AdvertisementU.S. Military Tests Out Green Tech In AfghanistanDecember 29, 2011Quil LawrencefacebookEmailIn this photo released by the U.S. Marines and taken in December 2010, Lance Cpl. Dakota Hicks, from Laharpe, Ill., connects a radio battery to a portable solar panel communication system in Sangin District, in Afghanistan.The U.S. military is trying to wean itself off reliance on fossil fuels by employing solar energy and biofuels, among other measures. (AP)