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afpak-archive-02.htm  Afpak Photo War Archive 2
afpak-archive-01.htm  Afpak Photo War Archive 1                        July 19, 2009
af-photo-war-04.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 4                          July 9, 2009
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af-photo-war-03.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 3                          June 22, 2009
af-photo-war-02.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 2                          June 22, 2009
af-photo-war-01.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 1                          May 15, 2009

Afpak Photo War Archive 3

August 9, 2009

The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs, at Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware (DE), is fully stocked and equiped with the tools and supplies necessary to properly dress the many fallen heroes who are brought to this facility. Camera Operator: CIV WILLIAM M. PLATE, JR., USAF Date Shot: 29 Oct 2003 The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs, at Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware (DE), with twenty-three state of the art autopsy stations. Camera Operator: CIV WILLIAM M. PLATE, JR., USAF Date Shot: 29 Oct 2003 US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines carrying 5.56mm M16A2 rifles, assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 18 (CSSB-18), and Marines assigned to Mortuary Affairs (MA), search the wreckage of a destroyed Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1) for evidence of remains from Marines listed as Missing In Action (MIA), at an ambush site located within the city of An Nasariyah, Iraq. Camera Operator: MSGT EDWARD D. KNIERY, USMC Date Shot: 11 Apr 2003 Hi-res A U.S. Navy carry team walks on the tarmac behind the transfer vehicle containing the a transfer case with the remains of U.S. Navy Hospitalman Anthony C. Garcia during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del. , Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Garcia, of Denver, died while supporting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan. AP An undated handout photo released by Britain's Ministry of Defence on August 8, 2009 shows Lance Corporal Dale Thomas Hopkins, one of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan on August 6. The three British soldiers from the Parachute Regiment, were travelling in a vehicle in Helmand province when they were ambushed by a roadside bomb and fire from Taliban insurgents, the ministry said in a statement. Reuters Members of the 3rd platoon Apache Company 2-87 Infantry, 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, NY, board a Black Hawk helicopter at the COP Tangi, that will take them to the funeral ceremony for a fallen comrade, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, in Wardak province, Afghanistan. AP Members of the U.S. Army 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment march during the funeral of U.S. Army Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp, of Rosemount, Mn. , at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, August 7, 2009. Kopp was killed on July 18, 2009 while in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Reuters U.S. soldiers from the 5th Striker Brigades pray during a Christian service at their base on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. AP U.S. soldiers of Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade destroy a militant fighting position they found during a dawn patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 9, 2009. Reuters A U.S. soldier of Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade aims his weapon during a dawn patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 9, 2009. Reuters A U.S. soldier (R) of Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade covers his comrades as they descend a slope on a dawn patrol in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 9, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldier SPC Nathan A. Gessler, from the 5th. Striker Brigades, cleans his weapon in a base on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. AP U.S. soldiers SPC Kelly James, from the 5th Striker Brigades, watches a movie at his laptop in a base on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. AP An Afghan police officer is seen on alert, on his heavy machine gun near the compound where presidential candidate Sarwar Ahmadzai attended in a campaign in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. AP U.S. soldiers from the 5th. Striker Brigades walk next to armored vehicles as they arrive at their base on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. AP U.S. Lance Cpl. Seth Ramsey of Springfield, MO. reads his mail after returning from a 24-hour watch with Golf Company, 2nd MEB, at another outpost inside the village of Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. AP U.S. Cpl. Nick Pulver, left, of Pineville, LA, shaves with an electric razor before the start of his watch at a firebase with G Company, 2nd MEB, near the village of Now Zad in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. AP Members of Golf Company, 2nd MEB, remove their gear after coming back from a 24-hour watch at an outpost in the village of Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. AP U.S. soldier Specialist Mordaunt (C) of Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade drinks tea with villagers in Kharah in the Pech Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 8, 2009. Reuters

