FRIDAY FOTO Extra (August 21, 2015)

Rugged Country.

Defense Dept. photo by Lt. Kristine Volk, Resolute Support Public Affairs

U.S. Army Sergeant Major Jody Volz, adviser for Train, Advise and Assist Command South in Afghanistan, flies over Kandahar, Afghanistan in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter,  with Afghan National Army (ANA) and TAAC-S leaders to gain situational awareness and a shared understanding of key terrain in the area.

The ANA is responsible for security in Afghanistan and works closely with coalition partners from TAAC-S, a part of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission. Resolute Support took over from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) when NATO’s combat role in Afghanistan ended last December.

Click on the photo to get a better look at this forbidding terrain. To see more photos from this mission, click here.