Tag: Afghanistan

  • Photos from Afghanistan (February 2010)

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    A U.S. Marine from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines fires his weapon at Taliban fighters in Marjah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on February 22, 2010 Lots more amazing photographs at The Boston Globe – HERE

  • More Sacrifice For U.S. Troops In Afghanistan

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    From Marine Corps Times: More than 50 AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) concessions serving U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be closed within 90 days under an order issued Feb. 5 by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in that war zone.  These include popular fast-food outlets like Burger King, Popeyes and Taco…

  • Photos from Afghanistan (January 2010)

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    At the end of a convoy in which he received and returned fire with his 50 calibre machine gun, U.S. Marine turret gunner Cpl. Ian Bole, of Port Royal, South Carolina, wearing a face mask with a skull design, breathes steam on a cold day inside an armored vehicle in the Pech Valley, Kunar province,…

  • Face Armor – A blank canvas

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    When I saw the face armor from MTEK Weapon Systems my initial thought was “That’s a blank canvas, if I’ve ever seen one!” Then I came across this the other day: I bet once more soldiers get ahold of this type of armor, there will be some more creative and artistic designs.

  • Photos from Afghanistan (December 2009)

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    Marine LCpl. James Harris of Michigan from the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines “Warlords” guards a position as sheep pass by during a meeting of the Marines, local government officials, and villagers in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) Lots more amazing photographs at The Boston Globe…

  • Blackwater (Xe) founder Erik Prince in Vanity Fair

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    Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy Erik Prince, recently outed as a participant in a C.I.A. assassination program, has gained notoriety as head of the military-contracting juggernaut Blackwater, a company dogged by a grand-jury investigation, bribery accusations, and the voluntary-manslaughter trial of five ex-employees, set for next month. Lashing back at his critics, the wealthy former navy…