NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army fire a 60mm mortar during an engagement against insurgent forces in Nangaresh Nov. 22. and engaged the enemy with a combined 32 rounds of high-explosive and white phosphorous during a Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team mission to Alingar and Kachur in Laghman Province.
It was the first indirect fire engagement by the Yankee Division since May 1945 when the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, used mortars and pack 75mm guns against the Japanese at Cebu in the Philippines.
Look at the above pics, I notice that their uniforms seem to work fine in their environment. If anything is off, its the M16, in all its blackness, that sticks out.
The further away one looks at a soldier wearing the ACU, the better it seems to work. Just a beer induced thought.
At the Isa Khan Checkpoint with Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
Soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment from the 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team take a short break before heading out on a joint operation with members of the Afghan National Security Forces in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
Soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment from the 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team take a short break before heading out on a joint operation with members of the Afghan National Security Forces in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
Pfc. Jordan Powell, a mortarman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment from the 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team takes one last chance to relax before heading out on a joint operation with members of the Afghan National Security Forces in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
Soldiers of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment from the 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team along with Arbaki fighters move out on a foot patrol in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
Soldiers of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment from the 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team along with members of the Afghan National Police move out on a foot patrol in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
Soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment from the 10th Mountain Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team along with Arbaki fighters and members of the Afghan National Police move out on a foot patrol in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
A missile from a mine-clearing line charge, or MCLC, launches more than 300 feet of high explosives through the air as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz.
A huge ball of smoke and flame erupts into the air after a mine-clearing line charge, or MCLC, detonates as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz..
A huge ball of smoke and flame erupts into the air after a mine-clearing line charge, or MCLC, detonates as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Isa Khan region of the Northern Afghanistan Province of Kunduz
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan H. Rayder, a Altmar, N.Y., native and rifleman assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides security for Afghan National Security Forces on day two of a six-day dismounted operation here Dec. 20. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Spc. Paul M. Cattorn, a Peru, Ind., native and squad automatic weapon machine gunner assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides security for Afghan National Security Forces on day two of a six-day dismounted operation here Dec. 20. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, and Afghan National Security Forces work to gain high ground before moving into a hostile village on day three of a six-day dismounted operation Dec. 21. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Spc. Mark E. Fielding, a Benton, La., native and rifleman assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, provides security for Afghan National Security Forces on day five of a six-day dismounted operation here Dec. 23. Soldiers of Co. C and ANSF pushed through western Baraki Barak on a six-day foot patrol to eliminate Taliban influence and establish a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan presence.
U.S. Army Sgt. Shaun Hoffman, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol to clear possible weapons caches outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William Rendall, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division speaks to an Afghan man during a weapons clearance patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Jenkins, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stands in an enemy fighting position located outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, during a weapons clearance patrol, Dec. 20, 2010.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keith Fosmire, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrols outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, in order to locate possible weapons caches, Dec. 20, 2010.
U.S. Army Spc. Conner Elms, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and an Afghan National Army soldier patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.
A U.S. Army soldier with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security in an orchard during a patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.
A U.S. Army soldier with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol to clear possible weapons caches outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jack Mazzotti, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division directs his soldiers during a weapons clearance patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Houston, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Afghan National Army soldiers look on during an assessment of the ANA Operating Post in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army 1st Lt.Eric Swanson Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Lt. William Rendall 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division speak during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Houston, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stands next to a mortar tube during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. Samuel Ford, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division uses a Global Positioning System camera to document a culvert during a patrol in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Major Lonnie Clary, Operations 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Lt. William Rendall, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division perform an assessment of an Afghan National Army Operating Post in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Lonnie Clary, Operations 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 2nd Lt. William Rendall 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division have a discussion during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Isley, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division looks through the scope on his rifle to make sure a culvert is clear of explosives during a patrol, Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Operations Sgt. Maj. Lonnie Clary, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division takes notes during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Edmundo Sepulveda and Sgt. Anthony Isley of 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walk passed a burned out tractor trailer, Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Behning, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walks from his vehicle during an assessment of an Afghan National Army Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army 1st. Sgt. Travis Elliston, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division inspects an Afghan National Army fighting position during an assessment of an ANA Combat Operating Post, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. William Rendall, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Sgt. Major Lonnie Clary, Operations 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division perform an assessment of an Afghan National Army Operating Post in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. Samuel Ford, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walks next to his vehicle in order to clear and document culverts along a highway in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Isley, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division uses the scope on his rifle to examine a culvert during a clearance patrol in the Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc.Jeff Rice 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol to the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan Dec.16, 2010.
