Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi | Task Force Spartan | 12.13.2021
An evacuated Afghan child greets Pfc. Trevor Mackie, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Dec. 13, 2021. The children are temporarily staying here while awaiting paperwork for further travels to other destinations. At Camp As Sayliyah, Soldiers like Mackie see Afghan travelers each day as part of their duty, and are often the recipients of eager fist-bumps from child travelers....
Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi | Task Force Spartan | 12.13.2021
Evacuated Afghan children greet Pfc. Trevor Mackie, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Dec. 13, 2021. The children are temporarily staying here while awaiting paperwork for further travels to other destinations. At Camp As Sayliyah, Soldiers like Mackie see Afghan travelers each day as part of their duty, and are often the recipients of eager fist-bumps from child travelers....
Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi | Task Force Spartan | 12.13.2021
Spc. Nicholas Schmidt, of Brecksville, Ohio, is deployed under the Army Reserve’s 447th Military Police Company. As a military police officer, Schmidt works extensively among Afghan children temporarily staying at Camp As Sayliyah Qatar and remembers the first time he encountered the fist-bump phenomenon....
Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi | Task Force Spartan | 12.13.2021
Deployed in support of the Afghan Evacuations Mission Support Element, Pfc. Trevor Mackie, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, is a military policeman assigned to the Army Reserve’s 447th Military Police Company....
Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi | Task Force Spartan | 12.02.2021
An Afghan child and an American Soldier bump fist upon meeting at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Dec. 13, 2021. Fist-bumps like this one take place between Soldiers and Afghan children temporarily staying at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, take place hundreds of times each since. Meant as a sign of respect and friendship, the Soldiers say they suspect it’s a quick way to say hello as well as because......
Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi | Task Force Spartan | 12.02.2021
An Afghan child and an American Soldier bump fist upon meeting at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Dec. 13, 2021. Fist bumps like this one take place between Soldiers and Afghan children temporarily staying at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, take place hundreds of times each since. Meant as a sign of respect and friendship, the Soldiers say they suspect it’s a quick way to say hello as well as because......
