Close-up Military Photos: A Week Inside the Armed Forces, Aug. 14-20 Aug. 21, 2012 prev2 of 9next ALEXANDER KLEIN / AFP - Getty ImagesA French soldier with the 1st Combat Helicopter Battalion pushes a Viviane Gazelle helicopter at Afghanistan's Kabul International airport on Aug. 17, 2012. Share Read Later TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.