Photos From Afghanistan

Photos by Richard Ambo
Advertiser Staff Photographer

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Posted on: Sunday, June 6, 2004

	Herb Morikawa and Ed Toma prepare local food in quarters they share with three other Hawai'i workers. See story.
	Herb Morikawa, whose usual outfit is a camouflage uniform, had a chance to wear an aloha shirt to attend a dinner featuring local food. See story.
	Local food? How about Spam, Vienna sausage and crack seed stocked in a cupboard that keeps the Hawai'i civilian workers going. See story.
	Matt Steger, a civilian worker with the 25th Infantry, shares treats at the local-theme dinner. See story.

Posted on: Saturday, May 8, 2004

Staff Sgt. Russell Watts grimaces in pain as Pfc. Michael Hall, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Jackson treat his severely sprained ankle. See story.
Soldiers work to free Staff Sgt. Russell Watts, whose right ankle was pinned between his wrecked Humvee and a dirt berm. See story.
First Sgt. Timothy Johnson of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, watches ridge lines in a drive through the mountains. See story.

Posted on: Sunday, May 2, 2004

	Pfc. Eric J. Medlin, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, pulls himself up a rock face as his unit pursues insurgents in the mountains of Afghanistan. See story.
	Lt. Col. Walter E. Piatt, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, meets with the village elder of Sreh Kowt, where his Schofield soldiers are based. Piatt donated a 13-kilowatt generator, wiring and lights to the village, which lacked electricity. See story.
	An Afghan girl carries supplies in the village of Sreh Kowt, near the border with Pakistan, where Schofield troops sought a former high-ranking member of the Taliban. See story.
	Pfc. Aliioniga Lesii of Helemano feels the burden of nearly 100 pounds of water, food and ammunition on a high-altitude trek to intercept insurgents in the mountains of the Sar Hawzeh district. See story.

Posted on: Monday, April 26, 2004

Lt. Julian Perez Jr., left, and Capt. Shawn Ross of Logistics Task Force 524 are at work in one of the large warehouses on Uzbekistan's Karshi-Khanabad base, which is a supply hub for forces in Afghanistan. See story.

Posted on: Thursday, April 22, 2004

	Sgt. Michelle School, a member of Schofield's 58th Military Police, surveys the snowcapped vista near Bagram Air Base in the company of two Afghan militiamen. "It's a beautiful country," says School, who is from Bay Village, Ohio. See story.
	Sgt. Albert Matel, a 58th Military Police member, took part in a "presence patrol" convoy of 11 Humvees. See story.
	Staff Sgt. Pedro Sandoval receives a poster of Ahmad Shah Masood, the leader of the Northern Alliance who was assassinated two days before the Sept. 11 attacks. His photos are ubiquitous in the area. See story.
	Camels are a primary mode of transport in Afghanistan. This one is being used as the equivalent of a moving van. See story.

Posted on: Friday, April 16, 2004

With the 25th in charge of Combined Joint Task Force 180, the Tropic Lightning colors are in a combat zone for the first time since Vietnam. See story.

Posted on: Thursday, April 15, 2004

	Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division wait to board a 214th Aviation Regiment helicopter near Ghazni, Afghanistan. The O'ahu-based 25th Infantry Division (Light) officially is taking over today for the New York-based 10th Mountain Division. See story.
	Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason Ford of Sand Springs, Okla., pilots a Chinook over the outskirts of Kabul. He's with Company B, 214th Aviation Regiment, out of Wheeler Army Airfield. See story.
	Capt. James Dimon, of Axtell, Neb., left, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason Ford of Sand Springs, Okla., both with the 214th Aviation Regiment, lift off during a routine CH-47D Chinook troop transport mission. Ford says that because people back home haven't seen the terrain, they easily wonder why wanted terrorists can still be at large. See story.
	Troops pick up their packs after being ferried by a 214th Aviation Regiment CH-47D to a village near Ghazni, Afghanistan. See story.
	Spc. Nicholas Gulick, of St. Louis, Mo, of the 214th Aviation Regiment, must raise his voice to communicate over the noise of his helicopter as it takes on passengers. He's a CH-47D crew chief with the 214th Aviation Regiment out of Wheeler Army Airfield. See story.
	A CH-47D Chinook flies in loose formation with a AH-64 Apache, rear, during a troop transport flight out of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. See story.

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