Pictures from the Front Lines

Armored Ride

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Richard Love rides in an armored truck between project sites in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, Aug. 2, 2012. Love, a engineer, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, a unit deployed that coordinates development projects across the province.

Road Repair

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Eric Shafa, foreground, speaks with an Afghan man through an interpreter about a recent road repair project in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, Aug. 2, 2012. Shafa commands Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, a unit that coordinates development projects across the province.