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af-photo-war-03.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 3                          June 22, 2009
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af-photo-war-01.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 1                          May 15, 2009

Afpak Photo War Archive 10

19 October 2009

An armed bodyguard (background) protects French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (foreground) as he speaks to journalists at the garden of the French embassy in Kabul on October 18, 2009, after meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai and main rival Abdullah Abdullah amidst intense diplomatic efforts as Western leaders try to broker a deal between the frontrunners in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential elections. Getty Below, a rare DoD public photo of an open transfer case showing the remains inside. A Marine casualty lies in a transfer case at the processing center where X-rays and autopsies are being performed. The casualties are the result of a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon. Photographer's Name: A1C Mark Bucher. Location: RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE. Date Shot: 10/24/1983. Date Posted: unknown. Transfer cases containing Marine casualties, after identification, inside a processing center. The casualties are the result of a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon. Photographer's Name: A1C Mark Bucher. Location: RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE. Date Shot: 10/24/1983. Date Posted: unknown Nineteen flag draped transfer cases containing the remains of U.S. military service members killed in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia bombing sit in the Travis AFB, Calif.- 60th Airlift Wing, C-5 Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware awaiting removal for a memorial service on June 27th 1996. Photographer's Name: A1C Kimberly A. Ruebling. Date Shot: 6/27/1996. Date Posted: unknown. The Oshkosh M-ATV represents a new level of mobility and protection for the Warfighters in Afghanistan. AP U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment take cover after receiving indirect fire during a patrol in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2009. Marines are conducting security patrols in order to speak with residents and identify their issues and concerns. The Marines are deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment dismount and prepare to set up a security perimeter around a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361 as it lands at M9 Shadow Range in the Anbar province of Iraq June 2, 2009. The Marines will be conducting a week-long training evolution in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. The Marines are deployed as part of Multi-National Forces-West. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victor F. Cano/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 U.S. Marines with Foxtrot Company, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment prepare to load a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter after escorting geologists with the U.S. Geological Survey from a site survey Sept. 20, 2009, outside Sukalog, Afghanistan. The 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment escorted the geologists through mountains near the Pakistan border. The Marines hoped to find strong metallic minerals, which could result in mining jobs for Afghans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Furrer/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 U.S. Airmen from the 451st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare a HC-130 Hercules aircraft for a mission at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Timothy Starkey, a medical technician assigned to the 451st Aeromedical Squadron, works aboard a HC-130 Hercules aircraft during a medical mission over Afghanistan Oct. 6, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 An Mi-35 Hind helicopter fires its 12.9mm gatling gun during a training sortie over southern Afghanistan Oct. 4, 2009. U.S. Airmen with the 438th Air Expeditionary Training Group use the helicopter to train Afghan aviators while deployed to Kandahar Air Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 [The Gatling gun, lower left pointing upward, is inactive here.] St. Louis Rams' cheerleader Kate prepares to sign her name for troops at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 15, 2009. To show their appreciation for those serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the cheerleaders ended their week-long stay at the airfield by performing several cheerleading routines for the troops. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kenneth Robinson/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009

16 October 2009

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, are greeted by CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, Oct. 15, 2009. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2009 U.S. Soldiers with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment and Afghan Border Policemen walk along a mountain trail during a patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera in the Paktiya province of Afghanistan Oct. 13, 2009. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith, U.S. Army/Released) Date Posted: 10/15/2009 U.S. Army Spc. Adrian Rosas checks his location on a map, while on a dismounted patrol, with his platoon, near Combat Outpost Herrera, in Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Rosas is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 10/14/2009 U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Antonio Rosales, left, and Staff Sgt. Icar Morales jump on a suspension bridge to make it wobble, while on a dismounted patrol, with their platoon, near Combat Outpost Herrera, in Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. The Soldiers are deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 10/13/2009 A view of Combat Outpost Herrera, as seen from a nearby hilltop, in Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 10/13/2009 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Jewell uses his rifle scope to scan the terrain, while on a dismounted patrol, with his platoon, near Combat Outpost Herrera, in Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Jewell is deployed, with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 10/13/2009 German soldiers patrol in the city of Balkh, Afghanistan on October 15, 2009. The soldiers and police are taking part in the Focused District Development (FDD) program where Afghan Police are been trained to take over the responsibilty for security. Getty US Army soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division race toward a Blackhawk helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 1/501 scoured the Afghan countryside near the Pakistani border on a two-day mission into a tense part of Paktika province, anarea that American soldiers had not patrolled for over three years. The troops were looking for suspected Taliban weapons stores and hideouts. Getty Soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division file off the ridge of a mountain where they spent the night in a Taliban stronghold area October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Getty Air Force 1st Lt. Katie McDowell, widow of Air Force Capt. Mark R. McDowell, grieves during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. , Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. McDowell, 26, of Colorado Springs, died July 17 in a F-15E crash near Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. AP Clare Hill, mother of Lance Corporal James Hill, 23, is held by her husband Brian, as she blows a kiss goodbye as the hearse containing her son's coffin passes through Wootton Bassett, England, Thursday Oct. 15, 2009, following his repatriation to Britain. Hill, 23, from 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, died in an explosion just outside the main British military base Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 8. At right is Hills's fiancee, Anastasia Newman. AP US Army soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division shield their eyes from the powerful rotor wash of a Chinook cargo helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 1/501 scoured the Afghan countryside near the Pakistani border on a two-day mission into a tense part of Paktika province, an that American soldiers had not patroled for over three years. The troops were looking for suspected Taliban weapons stores and hideouts. Getty