Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.26.2011
Sgt. Kevin Bates, from California, the mortar section leader for Company C, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, leads his section off the back ramp of a CH-47 Chinook driving a modified Gator after inserting on the side of a mountain. The Gator, loaded with machine guns, ammunition and a 81mm mortar system served as mobile gun platform during Operation Sword in eastern Paktika province,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.26.2011
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned officer from Brooksville, Fla., directs a UH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a haste landing zone erected at dawn on a narrow mountainside to deliver the mortar systems in support of Operation Sword. Afghan National Security Forces and soldiers of Task Force Black Lions, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade air......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.26.2011
Staff Sgt. Aldus Coffee, fire support non-commissioned officer from Brooksville, Fla., directs a UH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a haste landing zone erected at dawn on a narrow mountainside to deliver the mortar systems in support of Operation Sword. Afghan National Security Forces and soldiers of Task Force Black Lions, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade air......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.14.2011
Sgt. Bekzod Alimbekov scans the perimeter of Combat Outpost Margah in eastern Paktika province, Afghanistan, with a remote turret. On Oct. 15, Alimbekov and Pfc. Jorge Garcia, both of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade were awarded the Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device for stopping a car bomb Oct. 7 during a complex attack against the remote outpost....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.10.2011
Hukum Jang lays in wait for surgery after an insurgent improvised explosive device near her home critically injured her. The blast killed two and wounded eight others while they were driving near their family home in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.10.2011
Sgt. Crysta Cozelos, emergency room non-commissioned officer in charge at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, examines x-rays for patient Hukum Jang. Jang was injured in an insurgent improvised explosive device blast that killed two and wounded eight others while driving near their family home in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.10.2011
Sgt. Crysta Cozelos, emergency room non-commissioned officer in charge at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, prepares a chart for patient Hukum Jang. Jang was injured in an insurgent improvised explosive device blast that killed two and wounded eight others while driving near their family home in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail | 172nd Infantry Brigade | 09.10.2011
Medical personnel from the 2nd Forward Surgical Team prepare Hukum Jang lays surgery after an insurgent improvised explosive device near her home critically injured her. The blast killed two and wounded eight others while they were driving near their family home in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan....
