Blackhawk over Nasiriyah
December 4th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter flies over the desert on Dec. 1, 2011, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. The U.S. military continues its pullout of the country by the end of this year, after eight years of war and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
PRT Visit
October 19th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
A young boy leans over a wall trying to get the attention of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jayson Allen, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, as he hands out school supplies to a group of children while on a patrol in Mehtar Lam district, Laghman province, Oct. 14. The PRT traveled to the village of Deh E Ziarat to meet with the village elder and the people to talk about their community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)
Time Out For Cricket
October 19th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Roderick Hodo, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team sergeant major, plays a game of cricket with some Afghan boys while on a patrol in Mehtar Lam district, Laghman province, Oct. 14. The PRT traveled to the village of Deh E Ziarat to meet with the village elder and the people to talk about their community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)
Riding Shotgun
September 10th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Spc. Nathan Webster, a door gunner on a B/6-101st Avn Rgt “chase” Blackhawk helicopter, scans the ground of a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley where a medievac picks up a wounded U.S. soldier.
Damage Inspector
September 9th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Back at Kandahar Airfield, C/6-101st Avn Rgt CW3 Robert Ware helps investigates a medievac helicopter after a mission where it received gunfire during multiple pickups in hot LZs. The bullet (hole can be seen on the lower left, circled) sent shrapnel flying into the crew cabin.
Over Arghandab
September 8th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A C/6-101st Avn Rgt medievac Blackhawk helicopter flies back to Kandahar Airfield hospital carrying a U.S. soldier who had been shot twice from a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley.
On The Road
September 7th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sunrise over Highway One near Kandahar city. Easy to name – and easy to find – it’s the only one in the country – the 2200 km supply route for NATO and the country…. and how safe it is depends on you ask, and literally where you stand.
Air Ambo
September 5th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Miller (L), with C/6-101st Avn Rgt, keeps an eye on a Afghan man with a severe bullet wound to his lower leg, which had three tourniquets to stop the bleeding, on the way to the local hospital near Kandahar Airfield. Sometimes the team has detailed information about their patients, and sometimes, little to none at all.
Multiple Deployments
September 4th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
C/6-101 Avn Rgt pilot Lt. Terry Hill finishes adding his name to a bible (lower left, below flag) after completing his first dustoff mission. The bible has been carried by four generations of his family – originally issued in WWII and carried into D-Day, it also was brought to Korea and in more than 50 air assaults in Vietnam.
Scout retrieval
June 30th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
A 10th CAB, 10th Mountain Division scout is pulled out of an impending storm during HAMETS (High Altitude Mountain Environmental Training Strategy) in the mountains near Ft. Carson, Colorado.