This Is What I Mean
May 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
1st. Lt. Jason Basilides, Platoon Leader, Bravo Company, 1-4 Infantry, hops a creek headed back from a patrol doing local surveillance. I assumed Afghanistan would be completely arid and desert-like – and much of it is – but parts of it are incredibly fertile, and very green. Everywhere we walk on patrol has roaring streams appearing from nowhere, or seeping through walls, roads, or muddy flats.