U.S. Army Sgt. Russell Daumer, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walks through an orchard during a patrol outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Spc.Jake Beaton, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol near the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Chris Sullivan, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division crosses the Tangi River into the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec.16, 2010.
U.S. Army Spc. Jake Beaton, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security during a patrol near the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. Jason Albright, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security while waiting for convoy vehicles to assemble outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. James Kirby, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrols the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. Jeff Rice, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and an Afghan National Army soldier provide security during a patrol near the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Rubio, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division takes a security position outside of the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. Julian Colmeiro, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division returns to Combat Operating Post Sayed Abad following a meeting with local elders in the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Alexander, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security in a bazaar located in the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division take up a security position outside the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec.16, 2010.
U.S. Army Spc. Carl Ottinger, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment,4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division writes down grid coordinates during a patrol outside the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
U.S. Army soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division walk to the town of Shekhabad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2010.
Private 1st Class Benjamin Frade, left, and Sgt. Eric Diluzio provide overwatch from the roof of the new Shajoy District Center during the center's opening ceremonies, Dec. 23. Provincial leaders were on hand to open the district center and speak to the more than 90 local villagers in attendance. Private Frade and Sergeant Diluzio are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force.
Private 1st Class Benjamin Frade, left, and Sgt. Eric Diluzio provide overwatch from the roof of the new Shajoy District Center during the center's opening ceremonies, Dec. 23. Provincial leaders were on hand to open the district center and speak to the more than 90 local villagers in attendance. Private Frade and Sergeant Diluzio are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force.
Private 1st Class Terence Mayo and an Afghan National Police officer provides overwatch from the roof of the new Shajoy District Center during the center's opening ceremonies, Dec. 23. Provincial leaders were on hand to open the district center and speak to the more than 90 local villagers in attendance. Private Mayo is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force.
Soldiers celebrate New Year's Eve with combat action badges
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held an awards ceremony Dec. 31 in order to present combat action badges to Soldiers at Afghan National Civil Order of Police Headquarters as part of a New Year's Eve celebration
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held an awards ceremony Dec. 31 in order to present combat action badges to Soldiers at Afghan National Civil Order of Police Headquarters as part of a New Year's Eve celebration
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held an awards ceremony Dec. 31 in order to present combat action badges to Soldiers at Afghan National Civil Order of Police Headquarters as part of a New Year's Eve celebration
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held an awards ceremony Dec. 31 in order to present combat action badges to Soldiers at Afghan National Civil Order of Police Headquarters as part of a New Year's Eve celebration
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, held an awards ceremony Dec. 31 in order to present combat action badges to Soldiers at Afghan National Civil Order of Police Headquarters as part of a New Year's Eve celebration
A member of Btry. A, 5162nd Air Defense Arty. Regt., 11th Air Defense Arty. Bde., aims an FIM-92A Stinger portable missile launcher during Operation Desert Shield.
A soldier of Co. A, 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., runs for cover as he takes part in an urban warfare training exercise being staged in an abandoned town during Operation Desert Shield.
Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to move out to attack as they take part in a warfare training exercise during Operation Desert Shield.
Soldiers of Co. A, 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Abn. Bde., take part in an urban warfare training exercise in an abandoned town during Operation Desert Shield. The soldier in the foreground is armed with an M-16A2 rifle while the one in the background mans a 7.62mm M-60 machine gun.
Members of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, make their way through concertina wire during a live fire demonstration for Saudi Arabian national guardsmen. The demonstration is taking place during Operation Desert Shield.
Soldiers of Co. B, 4th Bn., 325th Airborne Infantry Reg., 82nd Airborne Div., armed with M-16A2 rifles, clear a four-room "house" made of tires during an urban terrain, live-fire exercise during Operation Desert Shield.
A soldier armed with an M-16A2 rifle keeps watch from the open door of a UH-60A Blackhawk helicopter on patrol over the desert during Operation Desert Shield.
A company from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) marches across the a**** to board the aircraft that will carry the unit to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield.
Nuristan PRT Mortarmen make History
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