Courtesy Photo | Defense Imagery Management Operations Center | 10.02.2009
Soldiers of the joint force secure the ramparts of the targeted compound used by a Haqqani facilitator to supply weapons to other militants elements in the region, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Oct. 2. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Mitten/Released)...
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
1st Lt. Josh Faucett, a joint terminal attack controller with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, runs to another position to better control air support during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here, Aug. 13. Faucett is from Elwood, Ind....
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
Staff Sgt. James Simmons, a platoon sergeant with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, takes a quick pause during a seven-hour firefight as an U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber drops a 500-pound bomb on insurgent positions here, Aug. 13. Simmons is from Winter Park, Fla....
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
Rounds from a high mobility rocket system impact on insurgent positions in support of the Marines on the ground with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, here, Aug. 13....
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
Lance Cpl. Josh Vance, a team leader with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, radios to his squad leader just after clearing a compound during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here, Aug. 13. Vance is from Raleigh, N.C....
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
1st Lt. Josh Faucett, a joint terminal attack controller with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, calls for close air support on insurgent positions during a seven-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here, Aug. 13. Faucett is from Elwood, Ind....
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
1st Lt. Josh Faucett, a joint terminal attack controller with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, reaches quickly for his radio handset to call for fire support just after Taliban insurgents ambushed their patrol, Aug. 13. The fight lasted six hours and was the longest since July 4 here. Faucett is from Elwood, Ind....
Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.13.2009
Lance Cpl. Josh Vance, a team leader with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, posts security on the corner of a compound just after clearing it during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here Aug. 13. Vance is from Raleigh, N.C....
