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bobdina
08-18-2009, 05:32 PM
Pic 1-Marines patrolling as part of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, move through a compound in the village of Dahaneh during an Aug 15 raid in Afghanistan. The compound was empty, but parts for making explosives were found.

Pic 2-Spc. Chris Wigley of the Army's 2nd Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, patrols for a trigger wire after a roadside bomb was discovered during a patrol in the Tangi Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak province on Aug.16.

PIC 3-Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, prepare to return fire Aug. 14 during a security patrol through the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

PIC 4-A soldier stands alert as ballot boxes are ready to be transported to polling stations at an election commission office Aug. 17 in Pul-i-Alam, Afghanistan, the capital of Logar province, south of Kabul. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect a new president for the second time in the country's history.

PIC 5-Army Staff Sgt. Cody Anderson, 24, right, of Alpena, Mich., of 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., questions village elders Aug. 17 in Juy Zurin, Wardak province, Afghanistan, about notices posted by the Taliban threatening anyone who votes in the Aug. 20 presidential elections.

nastyleg
08-18-2009, 10:39 PM
nice pics