August 6, 2009

An illumination mortar round lights the sky over the U.S. Army's Michigan Base during an attack by militants in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 7, 2009. Reuters An Afghan boy stands near soldiers and armoured vehicles of the U.S. army in Chapadara, at the Pech Valley in Kunar Province August 6, 2009. Reuters Afghan children are seen next to U.S. soldiers from the 5th Striker Brigades, outside the headquarter of Afghan Border Police on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. AP Afghan children are seen next to an U.S. soldier from the 5th. Striker Brigades, as he stands guarding a road in a village on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan,Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. AP An Afghan boy is seen next to Private First Class U.S. soldier, Ryan Hayes, from the 2-1 Infantry, 5th. Striker Brigades, as he stands guard along a road in a village in the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan,Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. AP A U.S. soldier (L) from Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade takes an eye scan of a truck driver at a roadside check point during an operation in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 6, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldiers from Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade aim at militant positions during an operation in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 6, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldiers of the Task Force Mountain Warriors work inside an armoured vehicle in Chapadara, at the Pech Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 6, 2009. Reuters U.S. soldiers from the 5th. Striker Brigades walk trough a sand storm next to their base on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan,Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. AP U.S. Specialist Bullard from the 5th. Striker Brigades cleans his weapon on a military base in the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. AP Passengers in a vehicle argue with a group of protesters outside the East Gate to Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Demonstrators were showing their support for Spc. Victor Agosto, who publicly refused orders to deploy to Afghanistan set for November. Agosto was sentenced to 30 days in the Bell County Jail. AP

August 5, 2009

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment set up living quarters in a new extension of Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall/Released) Date Posted: 8/5/2009 [Off your ass, McChrystal, send tents.] A vehicle convoy made up of British forces and U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment leaves Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall/Released) Date Posted: 8/5/2009 [Off your ass, Gordon Brown, send armor.] Newly promoted U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Avalos, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, reads his promotion warrant after an Alpha Company promotion ceremony in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Phillip Elgie/Released) Date Posted: 8/5/2009 Family and friends wait for the arrival of their loved ones at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 30, 2009. U.S. Airmen with the 74th Fighter Squadron and 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit are returning home after being deployed to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige/Released) Date Posted: 8/4/2009 U.S. soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warriors sleep in a base in Chapadera, at the Pesh Valley in Kunar Province August 5, 2009. Reuters Afghan villagers look at the bodies of two children after they were killed in an airstrike by foreign troops in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. The airstrike by foreign troops early Wednesday killed three children and a man, villagers said. The incident happened in the village of Kowuk, some 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Kandahar city, said Abdur Rahim, a villager who said he lost three of his children in the bombing. AP Lyvonne Lightfoot, center, holds the flag from the casket with the remains of her son U.S. Army Specialist Anthony M. Lightfoot, of Riverdale, Ga. , as Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, left, expresses condolences, Tuesday, Aug. 4,2009, during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Lightfoot died last month in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. AP U.S. Army soldiers from Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade run for cover from small arms fire following an attack on a transport convoy in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 4, 2009. Reuters A U.S. Army soldier from Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade scans militant positions following an attack on a transport convoy in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 4, 2009. Reuters U.S soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warriors board a Chinook helicopter in the airfield of Jalalabad, in Nangahar province August 4, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential elections will be held on August 20. Reuters

August 4, 2009

U.S. Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the body of U.S. Army Captain Ronald George Luce of Fayetteville, N.C. at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware August 4, 2009. Captain Luce was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Reuters A U.S. Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the body of U.S. Army sergeant first class Alejandro Granado of Fairfax, Virginia, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware August 4, 2009. Sergeant Granado was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Reuters U.S. Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the body of U.S. Army sergeant first class Severin West Summers of West Des Moines, Iowa, from the transport aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware August 4, 2009. Sergeant Summers was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Reuters U.S. Air Force Airman Mercedes McCoy-Garrett closes the door of a mortuary vehicle containing six U.S. Army soldiers that were killed in action, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base August 4, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. Six U.S. Army Soldiers that were killed in Afghanistan where flown to Dover for the dignified transfer. Getty A U.S. Army carry team carries the transfer case of US Army Corporal Jonathan Michael Walls of West Lawn, Pennsylvania during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base August 4, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. Six U.S. Army Soldiers that were killed in Afghanistan where flown to Dover for the dignified transfer. Getty A U.S. Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the body of U.S. Army private Patrick Scott Fitzgibbon of Knoxville, Tennessee, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware August 4, 2009. Fitzgibbon was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Reuters A U.S. Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the body of U.S. Army private first class Richard Kelvin Jones of Person, North Carolina, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware August 4, 2009. Person was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Reuters Soldiers, left-right Sergeant First Class Jones, Lieutenant Donavan and Specialist Flint, from the 3rd platoon Apache Company 2-87 Infantry, 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, NY inspect the crater at an IED attack site on 2nd platoon Apache Company in Wardak province, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, in Afghanistan. AP Lieutenant Zerzycki from the Headquarters platoon Apache Company 2-87 Infantry, 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, NY inspects an IED attack site on 2nd platoon Apache Company in Wardak province, in Afghanistan Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. AP