Pack Your Bags
November 4th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Soldiers move their bags in the middle of the night from storage to prepare for deployment to another FOB – as one of them put it succinctly, “They don’t tell me where! They just tell me to move.”
The Service
November 4th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry regiment pause at a memorial service at FOB Ramrod for Pfc. Brian Bates, 20, from Gretna, La. He was killed in Kandahar last week by an IED while driving a Stryker on patrol.
Minister of Defense, Estonia
November 3rd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Minister of Defense, at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Monday, November 2, 2009. Estonia has soldiers in Afghanistan, but this time they are on the Afghan's side. Much different than 30 years ago.
Your new Secretary of the Army
November 2nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
John M. McHugh, 21st Secretary of the Army, speaks during his Arrival Ceremony at Conmy Hall, Ft. Myer, VA, on Monday, November 2, 2009.
AAA
October 31st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A roadside air compressor for your tires in Kabul – they are a common sight on roads that aren’t in total gridlock (i.e., traffic circles)…. the roads are so bad that the taxi driver said he fills his tires up to three times a week.
Interior Decorating, Kabul
October 26th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Vintage British empire weapons, collected from across the Af-Pak region, on sale at the Gandamack Lodge in Kabul. Ask about the WW1-era Morris machine gun in the back, still fresh from the factory, with original grease and oil in the stock. And yes, for a few hundred bucks, they come with bayonets – but do they fit in a Fed Ex box?
Zabul Redux: Window Seat
October 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A door gunner in a Chinook in Afghanistan last June – and Sean and I are on our way back to Zabul, via Kabul first.
Zabul Redux: The Hills Are Alive
October 20th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
5/20/09: A young shepherd in the mountains near FOB Baylough in remote, central Zabul Province, Afghanistan – if you want, check out his tunes.
Zabul Redux: Stay Calm, Boys
October 19th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
06/11/09: Hundreds of new members of the ANP graduate from a 16-week long training course at Camp Scorpion in Kandahar. They are issued new weapons, a Hungarian rifle similar to AK-47’s.
