2nd Platoon, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Destroyer in Kunar Province

Photos by Staff Sgt. Gary Witte

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U.S. Army Spc. Ryan J. Watts of Lebannon, Ohio, a medic with 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Destroyer, takes a photo of an Afghan resident at a Traffic Control Point in order to register his identity in the Naray district of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, March 4. The process helps the International Security Assistance Force avert cases of mistaken identification. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

An Afghan National Police officer conducts a search of a vehicle at an ANP traffic control point in the Naray district of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, March 4. The ANP uses the checkpoint to prevent anti-Afghan forces from having free movement through the area.

U.S. Army Sgt. Mario A. Torres of Reseda, Calif., a team leader with 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Destroyer, pulls security at Sherigal Bridge at an Afghan National Police traffic control point in the Naray district of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, March 4. The unit visited the ANP checkpoint in order to register residents and prevent incorrect identities.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rahul N. Harpalani of Carbondale, Ill., the platoon leader for 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Destroyer, jokes with a youth at an Afghan National Police Traffic Control Point in the Naray district of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, March 4. The unit visited the ANP checkpoint in order to register residents and prevent mistaken identifications.