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November 04, 2009

In Country With the Our US Army and US Air Force


U.S. Army Spc. Michael Riley, a radio traffic operator, smokes a cigarette while taking a break with fellow Soldiers during a dismounted patrol across the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2009. All Soldiers are assigned to 1st Platoon and 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) Date Posted: 10/29/2009">




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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Barnes continues with his mission even thought the crotch of his pants were ripped off during a dismounted patrol across the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan Aug. 29, 2009. Barnes is a squad leader assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade /Photo Released) 10/29/2009


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U.S Army Spc. David Oliver, of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, is enjoys his last cigarette before going out on a mission at Forward Operating Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe is deployed throughout southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tia P. Sokimson/Released) 10/30/2009


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U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, cross a river during a dismounted patrol across the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) 10/29/2009


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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Tracy Tyson, assigned to the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, reads "Stars and Stripes" at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, while waiting for a flight to Forward Observation Base Wolverine, Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/Released)


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U.S. Army Sgt. Josh Engbrecht, his interpreter and other Soldiers assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, negotiate the price for a stack of Roshan cell phone prepaid cards with a local Afghan salesman while patrolling the bazaar in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2009. All Soldiers from Apache Company are stationed at Combat Outpost (COP) Tangi, which lacks a Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center with phones or internet. This situation forces Soldiers to call home using their pre-paid phones. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) 10/29/2009


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U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance and disposal technicians, and U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Cleland, a combat engineer assigned to Alpha Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, talk after finding an improvised explosive device during a patrol in the streets of the Tangi Valley in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade / Released) 10/29/2009


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An Mi-35 Hind helicopter fires its 12.9mm gatling gun during a training sortie over southern Afghanistan . 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)
[The Gatling gun, lower left pointing upward, is inactive here.]




Posted by Wild Thing at November 4, 2009 04:45 AM

Comments

Just wanted to let you all know my nephew Boog is home safe and sound finally from the big Sandbox!!! Yay! He did his duty twice for America and the Iraqi people and now he will begin studies at ISU in the fall in Ames. It's so good to have him back home again.

Posted by: Lynn at November 4, 2009 08:17 AM

Good news Lynn! I'm glad he's home safe.
Sgt. Barnes situation should remind us all, "wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident."
That headline on the Stars and Stripes obviously had nothing to do with the CIC.

Posted by: Jim at November 4, 2009 09:59 AM

Yahoo Lynn!!! I'm as happy as you that he's home safe.

Radio operator Spc. Michael Riley, looks a lot like Bruce Willis, the pay rate isn't as good Michael and you don't have any stunt doubles.

Jim, smiling here, at least Sgt. Barnes is wearing underwear. It's just not safe to wear clothing that can snag or trip you up, or... get blown clean off you. At my 40th reunion my 'buddies'(rotten bassids really, I do love 'em) pointedly reminded me, in front of everyone naturally, of my uh, seamy 'exposure' under fire. Funny now but not then.

Posted by: Jack at November 4, 2009 11:32 AM

That is great Lynn. I hope all of Boog's college expenses are covered by the GI Bill. Give him a big "Thank You" from all of us here at Team Theodore. And he can join us if he wants to.

I notice in a couple of pics the GIs are smoking. Some idiot do-gooders want the Pentagon to ban cigarette sales in the PXs. Maybe those idiots can go to Afstan and try to convince the GIs not to light up.

Posted by: TomR at November 4, 2009 11:34 AM

Are we using the Rusian chopper (Hind) now?

Posted by: Dave 18zulu at November 4, 2009 01:24 PM

Thanks troops. This about sums up my day I'm outa here for a walkabout.

Posted by: Jack at November 4, 2009 03:13 PM

Lynn, oh wow that is soooooo wonderful.
Thank God he is home and safe.

I agree please thank him so much and
he is always welcome here.

Posted by: Wild Thing at November 4, 2009 07:37 PM