KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden meets with U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan during his visit to Kandahar Air Field, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2009. Biden spoke to senior leaders with the International Security Assistance Force regarding operations in theater. “I am very interested in what becomes of this region because it affects all of us,” Biden said. During his stay, Biden reaffirmed his and President-elect Barack Obama’s pledge to support the troops and their efforts in the region.(photo by Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso)
CAMP BASTION, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – U.S. senators and U.S. military leaders sit and talk after eating lunch during their visit to Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2009. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Nicholson (left), the deputy commander of Regional Command South; U.S. Army Gen. David McKiernan (second from left), commander of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan; Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles (center), the British ambassador to Afghanistan; U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden (right); and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (second from right) visited Camp Bastion during their tour of Afghanistan and met Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the ground and logistics combat elements of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan.(photo by Lance Cpl. Brian D. Jones)
CAMP BASTION, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden (center) and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (right) speak with Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles (left), the British ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, during their visit to Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2009. They visited Camp Bastion during their tour of Afghanistan and met Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the ground and logistics combat elements of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan.
(photo by Lance Cpl. Brian D. Jones)
CAMP BASTION, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – U.S. Vice President-elect Sen. Joe Biden (left) and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (right) pose for a photograph with U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Francois D. Stills (center), at the Camp Bastion mess hall, Jan. 11, 2009. Biden, Lindsey and U.S. military leaders in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan visited Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during their tour of Afghanistan and met Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion 3, the ground and logistics combat elements of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan. Stills is the administration chief for 3/8.(photo by Lance Cpl. Brian D. Jones)
