Photos US Forces In Afghanistan

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And what about the army in your country? For some reason, it is believed everywhere that Russians drink the most, but this is not the case, especially in Soviet times. In the army of socialist Czechoslovakia, soldiers received beer daily along with rations, for example. Now we read the news how the Germans are exporting beer

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My wife is really into K dramas. And I've been to Korea eight times, so my observations confirm what she found out - Koreans drink more alcohol per capita than anyone else on the planet. It isn't uncommon to see 10-12 empty bottles of soju in front of two people at a restaurant. I went to a local watering hole with a Korean SF major, and yeah, he could pound it down.

In Afghanistan we had general order number one, which forbid sex, porn, and alcohol. I told my commander I could have stayed home and my wife could have seen to that. At any rate, we did manage to get whatever we needed.

 

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Operation Khanjari which took place in Helmand, July 2009.

Marines of 1/5 in a firefight

Marines with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. move into position while they were under enemy fire on July 17, 2009 in Mian Poshteh,

Marines with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. conduct a search after seeing suspicious activity near their base in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan.

 

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Operation Khanjari which took place in Helmand, July 2009.

Naval corpsman Marquevis Chance, of Augusta, Georgia, conducts a patrol in Mian Poshteh

Marine Staff Sgt. James Simmons, of Orlando, Fla., greets Afghan children during a patrol in Mian Poshteh

Marine Pfc. Dustin Watkins pets Tank, a bomb detecting dog, in Mian Poshteh,

Marine Cpl. Dominique Clifton, left, from Los Angeles, Pfc. Paul Rosales, from Staten Island, New York, and others with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. relax with a game of cards in Mian Poshteh

 

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Operation Khanjari

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. conduct an operation to clear a village of Taliban fighters on July 5, 2009 in Mian Poshteh

 

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Operation Khanjari

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. conduct an operation to clear a village of Taliban fighters on July 5, 2009 in Mian Poshteh

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. meet with Afghan villagers who returned after the Marines drove Taliban fighters from the center of the village on July 5, 2009 in Mian Poshteh

Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Breen, left, of Chicago, from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. searches an Afgan man as they conduct a search of an area where shots were fired toward the Marines

 

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Operation Khanjari

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. conduct an operation to clear a village of Taliban fighters on July 5, 2009 in Mian Poshteh

Marine Cpl. Taly Ramirez, of St. Paul, Minnesota, uses some downtime to fish in a canal on July 7, 2009

Pfc. John Lutz does a canon ball as he and Cpl. Evan Steele of the U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. use a canal to wash themselves for the first time after clearing a village of Taliban fighters on July 5, 2009

Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris from Yadkinville, North Carolina of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. hands a plate of tea cups to a child after the he asked for them because the Marines are staying in his family’s home on July 7, 2009

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. run through a door that they had to blow open with explosives after taking fire from inside the compund on July 4, 2009 in Mian Poshteh

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. react to incoming rounds during a firefight on July 4, 2009

Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take cover as a 500 lb bomb explodes on a compound after the Marines took two days of enemy fire from the position on July 3, 2009