Tag: soldiers

  • Photos From Afghanistan (December 2010)

    Spc. Charles Moore, left, of Angleton, Texas, along with Spc Andrew Vanderhaeghen of Rochester, Minnesota, of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 return fire upon a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Outpost Badel in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) And to think that I…

  • Photos From Afghanistan (November 2010)

    An Afghan man is detained by U.S. Marines from the First Battalion, Eighth Marines Bravo Company at their base in Talibjan after a battle against Taliban insurgents in Musa Qala district in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province November 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly ) Full photoset – HERE A great set as usual.

  • Photos From Afghanistan (October 2010)

    Afghan policemen simulate weapons orientation during a training session with US soldiers from 2nd PLT Diablos 552nd Military Police Company, on the outskirts of Kandahar City, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) LOL I guess giving them real guns is still too dangerous.  Training them must be very frustrating. Full photoset – HERE

  • Photos From Afghanistan (September 2010)

    U.S. Navy Corpsman HN Ikaika McCallum of Kaneohe, Hawaii nurses a bullet wound to his face aboard a Medevac helicopter September 19, 2010 near Marja, Afghanistan. The bullet tore across McCallum’s lip and exited through his cheek without doing any major damage. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Lucky guy. No major damage obviously, but I bet that…

  • When In Africa – Play It KOOL

    …or else somebody is getting shot.

  • Photos From Afghanistan (August 2010)

    U.S. Marines carry a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) to a waiting medevac helicopter, near the town of Marjah in Helmand Province on August 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) 41 more incredible photos over at Big Picture – HERE