Reply With QuoteFantastic photos, thanks!
They almost look like afghans except for their high tech weapons....
Fantastic photos, thanks!
x 10Originally Posted by Sir Zach of R.
Great post Goldman. Those pics are awesome.
great pics goldman
Thanks Goldman, those photos are great.
(You are the best!)
U.S. Special Forces A-Team
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- U.S. Special Forces A-Team members lead a convoy of two "jingle trucks" carrying nearly 10 tons of munitions to be detonated in the hills near Firebase Tycz after removal from the bunker complex under the Oruzgan district headquarters.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- Soldiers of the newly formed Afghan National Army, 1ST Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade led into the Oruzgan Province by an A-TEAM with the U.S. Special Forces Group wake up in the early morning hours while sitting on a found weapons cache disclosed to them by the Oruzgan District Tribal Chief. The ANA and the Special Forces team were able to implement their form of "Afghan Diplomacy" and after two days the team was able to haul away nearly ten tons of weapons and munitions from bunkers under the district chief's compound.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- Local Afghan villagers watch as a convoy with A-TEAM Special Forces Sgt. First Class Kevin Patrick, 38, of Branson, MO manning a 50 caliber gun riding in one of the teams vehicles during the long road march from Firebase Tycz to Tarin Kowt leading the Afghan National Army, 1ST Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade into the remote Oruzgan Province.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- U.S. Special Forces Staff Sgt. Chuck Green, 32, watches over soldiers with the Afghan National Army, 1st Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade conduct a roadside live fire exercise firing a Russian SPG-9 into a mountainside enroute to Tarin Kowt.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- A United States Special Forces soldier walks on patrol with Afghan National Army, 1ST Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade soldiers on patrol in the town of Deh Rawood.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- Sgt. First Class Larry Hawks with the U.S. Special Forces meets and greets local villagers of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan while an interpreter explains who the soldiers are to children. The team arrived and walked on patrol through the village with the Afghan National Army, 1ST Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade bringing the Afghan National Army into view of the local villagers for the first time in decades.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- Capt. Paul Toolan, 36, of Bristol, RI, (center) commanding officer of an A-TEAM with the U.S. Special Forces and Sgt. First Class Larry Hawks, 33, of Wingfield, KY (right) meet and greet local villagers of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan while an interpreter explains to children who the soldiers as the team arrived and walked on patrol through the village with the Afghan National Army, 1ST Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade bringing the Afghan National Army into the vision of the local villagers for the first time in decades.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- Special Forces Sgt. First Class Jay Pope, 32, of Chesterton, IN, (right) brushes his teeth and Staff Sgt. Don Grambusch, 27, of Bailey, CO, left, and other members of a small elite A-TEAM with the U.S. Special Forces wake up in the early morning hours while sitting on a weapons cache site disclosed to them by the Oruzgan District Tribal Chief. Local Afghan villages robed to stay warm in the cold mountain temperatures mill around the soldiers. The team camped for two nights in front of the district tribal chief headquarters before finally removing nearly ten tons of weapons and munitions to be destroyed later after a brief but tense standoff.
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- A U.S. Special Forces soldier walks on patrol with the newly trained and formed Afghan National Army, 1ST Company of the First Battalion, Third Brigade soldiers on patrol in the town of Deh Rawood, Afghanistan
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN -- Special Forces Sgt. First Class Kevin Patrick, 38, and another U.S. Special Forces soldier carry a Russian made 120mm rocket as they work with Afghan National Army soldiers removing nearly ten tons of munitions from a bunker complex under the Oruzgan district headquarters into rented "jingle" trucks.
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Gorgeous
I must be SOCOM, cause my unit gave me one of those fleeces.
Any possibility the lady is PSYOPS?
^^^GROM?
Awesome pics btw.
Thaks for the pic's gents
When you think about it, every taliban/AQ who enters Afghanistan, is up against the cream of the crop of special forces from a whole lot of nations - it must be fantastically dangerous for them, and their losses must be really high.Not that i pity the bastards!
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Me too, I ordered mine from US Cav...I must be SOCOM, cause my unit gave me one of those fleeces.
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