PHOTOS FROM THE FRONT
10/27/09 - (Source: US Department of Defense - Click
photos to enlarge.) |
U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol through the Nawa
district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 18th,
2009.
(USMC photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg) |
U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division patrol the Nerkh district in the Wardak
province, Afghanistan, on October 21st, 2009. (DoD photo
by Sgt. Teddy Wade, U.S. Army) |
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Samuel Oliver, with 2nd
Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, uses his radio while
Marines and Afghan soldiers move through fields in order
to establish a patrol base in the Garmsir district of
Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 9th, 2009. The Afghan
National Army (ANA) and U.S. Marines with Fox Company
are establishing a new patrol base in order to provide a
stronger ANA presence. The Marines are deployed with
Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct
counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan
security forces in southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine
Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/Released) |
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - A U.S. Army Soldier with
Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, stands
guard outside an International Committee of the Red
Crescent medical clinic, as fellow 10th Mountain
Division Soldiers deliver medical supplies for Pakistani
refugees flooding across the border into Afghanistan's Kunar province, October 23rd,
2009. International Security
Assistance Force service members are working closely
with international aid organizations like the Red
Crescent to help address humanitarian needs of Pakistani
refugees as they flee government military operations
against insurgent forces in Pakistan. (Photo by U.S.
Army Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs
Detachment) |
Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Marines with Combined
Anti Armor Team 1, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,
walk down a hill during a patrol in Nawa District,
Helmand Province, Afghanistan on October 20th, 2009. CAAT 1
and Marines with Weapons Company, 1/5, conducted a two
day operation to clear out local villages known to be
used by enemy insurgents and to rid commonly traveled
roads of IED's. |
Afghan national army soldiers and Marines with Combined
Anti Armor Team 1, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,
search a vehicle at a vehicle checkpoint in Nawa
District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 20th,
2009. |
An enemy prisoner of war is escorted away for
questioning by Marines with Combined Anti Armor Team 1,
1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, after Marines discovered
illegal drugs and improvised explosive device making
material while searching a compound in Nawa District,
Helmand Province, Afghanistan on October 19th, 2009. |
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Photos From the Front - 10/27/2009
