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Sunday, June 14, 2009

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Labels: Now the Kandahar airbase. Bin Laden command in Kandahar. The U.S. dropped a bomb on this structure.

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Labels: Canadian assault vehicle. Occasionally criticized for apologizing after an attack.

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Labels: In case you forget.

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Labels: Tora Bora . This is the route Osama Bin Laden used to escape to Pakistan.

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Labels: Gunner's p.o.v. on the Blackhawk.

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Labels: Preparing to board a Blackhawk.

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Labels: Departing aircraft in Kandahar.

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Labels: C-170.

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Labels: In the c-170. First class was unavailable.

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Labels: Wouldn't tell me his rank unit or where he was going. Special ops.

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Labels: "My wife hates you"., All he kept saying was

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Labels: A pirated Afghan dvd of One Tree Hill.

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Labels: all smiles., These guys go out on deadly patrols EVERYDAY. They live in wooden plywood structures and endure exhausting conditions. And yet

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Labels: These fellas were in a small isolated base. They were so excited to see us. It was one of my favorite moments.

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Labels: Sign posted outside mess tent.

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Labels: One of the smaller bases we visited. Was a former Taliban stronghold and is now a forward for launching patrols.

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Labels: Afghanie national. I asked to take his picture. He charged me five us dollars. Smile was extra.

Friday, June 5, 2009

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Labels: Two soldiers trying to explain apache capabilities. Unfortunately their mouths were glued shut by insurgents.

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Labels: Caught trying to steal an Apache helicopter.

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Labels: They have clouds in Afghanistan.

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Labels: Sandbags. Fashionable and protective against mortar.

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Labels: cafeteria.

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Labels: The walk to breakfast and behind the fence was the holding cells for Taliban. Was yelled at for trying to peek in.

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Labels: Building closest was home sweet home for a week.

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Labels: Bagrain base.

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Labels: Part of the night patrol.

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Labels: This soldier was cleaning the vehicle after his patrol returned from a night mission.

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Labels: Howitzer positioned at Bagrain base Afghan. Taken on my morning jog around the camp.

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Labels: My new buddy Don. The soldiers held him down and shaved his head. Or not.

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Labels: C-70 transport aircraft. Those seats would be filled in ten minutes with inbound soldiers.

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Labels: Fitting for helmut and flack jacket before transport in Qatar

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Labels: Colonel from Qatar base. Cuban cigars.

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Labels: Stryker combat vehicle

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