Photos Coalition Forces In Afghanistan

[BravoZulu]

RAF Regiment Gunner on patrol in the mountains of Afghanistan

 

[BravoZulu]

An Aussie commando signalling the start of a javelin race between two USASOC operators in Afghanistan, date not known

 

[BravoZulu]

Royal Marines

Prince Harry pictured alongside fellow soldiers from the Blues and Royals whilst serving in Afghanistan, Prince Harry’s friend WO Nathan Hunt directly below to the left tragically took his own life after suffering from PSTD

 

[BravoZulu]

Dutch troops, 18th June 2007

 

[BravoZulu]

Dutch commandos of TF-55 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan in October 2009

Left: Knight of the Military William Order lieutenant-colonel Gijs Tuinman. He served multiple tours and special operation in Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. Tuinman was awarded the highest chivalric order by King Willem-Alexander in 2014 for his courageous leadership during intense combat operations in Uruzgan. In particular, his leadership under heavy fire during the evacuation of KIA corporal Kevin van de Rijdt, in 2009, attributed to a recommendation for the award by his fellow commandos. Tuinman is currently attached to the Netherlands Special Operations Command (NLD SOCOM).

Right: sergeant first class Joost Molenaar (✝). Molenaar was the tallest man in the corps measuring a healthy 2.05 metres (6' 7"). He first served a tour in Afghanistan with 11 Air Assault Brigade in 2006 and joined the KCT in 2007. As a commando, he served multiple tours including Task Force 55 in Afghanistan and MINUSMA in Mali. Molenaar fought his final unfair battle against cancer, and passed on 18 February 2015.

 

[BravoZulu]

On 8th July 2014, Czech Soldiers from 4 Fast Deployment Brigade and 43 Airborne Battalion, who provide security of NATO Bagram Airfield, were on joint patrol with Afghan soldiers in Qalandar Khil, 5 kilometers from Bagram Airfield. Taliban had fired a rocket onto Airfield two days previously, so Czechs were on patrol to secure the area.

Czechs were very popular among the locals, so they were asking locals about that rocket attack. A Taliban suicide bomber with suicide vest hid amongst among the locals and detonated close to Czech soldiers, when they giving new school supplies to local children.

4 Czech soldiers, 2 Afghan soldiers and 10 civilians, including women and children were killed in the attack. One Czech soldier was seriously wounded and was transported to American hospital at Bagram Airfield.

On that day, Sergeant Major David Beneš, Sergeant Ivo Klusák, Corporal Libor Ligač and Corporal Jan Šenkýř were killed. Sergeant Major Jaroslav Lieskovan died a few days later in Central Military Hospital in Prague.

 

[BravoZulu]

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army and 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Special Operations Command, pick up from their security positions and head to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, after completing a mission in the Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 26, 2012

 

[BravoZulu]

U.S. Army Capt. Brandon Drobenak, commander of the 541st Engineer Company Sapper, 54th Engineer Battalion, Task Force Dolch, from Aspers, Pa., and Czech army Staff Sgt. David Gazdik, Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member, from Korytna, Czech Republic, sweep an area for improvised explosive devices in Logar Province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2011. The Czech and 541st Engineer Co. Sapper partnership focus is locating and properly disposing of various types of volatile explosives used by insurgent forces. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Rosalind Arroyo)

2nd Lt. Paterson of 1st Platoon, 541st Sapper Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Task Force Dulch, along with a Czech Republic Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldier, check a suspected area for an IED during a route clearance mission in Afghanistan. June 2, 2011

 

[BravoZulu]

British troops set off on an operation in Malgir, Helmand province, Herrick 10, July 27, 2009.

 

[RL64RL]

BZ -- I always, always appreciate your photos, sir!! Thank you!

Cheers!
RL

 

[BravoZulu]

BZ -- I always, always appreciate your photos, sir!! Thank you!

Cheers!
RL

Thanks for the kind words @RL64RL

 

[BravoZulu]

Operation Toral is the codename for British presence within Afghanistan post-2014 as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission
Royal Irish Regiment on Op TORAL Dec 2016-Aug 2017

 

[BravoZulu]

Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walk during a patrol in Panjwayi district 30 km in the west of Kandahar province on March 28, 2008.

 

[BravoZulu]

Polish GROM operators

 

[BravoZulu]

French Foreign Legion in Afghanistan

 

[BravoZulu]

Norwegian MJK together with Afghan CRU 222 responding to a terrorist attack in Kabul, 2015

Italian 9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin" operator in Afghanistan

 

[BravoZulu]

Australia:
Special Operations Task Group soldiers and their partners from the provincial response company. Tarin Kot. 2013

Uruzgan Province. 2008. An ASLAV of the 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) in transit at Camp Holland (Multinational Base Tarin Kowt)

Tarin Kot. 2 September 2008. A tail gunner from the Australian Army's 5th Aviation Regiment on a CH-47 Chinook.

 

[BravoZulu]

Soldier from 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards provides overwatch with his L129A1 Sharpshooter rifle. Kabul, Afghanistan as part of Herrick20, 2014

 

[BravoZulu]

Australia:
SOTG clearing a compound

 

[BravoZulu]

A British solder of the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) trades his gear with an Afghan Boy. Ca. 2013