The Long War Journal Photos tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos/14 2012-02-24T15:37:07Z Movable Type Pro 4.37 Snow rescue tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.42129 2012-02-24T15:34:25Z 2012-02-24T15:37:07Z US Special Operations Forces personnel wade into the snow-covered village of Cabalaq during a personnel recovery mission Feb. 22. Nine Afghan Uniformed policemen and two Afghan women were rescued by USSOF after becoming stranded by severe snowstorms. Courtesy photo,... Bill Ardolino US Special Operations Forces personnel wade into the snow-covered village of Cabalaq during a personnel recovery mission Feb. 22. Nine Afghan Uniformed policemen and two Afghan women were rescued by USSOF after becoming stranded by severe snowstorms. Courtesy photo, US Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command PAO. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/snow_rescue.php Extraction tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.42088 2012-02-22T18:04:48Z 2012-02-22T20:41:20Z Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as part of a combined Afghan and Coalition security force operating in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, await a CH-47 for extraction. Photo by US Army Private First Class Pedro Amador.... Bill Ardolino Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as part of a combined Afghan and Coalition security force operating in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, await a CH-47 for extraction. Photo by US Army Private First Class Pedro Amador.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/extraction.php Shah Joy landing tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.42032 2012-02-20T17:21:18Z 2012-02-20T17:22:11Z A CH-47 Chinook helicopter kicks up snow at a remote landing zone in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Feb. 8, 2012. US Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen.... Bill Ardolino A CH-47 Chinook helicopter kicks up snow at a remote landing zone in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Feb. 8, 2012. US Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/shah_joy_landing.php Hilltop LZ tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41953 2012-02-17T15:28:08Z 2012-02-17T15:54:08Z US and Afghan soldiers prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Observation Post Mangol in the Nari district in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Feb, 8, 2012. US Army photo by Sergeant Trey Harvey.... Bill Ardolino US and Afghan soldiers prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Observation Post Mangol in the Nari district in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Feb, 8, 2012. US Army photo by Sergeant Trey Harvey. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/hilltop_lz.php Blackhawk flight line tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41891 2012-02-15T15:58:16Z 2012-02-15T16:02:13Z UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, depart from the flight line at Camp Marmal near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Feb. 13.... Bill Ardolino UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, depart from the flight line at Camp Marmal near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Feb. 13. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/blackhawk_flight_line.php Qalat alley sweep tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41832 2012-02-13T15:49:43Z 2012-02-13T15:50:41Z US Marine Corporal Cameron Collier sweeps an alley during a security patrol in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 6, 2012. Collier is a combat engineer assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. US Marine... Bill Ardolino US Marine Corporal Cameron Collier sweeps an alley during a security patrol in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 6, 2012. Collier is a combat engineer assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. US Marine Corps photo by Corporal Reece Lodder. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/qalat_alley_sweep.php Pata Tili patrol tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41709 2012-02-08T15:01:39Z 2012-02-08T18:12:19Z US Army and Afghan National Army soldiers, along with members of the Community Based Security Solutions police organization, climb a steep path above Pata Tili village, Laghman province, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2012. The US soldiers are assigned to the... Bill Ardolino US Army and Afghan National Army soldiers, along with members of the Community Based Security Solutions police organization, climb a steep path above Pata Tili village, Laghman province, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2012. The US soldiers are assigned to the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry. The soldiers were returning from a meeting with a leader in nearby Nacha Tili during Operation Aluminum Python, a mission to clear Taliban fighters from the Mayl Valley. US Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Steele. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/pata_tili_patrol.php RPG practice tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41654 2012-02-06T13:49:51Z 2012-02-06T15:30:33Z An 8th Commando Kandak soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade during a live-fire exercise in Tarin Kowt district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2. The 8th Commando Kandak soldiers partner with Coalition special operations forces to conduct operations throughout Uruzgan and... Bill Ardolino An 8th Commando Kandak soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade during a live-fire exercise in Tarin Kowt district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2. The 8th Commando Kandak soldiers partner with Coalition special operations forces to conduct operations throughout Uruzgan and Zabul provinces. