Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 02.02.2011
U.S. Army Pfc. Keely S. Layne, a medic from Goochland, Va., assigned to 102nd Forward Surgical Team, attached to 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, checks on a simulated patient during a mass-casualty exercise at Forward Operating Base Bostick in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 2....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.26.2011
From a remote observation post high up in the Hindu Kush Mountains on the border of Pakistan, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Casey T. Coombes, an infantry squad leader from Rancho Cordova, Calif., Sgts. Jeremy A. Wortmann, an infantry team leader from St. Louis, and Edgar Fierro, a forward observer from Fort Collins, Colo., all assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.26.2011
A 120mm mortar round explodes on top of “Rocket Ridge” as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown, a mortarman section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit, observes the impact from Observation Post Mustang in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Jan. 26. “Mortars are so mobile and quick to fire, its such an......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.26.2011
A 120 mm mortar round flies out of the tube as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (left), a section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (center), a team leader from Williamstown, W.Va., and Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (right), from Fort Worth, Texas, all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit, take cover while at Observation Post......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.26.2011
A can of 120mm mortar rounds are prepped to fire by mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandits, at Observation Post Mustang in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province on Jan. 26. The soldiers fired the mortar rounds at a ridge they labelled "Rocket Ridge."...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.26.2011
At an austere mountaintop observation post, U.S. Army Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (left), a team leader from Williamstown, W. Va., Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (center), from Fort Worth, Texas, and Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (right), a section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit, fire 120mm mortars at Observation Post......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.26.2011
To practice firing a 60mm mortar round, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (kneeling), a section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., handholds a mortar tube and aims at a mountaintop, while Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (background), a team leader from Williamstown, W. Va., and Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (right), from Fort Worth, Texas, all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.25.2011
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Casey T. Coombes, an infantry squad leader from Rancho Cordova, Calif., prepares to catch a tape measure from longtime friend, Sgt. Jeremy A. Wortmann, an infantry team leader from Saint Louis, at Observation Post Mustang 6,500 feet up in the Hindu Kush Mountains on the border of Pakistan in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, Jan. 25. The soldiers, assigned to Troop C,......
