2010 AUSA convention begins
October 25th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Chief of Staff of the Army, General George Casey, listens to Secretary of the Army John McHugh as he gives the keynote address during the opening ceremony of the 2010 annual Association of the US Army conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 25, 2010. (Sheila Vemmer/staff)
Shadow Dustoff
October 15th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
On Monday, we’ll publish the story on our nearly month long embed with Shadow Dustoff in Kandahar during the start of Operation Dragon Strike – here is an outtake from the edit.
U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, near COB Terra Nova, Arghandab valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, carry an ANA soldier who was wounded on patrol to a “Shadow Dustoff” helicopter, September 18th, 2010. The soldier was a double amputee from a pressure plate IED.
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.
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.
Waiting For The Call
September 3rd, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
The ping-pong table, just yards from the flight-line, of Charlie Co., 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade’s medievac unit – which is on standby 24-hours a day for any dust-offs calls that may come through for the area. And it’s a rare day that isn’t busy.
Going Back to Kandy
August 25th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Kelly Kennedy and I will be reporting from Kandahar and RC South all next month – more posts to follow…. For more from my last trip there, featuring scenic FOB Ramrod pictured above – start here.
Stunt Soldier
August 17th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
An Indian Army soldier performs a stunt during India’s Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Indian Independence Day
August 17th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
Indian paramilitary soldiers march during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947 (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Los Fundadores
August 17th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
Mexican soldiers escort glass crypts containing the bones of Mexican national heroes in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Mexico is displaying the bones of 13 of its founding fathers, and one founding mother, at the National Palace as part of its year-long bicentennial celebration. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
