Photos From the Frontlines of Afghanistan
2/22/2010 CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE AND SEE
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First Sgt. Fredrick A. Smith, First Sergeant of Charlie
Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Sgt.
Harrison G. Rusk, section leader with Combined
Anti-Armor Team 1, take cover in a small farm building
as a 500-pound bomb explodes on a Taliban machinegun
position and ends a firefight February 14th, 2010.
Smith, 39, is from Kingsland, Georgia, and Rusk, 23, is
from Houston, Texas. |
Gunnery Sgt. Troy W. Gans, platoon sergeant for Combined
Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd
Marine Regiment, walks through a dry irrigation canal on
February 14th, 2010 during a patrol with Marines of
Charlie Company, 1/3. Gans, 34, is from Temecula,
California. |
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,
17th Infantry Regiment, engage enemy forces during
Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp,
Afghanistan on
February 19th, 2010. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren
Lopez, U.S. Air Force/Released) |
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jesse Underwood engages enemy forces
during Operation Moshtarak in Badula Qulp,
Afghanistan
on February 19th, 2010. Underwood is from Alpha Company,
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. (DoD photo by
Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force/Released) |
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rick Keller, a scout sniper with
3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine
Regiment, provides security inside a compound in Marja,
Helmand province, Afghanistan on February 16th, 2010.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde/Released) |
U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th
Infantry Regiment conduct a field tactics meeting during
Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand
Province, Afghanistan on February 15th, 2010. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) |
A U.S. Army Soldier patrols with Afghan soldiers to
check on conditions in the village of Yawez in Wardak
Province, Afghanistan on February 17th, 2010. The U.S.
Soldiers are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd
Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest) |
U.S Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th
Infantry Regiment gather around the fire to eat dinner
after completing a dismounted combat patrol during
Operation Helmand Spider, Badula Qulp, Helmand Province,
Afghanistan on February 13th, 2010. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) |
U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th
Infantry Regiment sleep in an abandoned mud house during
Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand
Province, Afghanistan on February 15th, 2010. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) |
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Photos From the Frontlines of Afghanistan - 2/22/2010
