Tea Time in Qalat
June 10th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A local standard – nuts, raisins, and no almonds left during a copious tea time with some Afghans in Qalat.
IED – Found
June 2nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
An EOD team member wires up a IED (right) found a road off Highway One, near Qalat, to be detonated – this one was a five gallon bucket made with fertilizer.
Intro to Acronyms 101
May 22nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Spc. Benjamin Miller, from Delta Co., 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, a National Guard unit from Salem, Illinois – attached for security detail for PRT Zabul – leaves the bunk room to clean truck parts in the late afternoon in Qalat, Afghanistan.
PRT stands Provincial Reconstruction Team, which is sort of an umbrella organization system for USAID, State, DOJ, Agriculture, the military, etc. to work with local governments on rebuilding the country. Some, but not all of them, are under ISAF – International Security Assistance Force – the NATO-led, multi-national security and development mission that is in charge of RC(S) – Regional Command South, which is made up of Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, and Zabul provinces. I will leave out PRDC, QRF (tricky, there are two kinds), CSP, LGP, and CAP for now.
Patrolling Outside of Qalat
May 14th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sgt. Joshua Schniers, from Delta Co., 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, a National Guard unit from Salem, Illinois – a security escort with PRT Zabul – keeps an eye on a patrol at a village outside of Qalat, Afghanistan. The squad are investigating who set off an IED close to their base – and pass out flyers with hotline tips and hand-crank radios so the locals can get information from sources other than the Taliban.
Old Russian BTR Troop Carriers
May 11th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Old Russian troop carriers formerly used by Romanian soldiers to do patrols on Highway One in Zabul province, now in the backlot. They’ve since been upgraded to uparmored Humvees.