#specops

Evening Quickie #soldierporn: Now you’re just being ironic.

Coalition force members, in a play on words, pop smoke as they depart a village stability platform in Khak-E-Safed district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Coalition force members were located at Village Stability Platform Khak-E-Safed in order to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces. Coalition force members de-militarized the VSP allowing ANSF to single-handedly continue counter-terrorism operations and bring security and stability to people of the district.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau, 25 FEB 2013.)

Majestic mountains, dangerous desert.

Coalition force tactical vehicles move across the desert departing Khak-E-Safed district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Coalition force members were located at Village Stability Platform Khak-E-Safed in order to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces. Coalition force members de-militarized the VSP allowing ANSF to single-handedly continue counter-terrorism operations and bring security and stability to people of the district.

(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau, 25 FEB 2013.)

Winch me, baby.

Coalition force members use winches to pull a stuck vehicle out of a soft spot in the desert after departing a village stability platform in Khak-E-Safed district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Coalition force members were located at Village Stability Platform Khak-E-Safed in order to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces. Coalition force members de-militarized the VSP allowing ANSF to single handedly continue counter-terrorism operations and bring security and stability to people of the district.

(Photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau, 25 FEB 2013.)

[I just cannot get over how amazing a photographer this combat camera is. Every time I see his surname in the credits, I make little pleasure-noises. -R]

Evening Quickie #soldierporn: Hairy bastard, hard worker.

Paris, a coalition force military working dog, gets ready to attend a transition shura in Khak-E-Safed district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Farah Provincial Governor Dr. Mohammed Akram Khpalwak used the transition shura as an opportunity to highlight Afghan National Security Forces’, especially Afghan Local Police, successes which allowed the de-militarization of coalition forces in the area. Afghan National Security Forces will continue counter insurgency operations without the presence or mentorship of coalition forces. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau, 23 FEB 2013.)

Late Night Nookie #soldierporn: Night life.

An Afghan-led security force, supported by coalition troops, prepare for a mission that arrested a Taliban facilitator in Khost district, Khost province. The detained Taliban facilitator was responsible for the acquisition and transfer of weapons and ammunition to multiple Taliban and Haqqani cells operating within Logar province. He coordinated the sale and delivery of multiple heavy weapons to include machine guns, rockets and improvised explosive devices to insurgents throughout Kabul, Pul - e ‘Alam and Baraki Barak districts.

(Photos by Pfc. Codie Mendenhall, 26 JAN 2013.)

soldierporn:

We bring the “pew-pew’s” when we come to get you.

A pararescueman assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron awaits dust-off aboard a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. HH-60 crews rely on their maintainers to keep the Pave Hawks in peak condition so they can fly in support of NATO and Afghan forces at a moment’s notice.

(Photo by Captain Raymond Geoffrey, 25 May 2012 via DVIDS.)

[Great shot of the mini-guns 50cal mounted on the side and the support reinforcements. Correction appreciated. -R]

soldierporn:

special-operations:

Never look down on a medic, you never know when you will be looking up at one.

[Not a medic, a pararescueman, who will fly into red air to save your ass with door gunners blazing. Because even specops gotta call 911.]