PHOTOS FROM THE FRONT
11/03/09 - (Source: US Department of Defense - Click
photos to enlarge.) |

U.S.
Army Spc. Michael Riley, a radio traffic operator,
smokes a cigarette while taking a break with fellow
Soldiers during a patrol across the Tangi
Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. The Soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon and 3rd
Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade /
Released) |

U.S.
Army Spc. Polacek from Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, patrols
a street in the Tangi Valley in the
Wardak Province of Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt.
Teddy Wade / Released) |

U.S.
Army Sgt. Josh Engbrecht, his interpreter and other
Soldiers assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, negotiate the price for a
stack of Roshan cell phone prepaid cards with a local
Afghan salesman while patrolling the bazaar in the Tangi
Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. (U.S. Army
photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) |

From
left, U.S. Marine Capt. Patrick Francescon, reporter
Elliot Woods, Capt. Ryan Malloney and his interpreter
Wakil, drink shia tea and eat bread offered by a local
villager during a patrol through the Depak Valley,
Afghanistan on October 30th, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Embedded
Training Team 1-12th working with the Afghan national
army. |

U.S.
Marine Sgt. Oliver Ventura, from New York City, N.Y.,
assigned to Embedded Training Team 1-12th, walks with
his M-4 Carbine after running with his armor
plate carrier as a way to work out at Forward Operation Base Airborne,
Afghanistan on October 28th, 2009. |

Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division, walk through an Afghan
cemetery during a patrol across the Tangi
Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. (U.S. Army
photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) |

U.S Army Spc. David Oliver, of Alpha Company, 1st
Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, enjoys a
cigarette before going out on a mission at Forward
Operating Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan on October
11th, 2009. (U.S. Army
photo by Spc. Tia P. Sokimson/Released) |

Soldiers assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion pray for
four fallen brothers-in-arms at a memorial service in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. More than 300 Soldiers
attended the memorial of Staff Sgt. Glen Stivison of
Blairsville, Pa., Spc. Jesus Flores of Malaybalay
Bukidnon, Republic of the Philippines, Spc. Daniel
Lawson of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Pfc. Brandon Styer of
Lancaster, Pa. |
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