Homeward Bound
August 13th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Spc. Christopher Aust, 25, of Harrison, Ark., with the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., takes a picture of a rainbow at the Transit Center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, while riding out a layover on the way home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division is returning home after a year in Afghanistan as the last brigade to deploy as part of President Obama’s 30,000 troop surge. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
This Won’t Fit Under the Seat
August 12th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Staff Sgt. Adam Hendrickson, 29, of Winter Park, Fla., left, with the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., tries to fit his assault rifle in the overhead compartment upon boarding a flight at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, heading home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, is returning home after a year in Afghanistan as the last brigade to deploy as part of President Obama’s 30,000 troop surge. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
So Long, Sharana
August 9th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Master Sgt. Jose Johanson, left, 54, of Lima Peru, waves goodbye to fellow soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., heading to an airstrip to begin their trip home upon completion of a deployment Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan. The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division is returning home after a year in Afghanistan as the last brigade to deploy as part of President Obama’s 30,000 troop surge. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Farewell to the Fallen
April 15th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
U.S. Army Spc. Brit B. Jacobs, a combat medic from Sarasota, Fla., assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, gives a farewell kiss to the helmet of one of his fallen comrades during a memorial service for six fallen U.S. soldiers at Forward Operating Base Joyce in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province April 9. Jacobs helped treat some of the wounded on the battlefield when six of his brethren died, March 29.
Return Fire
April 12th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
A soldier From the 2/327th No Slack Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, returns fire with a M-249 squad automatic weapon during combat operations in the valley of Barawala Kalet, Kunar province, Afghanistan March 29, 2011. ( U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd/Released)
Route Clearance
February 15th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Mine Clearing line explosive charge launches from Company A, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division vehicle on route dodge, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10. The route clearing procedure was to deploy a mine clearing line charge to destroy possible improvised explosive device. (Photo by Spc. Zachary Burke)
Christmas Elf
December 16th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Pvt Michael Ball from Spokane, WA, B company 2-327 infantry 101 Airborne, gets into the holiday spirit by wearing an elf hat in a bunker at a Combat outpost in a fortress located near the Pakistani border in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, Dec 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Weeds
October 27th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
US Army soldier from 3rd Platoon Chaos Company 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision walks in a Marijuana field during a patrolling in Siah Choy village in Zari district of Kandahar province, south of Afghanistan on October 24, 2010. More than 150,000 US and international troops are now in Afghanistan, with their number boosted by the 30,000 strong-surge strategy which US President Obama announced in 2009 and which is now reaching its peak. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Weary Warriors Return From Patrol
October 19th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
ZHARI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN – Weary Afghan and American soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division return from a long patrol to Combat Outpost Asheque October 16, 2010 in Zhari district west of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne, the storied “Black Hearts” that won fame on D-Day and in other battles, are currently spread out in the Taliban-infused badlands west of Kandahar, attempting to sway the hearts and minds of the local populace even as Taliban militants continue their attacks in the restive area. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Bath in a Bottle
October 16th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
US Army soldier Jason Mcmillan, from Ventura, California, Scout Platoon 502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, washes himself at an outpost in Zhari district, Kandahar province. The Scouts’ mission was to support roadside bomb clearance efforts in the militant stronghold, the latest days-long phase of Operation Dragon Strike. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)