NOTE: Thank you, Weasel Zippers, for the following post and pictures. A great tribute to our troops!
Pics From The Front…
Pics From The Front…
Best of the best.
A Coalition Special Operations Forces servicemember ducks under a departing UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012. The Commando-led mission conducted reconnaissance for a future Village Stability Platform, a site Afghan forces and coalition SOF will use to live and work with villagers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Weis / Released)
Coalition special operations forces members cover their faces to avoid flying debris as they wait to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012.
Coalition special operations forces members sprint to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25.
Coalition special operations forces members sprint to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25.
A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 47th Fighter Squadron “Dogpatchers,” taxis for takeoff Feb. 29, 2012, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The 47th Fighter Squadron is deployed from the Air Force Reserves, Barksdale Air Force Base, La.
Pvt. Anthony McCarthy keeps watch outside an Afghan Local Police checkpoint in Marzak village Feb 26. U.S. Army Photo By Staff Sgt. Charles Crail, Task Force Blackhawk Public Affairs, 172nd Infantry Brigade
Second Lt. Theodore Hardy, the platoon commander for 2nd platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, leads his platoon during a partnered patrol with the 3rd Tolai, 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, Feb. 20. Hardy and the rest of India Company have been mentoring and training the ANA to take over. The Afghan soldier here, patrolled with the Marines in support, through an area known for insurgent activity. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Lenzo)
A U.S. Marine assigned to the 2d Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment shakes hands with an Afghan child while on a walking tour of the bazaar with Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Marjeh, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2012. Secretary Carter was in Afghanistan visiting with U.S. Service members and Afghan leadership. (DoD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Released)
