Oh Yeah
July 7th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A Canadian soldier sits aboard a plane as he laughs on their way home at Kandahar airbase on July 5, 2011. For Canadian troops leaving Afghanistan for the last time, their smiles and laughter as they filed across the tarmac to board the late-night transporter plane said it all – they were finally going home. The 117 troops who left Kandahar airfield, the giant military base in the heart of the southern warzone, early Wednesday were among the nearly 3,000 Canadian combat troops whose mission ends this week after nine years and 157 military deaths. Still in uniform, carrying camouflage kit bags and flashing thumbs-up signs to photographers, most were purely and simply looking forward to going back to their families. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai
The phone call home
May 31st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Staff Sgt. Levar Francois, newly stationed at Qalat, spends some time talking to wife before dinner at FOB Lagman.