Photos From the Frontlines of Afghanistan
1/20/2010 CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE AND SEE
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Soldiers from Echo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry
Regiment run to refit, refuel and rearm an AH-64 Apache
helicopter assigned to Task Force Lighthorse at the Camp
Wright Forward Armament and Refueling Point on January 18,
2010. The unit of approximately a dozen Soldiers
work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to refuel all military and contract helicopters, as well as support
the ground elements on Forward Operating Base Wright. The 3-17 CAV is
based out of Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. |
Marines dig pits and fill sandbags at Observation Post Huskars in
Helmand province, Afghanistan on January 14th, 2010. |
Soldiers of Troop A, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
from Fort Riley, Kansas, head out from Combat Outpost
Nimir to conduct a mission on
December 29th, 2009. |
Marines and sailors from Weapons Company and Jump
Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, prepare to
leave Forward Operating Base Delhi, Helmand province, Afghanistan,
on January 12th, 2010. |
Soldiers with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, attend the reenlistment of
U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Ivory Teutsch, a native of
Bloomington, Illinois, at the top of Baba Shaba Ghar
Mountain, Afghanistan on January 11th, 2010. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones/Released) |
U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st
Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, on a patrol through
Sabari, Afghanistan on January 17th, 2010. (U.S. Army
photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released) |
U.S. Soldiers, from 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st
Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division on a patrol through Sabari,
Afghanistan on January 17th, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by
Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/Released) |
U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 17th
Field Artillery Regiment fire a 155mm illumination round
using an M-777A2 towed howitzer at Spin Boldak,
Afghanistan on January 10th, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by
Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II/Released) |
Lance Cpl. Levi D. Barrett, with Alpha Company, 1st
Battalion 6th Marine Regiment takes a break from filling
sandbags at Observation Post Huskars in Helmand
province on January 14th, 2010, and reads letters from family
and friends back home in Danville, Virginia. |
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From the Frontlines of Afghanistan - 1/20/2010
