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Going home face. The Brits just had their worst month ever here, and it's getting rougher for the Americans too

Going home face. The Brits just had their worst month ever here, and it's getting rougher for the Americans too

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posted august 09, 17:53

taken july 14, 04:51 with a iPhone

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Bags packed waiting for the chopper out of here

Bags packed waiting for the chopper out of here

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posted august 09, 17:52

taken july 14, 04:47 with a iPhone

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Same

Same

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posted august 04, 11:18

taken july 13, 01:14 with a iPhone

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Sleeping Marines, not body bags

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posted august 04, 11:17

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Even tougher than a prison gym pt.II

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posted august 01, 16:37

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Even tougher than a prison gym

Even tougher than a prison gym

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posted august 01, 16:36

taken july 11, 13:01 with a iPhone

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We come in peace

We come in peace

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posted july 31, 07:19

taken july 11, 07:11 with a iPhone

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Office

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posted july 31, 07:19

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Long patrols, in temperatures that often reach 130. There are few firefights now, just roadside bombs

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posted july 31, 07:18

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Huge pile of opium poppies, a makeshift guntower and another huge pile of huge harvested opium poppies

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posted july 25, 14:50

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This Marine drank too much warm water and puked it all up

This Marine drank too much warm water and puked it all up

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posted july 24, 19:23

taken july 09, 08:37 with a iPhone

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Same again

Same again

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posted july 24, 19:22

taken july 09, 08:37 with a iPhone

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Another exhausted Marine. They can fall asleep within a minute of a battle ending, anywhere

Another exhausted Marine. They can fall asleep within a minute of a battle ending, anywhere

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posted july 24, 19:21

taken july 09, 08:36 with a iPhone

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Exhausted Marine after a firefight and long patrol

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posted july 24, 19:20

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On the Walls inside children's drawings showed an AK47 shooting at a helicopter

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posted july 22, 19:38

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Exhausted Marines rest in a family compound after s firefight and long patrol

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posted july 22, 19:36

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The roads now have IEDs every km, so we have to go through the desert, past the nomad goatherders. But the trucks are so heavy they get stuck in the sand. It took us 13 hours to travel 16km

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posted july 21, 15:17

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The 20 yr old gunner who pokes out the roof of the Humvee

The 20 yr old gunner who pokes out the roof of the Humvee

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posted july 21, 15:13

taken july 08, 04:25 with a iPhone

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A huge pile of harvested opium poppies, which the soldiers don't even seem to notice.

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posted july 20, 17:44

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Harvested opium poppy, Helmand province. The lines are from farmers scoring the poppy, so the opium oozes out.

Harvested opium poppy, Helmand province. The lines are from farmers scoring the poppy, so the opium oozes out.

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posted july 20, 17:42

taken july 06, 11:42 with a iPhone

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Improvised armchair

Improvised armchair

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posted july 19, 10:40

taken july 05, 07:35 with a iPhone

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Afghan National Army soldier on guard

Afghan National Army soldier on guard

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posted july 18, 03:35

taken july 05, 05:50 with a iPhone

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The lump of earth in the distance, beyond the bridge, is an old British fort, over 100 years old. We've been defeated here twice before

The lump of earth in the distance, beyond the bridge, is an old British fort, over 100 years old. We've been defeated here twice before

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posted july 18, 03:29

taken july 05, 05:49 with a iPhone

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The Americans have arrived and everything is bigger and angrier. But also much safer, when the Taliban are laying IEDs every kilometre

The Americans have arrived and everything is bigger and angrier. But also much safer, when the Taliban are laying IEDs every kilometre

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posted july 17, 09:35

taken july 05, 05:44 with a iPhone

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Boarding pass for miltary chopper to southern Helmand

Boarding pass for miltary chopper to southern Helmand

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posted july 17, 09:33

taken july 03, 16:14 with a iPhone

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Luxury accomodation for journalists and interpreters + sandstorm

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posted july 17, 06:39

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View from the guntower. It's beautiful here when you're not getting shot at

View from the guntower. It's beautiful here when you're not getting shot at

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posted july 17, 06:33

taken july 05, 05:49 with a iPhone

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US Marine on guard

US Marine on guard

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posted july 17, 06:32

taken july 05, 05:42 with a iPhone

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Toilet graffiti in Garmsir. I'd attribute this to the Brits who have now left. The Americans aren't miserable enough to write it. Not yet anyway

Toilet graffiti in Garmsir. I'd attribute this to the Brits who have now left. The Americans aren't miserable enough to write it. Not yet anyway

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posted july 17, 06:32

taken july 05, 05:46 with a iPhone

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Monument for massoud, kabul

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posted july 02, 09:12

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Adjusting from London to Helmand is made even more surreal by the fact you have to go via dubai

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posted july 01, 11:37

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Just two days to go

Just two days to go

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posted june 28, 15:16

taken june 28, 16:11 with a iPhone

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Test

Test

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posted june 28, 15:04

taken june 28, 16:00 with a iPhone

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