Photo by Sgt. Michael Selvage | 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office | 07.15.2014
The Salang Pass meanders through the Hindu Kush Mountains and has been called one of the most dangerous roads in the world.(Photo by Sgt. Michael K. Selvage, 10th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs NCO)(Released)...
Photo by Sgt. Michael Selvage | 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office | 07.15.2014
Soldiers from the convoy escort team provide security while the sustainment automation support management office team and other members of the convoy, all assigned to the 10th Sustainment Brigade, work together to disassemble the logistics information systems on the roof of a building at the top of the Salang Pass in support of retrograde operations July 15. For the very small aperture......
Courtesy Photo | 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office | 07.15.2014
Soldiers assigned to the 10th Sustainment Brigade and the 330th Movement Control Battalion load and secure the recovered logistics information systems on the back of a heavy expanded mobility tactical truck with a load handling system in place of a flat bed at the top of the Salang Pass in support of retrograde operations July 15. The 10th SBDE has been successful with balancing the retrograde......
Courtesy Photo | 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office | 07.15.2014
Sgt. Hanson Thomas, an Orange, N.J., native, truck commander, left, Spc. Drake Baldwin, a Dayton, Ohio native, utilities equipment repairer, center, and Spc. Kenneth Jobin, a Staten Island, New York native, sustainment automation support management office technician, right, all assigned to the 10th Sustainment Brigade, work together to disassemble the satellite dish to a logistics information......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Luis Saavedra | 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office | 05.10.2014
A Soldier assigned to the 419th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, provides security at the Salang Pass after his convoy escort team halted for a quick refuel. Soldiers served as gunners, drivers or dismounts rotated positions during the mission, which allowed them to execute their training in multiple roles throughout the operation....
Photo by Alicia Embrey | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 09.26.2013
Project management and construction engineers’ discuss the final repairs of Salang Tunnel during a September 2013 meeting with engineers with Omran Holding Group. The tunnel repairs, funded by the Commander’s Emergency Response Program, consists of the construction, improvement and reconstruction of new pavement and the drainage system within the Salang Tunnel, an electrical power plant......
Photo by Alicia Embrey | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 09.26.2013
Strategically located in the jagged highlands, the tunnel was originally built to handle a peak of a thousand cars a day. Now, four to five times that many pass through in a 24-hour period. Although other routes exist, the Salang Pass is the only safe route that stays open year-round, thanks to coalition troops who secure the stretch....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Luis Saavedra | 10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office | 08.26.2012
A CH-46 helicopter delivers supplies using long line position placement near the Salang tunnel. The mission was the first conducted, near the Salang tunnel, to support soldiers serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....