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Dillon. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/rpg_practice.php ABP tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41555 2012-02-02T15:09:58Z 2012-02-02T15:11:22Z Afghan Border Police Pvt. Ghul Faruq, a medic with 2nd Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, walks through a village during a partnered security patrol with US Marines from Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,... Bill Ardolino Afghan Border Police Pvt. Ghul Faruq, a medic with 2nd Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, walks through a village during a partnered security patrol with US Marines from Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, southern Garmsir district, Jan. 30. Photo by Corporal Reece Lodder. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/02/abp.php Snowy drop tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41502 2012-01-31T15:13:47Z 2012-01-31T16:58:13Z A member of the Coalition special operations forces begins to recover pallets of supplies in the snow during an airdrop in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Jan. 25, 2012. Photo by US Navy Petty Officer 2nd... Bill Ardolino A member of the Coalition special operations forces begins to recover pallets of supplies in the snow during an airdrop in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Jan. 25, 2012. Photo by US Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/01/snowy_drop.php Operation Doublecheck tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41357 2012-01-25T13:30:36Z 2012-01-25T15:29:02Z Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, scan their surroundings for enemy combatants as an adjacent element of their patrol takes fire during Operation Double Check. Fox Company Marines, Afghan National Police, and Afghan National Security Force... Bill Ardolino Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, scan their surroundings for enemy combatants as an adjacent element of their patrol takes fire during Operation Double Check. Fox Company Marines, Afghan National Police, and Afghan National Security Force personnel are currently operating in historically-troubled areas of southern Musa Qala, such as Mosulmani, Khwajadad, and Surkyan, which had no Coalition presence prior to the start of the operation, Jan. 3. Photo by Corporal Tommy Bellegarde.]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/01/operation_doublecheck.php Musa Qala bridge opening ceremony tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41309 2012-01-23T14:35:16Z 2012-01-23T14:42:39Z Via DOD: Marines and Afghan forces prepare for opening ceremonies for the Musa Qala water crossing built by Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Seabees. The crossing connects the two parts of the district and allows residents to reach the... Bill Ardolino Via DOD:
Marines and Afghan forces prepare for opening ceremonies for the Musa Qala water crossing built by Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Seabees. The crossing connects the two parts of the district and allows residents to reach the government center and markets during the winter months. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Stewart.
The bridge was one of five major infrastructure projects requested by a shura of Musa Qala elders in March of 2010. In July 2010, some Musa Qala residents expressed skepticism about reconstruction projects promised by the Marines:
"They haven't started in these areas in the time they are here," said a merchant who declined to be named. "We don't know about the future, but in the past, we haven't seen anything from them." "No [reconstruction progress]," added another passerby. "They just build a bridge from sand." [A reference to the temporary bridges Marines [had] placed across the wadi]
]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/01/musa_qala_bridge_opening_cerem.php ANA clearing op in Kandahar tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41237 2012-01-20T15:21:29Z 2012-01-20T19:32:14Z Afghan commandos patrol the Ghorak district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Jan. 17, 2012. US Army photo by Jonathan Hudson.... Bill Ardolino Afghan commandos patrol the Ghorak district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Jan. 17, 2012. US Army photo by Jonathan Hudson. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/01/ana_clearing_op_in_kandahar.php FET in Now Zad tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41188 2012-01-18T14:29:18Z 2012-01-18T16:39:06Z Sergeant Kathryn Comfort, a US Marine Female Engagement Team 2 member, poses for a photo with a local Afghan girl following the opening ceremony of the Now Zad District Women's Center, Jan. 11. Photo by Corporal Meredith Brown.... Bill Ardolino Sergeant Kathryn Comfort, a US Marine Female Engagement Team 2 member, poses for a photo with a local Afghan girl following the opening ceremony of the Now Zad District Women's Center, Jan. 11. Photo by Corporal Meredith Brown. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/01/fet_in_now_zad.php Flares tag:www.longwarjournal.org,2012:/photos//14.41132 2012-01-15T18:21:45Z 2012-01-15T22:09:55Z A US Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter discharges flares during a routine flight operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Jan. 5, 2012. US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco.... Bill Ardolino A US Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter discharges flares during a routine flight operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Jan. 5, 2012. US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco. ]]> http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/2012/01/flares.php