Photos of the Day
9/24/09
(Click photos to enlarge. Source: US
Department of Defense) |
The air traffic control crew poses for a photo on the
control tower at Camp Bastion, Helmand province,
Afghanistan, September 9th, 2009. The combined British Royal
Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps crews are deployed to
Afghanistan in support of NATO's International Security
Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt.
Timothy Brumley) |
U.S. Army Soldiers detonate an improvised explosive
device while clearing a route in Logar province,
Afghanistan, September 15th, 2009. The Soldiers are
assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade
Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. (U.S.
Army photo by Spc. Derek L. Kuhn) |
Joint coalition forces alongside Task Force Khowst
conduct a raid as part of Operation Lion in Khowst City,
Afghanistan, on September 16th, 2009. Operation Lion is
a Joint Operation involving Task Force Khowst and
coalition forces in order to search out and capture
insurgent personnel in the Khowst province. |
Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental
Combat Team 3 take part in the Marine Corps martial arts
program at Camp Dwyer in Helmand province, Afghanistan,
September 18th, 2009. RCT-3 is deployed in order to conduct
counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan
security forces in southern Afghanistan. |
Senior Airman Felicita Torres-Perkins is an Air Force
medical technician who was deployed to the Zabul Provincial
Reconstruction Team, or PRT. The Zabul PRT was working
with local heath officials in Qalat, Afghanistan, to
combat the causes of the high infant mortality rate such
as unsanitary water supplies and malnutrition. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master
Sgt. Keith Brown) |
Petty Officer 3rd Class Gregory Scott, aviation
boatswain's mate (handling), from Irvington, N.J.,
guides an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Rough Raiders
of Strike Fighter Squadron 125 onto catapult two during
flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS John
C. Stennis. John C. Stennis is underway conducting fleet
replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the
coast of Southern California. |
Service members and civilians attend a Sunday morning
service in a chapel at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
Numerous services are held each Sunday morning and
evening to serve the spiritual needs of the camp's
diverse population. |
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Photos of the Day - 9/24/09
