Reply With QuoteA few pics of Canadians in Afghanistan. All pics are linked to hires copies
28 October 2007
Patrol Base Wilson, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Members of a LAV III crew, Master Corporal Stephane Gauthier (left) and Corporal Isabelle Demers, from B Company 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, await orders to move out to conduct a presence patrol in the Zhari District.
28 October 2007
Patrol Base Wilson, Kandahar, Afghanistan
LAV IIIs roll out of Patrol Base Wilson to conduct a presence patrol and gather information in the Zhari District. The pressence patrol is to show the local population that the military remains intent and determined to maintain security in the area for the rebuilding process.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
A convoy of military vehicles including the Light Armoured Vehicle III (LAV III), and the RG-31 Nyala (in front), conduct a presence patrol and gather information in the Zhari District. The pressence patrol is to show the local population that the military remains intent and determined to maintain security in the area for the rebuilding process.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Sergeant Martin Higgins, from B Company 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, verifies his surroundings as the LAV III takes a security position off the main highway between Zhari and the Maywand districts.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Section Commander, Sergeant Martin Lecompte, from the 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, provides security within the Zhari district as other Canadian soldiers dismount a LAV III to gather information from the local population.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Sergeant Martin Lecompte (right), and Warrant Officer Hani Massouh (center) from the 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, resume their patrol after a brief stop at a police check point between Zhari and the Maywand districts.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Warrant Officer Hani Massouh (center) from the 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, speaks with a Afghan National Police officer with the aid of an interpreter at a police check point between Zhari and the Maywand districts.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Corporal Georges Ethienne Boisvert, from B Company, 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, provides security as other Canadian Forces personnel gather at an Afghan National Police (ANP) check point between Zhari and the Maywand districts.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
The driver of a vehicle stopped at a police check point speaks with an Afghan National Police officer, Sergeant Frantz Beaujuin (right) and Warrant Officer Hani Massouh (2nd from the right). In the background, Corporal Georges Ethienne Boisvert, provides security.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Leading Seaman Dominic Carignan a Combat Medic attached to B Company, 2nd Battalion serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, observes his surroundings as he helps provide security in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Section Commander, Sergeant Martin Lecompte, from the 2nd Battalion, serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, provides security within the Zhari district as other Canadian soldiers have dismounted their vehicles in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Canadian soldiers serving with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e R使iment (3 R22eR) Battle Group, provide security for a dismounted patrol in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan .
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Sergeant Frantz Beaujuin, a reservist working with Psy Ops in Kandahar, Afghanistan, speaks to Afghans outside their home in the Zhari district with the help of an interpreter (right), about insurgent activity and hands out leaflets to be aware and report any Improvised Explosinve Devices (IED) that may be in the area.
28 October 2007
Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Engineers from 5e R使iment du G始ie du combat (5 RGC), Valcartier, Quebec, blow up an 87mm rocket found off a commonly used route seperating the Zhari and Maywand Districts. Just hours earlier the same engineers had discovered and disposed of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the same area.
Originally Posted by Macs.
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