Tag: Afghanistan
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The Marines Of India Battery – Photo Set
Lyrics from a Misfits song, “Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?” decorate the helmet of Marine Cpl. Jonathan Eckert of Oak Lawn, IL attached to India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment while on patrol near Forward Operating Base (FOB) Zeebrugge on October 15, 2010 in Kajaki, Afghanistan. The Marines of India Battery,…
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Afghanistan – Nine Years Of War
Interesting that the carry handle is upside down and at the front. I’m assuming he has it there just in case his ACOG somehow fails him. Check out the other 43 awesome pictures – HERE
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Photos From Afghanistan (September 2010)
U.S. Navy Corpsman HN Ikaika McCallum of Kaneohe, Hawaii nurses a bullet wound to his face aboard a Medevac helicopter September 19, 2010 near Marja, Afghanistan. The bullet tore across McCallum’s lip and exited through his cheek without doing any major damage. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Lucky guy. No major damage obviously, but I bet that…
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James Lee In Afghanistan
To me, nothing looks nicer than old wood and worn metal on AKs: Because of the wood, the AK has such a ruggedness even the most worn out M16 could never attain. Lots more of his pictures from Afghanistan – HERE
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Inside A Taliban Gun Locker
12 were variants of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, 8 were bolt-action rifles from World War II or earlier, 4 were variants of the PK machine gun, and 2 were small semiautomatic pistols. Full story at the NYT – HERE
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U.S. Soldiers Charged With Killing Civilians For Sport And Keeping Fingers
NOT good: A dozen U.S. soldiers are charged with organizing a secret “kill team” which allegedly murdered Afghan civilians at random and cut fingers and other body parts from corpses as trophies, according to new documents released by the U.S. military. Full story – HERE