CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan

A crew chief assigned to Company A, Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division looks on as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter prepares to take off for a mission Feb. 7, here. The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade began its mission in Afghanistan last June and is conducting aviation operations across four regional commands, providing ground forces with medevac support, air assault capabilities and overhead reconnaissance with air weapons teams.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs)