released) (091204-F-9171L-025)

An Afghan National Policemen distributes humanitarian goods in the Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released) (091206-F-0692M-007)

Afghan National Policemen talk with Afghan truck drivers in Hutal, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2009. The Afghan National Police’s mission is to maintain law and order throughout Afghanistan and support the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released) (091206-F-0692M-079)

Afghan National Army Soldiers learn how to properly position themselves while firing the M-16 rifle at Forward Operating Base Thunder, Dec. 06, 2009. The training is part of a three week combined action course covering NATO weapons, HMMWV driver’s training and roll-over drills. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released) 091206-A-6385N-056

U.S. Army Spc. Victor Bardales, 28, from Brooklyn, N.Y., assigned to Combat Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, provides security during a patrol across the Munay Village in the Shigal District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 7, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released) 091207-A-6365W-101

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combat Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, cross a river as they approach the village of Lachey in the Shigal District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 7, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released) 091207-A-6365W-157

HM2 Scott “Doc K” Kuniyuki, a medic from Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, provides security for the landing zone during 9-line training with Polish medics and Special Forces along with U.S. Army personnel inside Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sarah R. Webb / Released) 091207-F-8115W-042

U.S. Army Spc. Toni Winkler, a medic with the 402nd Brigade Support Battalion, is surrounded by school children after passing out ink pens during a humanitarian mission at the Bazaar school house in Hutal, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released) (091208-F-0692M-021)

District leader Abdull Sahab attends a meeting with International Security Assistance Forces at the Bazaar school house in Hutal, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released) (091208-F-0692M-138)

Afghan National Police listen to Afghan officials during the Governor's visit to the opening ceremony of the Memlah Gardens in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leonardo Torres / Released)

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Afghan elders enjoy their meal during the Governor's visit to the opening ceremony of the Memlah Gardens in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leonardo Torres / Released) 091208-A-1744T-013

An OH 58 Delta Kiowa Warrior helicopter takes off from Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) (091210-F-9171L-139)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jack Parker the G-3 training Officer in Charge hands a certificate of completion for NATO weapons course to Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Thunder, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2009. NATO weapons training is part of a three week training course. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas / Released) 091210-A-6385N-023

U.S. Army Sgt. Channon Sherman, 23, from New Bedford, Mass., assigned to Combat Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, walks during a patrol near the Shigal Valley in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 7, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released) 091207-A-6365W-110

CJTF-82 COMCAM Photo of the Week

U.S. Soldiers from Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 82th Aviation Brigade conduct pre-flight maintenance on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) (091210-F-9171L-053)

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