Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Task Force Forge is a U.S. Army unit which has been deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan since last year, on a Train, Advise, and Assist mission with the Afghan National Army's 215th Corps. They have now been replaced by a new task force deployed by the U.S. Marines. Here, Brigadier General D.A. Sims reflects on the mission in Helmand and how it differs from his previous deployments.

Credit: OF-4 Una Sighvatsdottir
Date taken: 30 March 2017