"Битва за урожай"
dymovskiy_name — 30.04.2011
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Eric Stump (3rd
from left), a squad leader with with 1st Platoon, Company I,
Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, and his U.S.
Marines discuss their route through a poppy field during a security
patrol from their patrol base in Helmand province's Green Zone,
west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal, April 13. Elements of 26th Marine
Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional
security in Helmand province in support of the International
Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Antonio
Wilccoxen, an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon gunner, and fellow U.S.
Marines with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8,
Regimental Combat Team 8, walk through a poppy field during a
security patrol from their patrol base in Helmand province's Green
Zone, west of the Nar-e Saraj canal, March 31. Elements of 26th
Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide
regional security in Helmand province in support of the
International Security Assistance Force.
An Afghan boy watches Marines with Bravo
Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat Team-8,
patrol a poppy field near the Kajaki green zone in Helmand
province, Afghanistan, April 19. During daily patrols over the last
several months Bravo Battery Marines have come to know the local
kids as both a sign of familiarity and safety.
Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st
Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, patrol through a
poppy field in the Kajaki green zone, Helmand province,
Afghanistan, April 19. An artillery unit by doctrine, Bravo Battery
has served as a provisional infantry rifle company for the last
several months while protecting the area around the Kajaki Dam.
U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Company
I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, return to
base through a poppy field after a security patrol from their
patrol base in Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e
Saraj canal, April 13. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand
province in support of the International Security Assistance
Force.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mark Bower
(right), a 60mm mortarman, and U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon,
Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8,
provide security for another element at the edge of a poppy field
during a security patrol from their patrol base in Helmand
province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal, April 13,
2011. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to
Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in
support of the International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Zachary
Mizasawa, top, an M249 squad automatic weapon gunner, and Lance
Cpl. Kevin Gonzalezsierra, a rifleman, both with 1st Platoon,
Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8,
hold in place while a group of Afghan boys tend poppy crops during
a security patrol from their patrol base in Helmand province's
Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal, April 7, 2011. Elements
of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to
provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the
International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Navy Seaman Jeremy Threatte, a
corpsman , and U.S. Marines with 2nd Platoon, Company I, Battalion
Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, pause at the edge of a
poppy field during a security patrol from their patrol base in
Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal,
April 5, 2011. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed
to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in
support of the International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony
Duncan, a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon gunner with 2nd Platoon,
Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8,
picks a poppy flower while returning from a security patrol through
a poppy field in Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e
Saraj canal, March 25. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand
province in support of the International Security Assistance
Force.
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Chris Coughlin, a
corpsman with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8,
Regimental Combat Team 8, pauses in a poppy field during a security
patrol from their patrol base in Helmand province's Green Zone,
west of the Nar-e Saraj canal, April 1. Elements of 26th Marine
Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional
security in Helmand province in support of the International
Security Assistance Force.
An Afghan farmer fertilizes his poppy
field near the patrol base of U.S. Marine Corps Company I,
Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, in Helmand
province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal, March 27.
Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan
to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the
International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Timothy
Brown, a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing
Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, passes word to his patrol
members in a poppy field during a security patrol from their patrol
base in Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nar-e Saraj
canal, April 1. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed
to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in
support of the International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler
Ivy, hospital corpsman, attached to 1st Platoon, Company I,
Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, pauses during
a security patrol through a poppy field from their patrol base in
Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal,
March 27. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to
Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in
support of the International Security Assistance Force.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Clay
Sherrod, an M249 squad automatic weapon gunner with Sniper Platoon
attached to Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental
Combat Team 8, conducts a security patrol through a poppy field in
the early morning haze from their patrol base in Helmand province's
Green Zone, west of the Nar-e Saraj canal, April 1. Elements of
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide
regional security in Helmand province in support of the
International Security Assistance Force.
An Aghan boy working in a poppy field
watches as U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mark Bower, a 60mm
mortarman with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8,
Regimental Combat Team 8, crosses a ditch during a security patrol
from their patrol base in Helmand province's Green Zone, west of
the Nahr-e Saraj canal, April 13. Elements of 26th Marine
Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional
security in Helmand province in support of the International
Security Assistance Force.
An Afghan National Army soldier
accompanies a squad of Marines with Company B, 1st Tank Battalion,
during a mission April 9. Tankers had to learn a whole new skill
set in order to be successful during their seven-month tour in
Afghanistan.
An Afghan child helps Cpl. Anthony J.
Chavez, an Albuquerque, N.M., native, and a provisional rifleman
with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, Regimental Combat
Team-8, stop to smell the flowers during a patrol halt in the
Kajaki green zone, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 19.
MARJAH, Helmand province, Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan - Corporal Mark Hickok, a 23-year-old
combat engineer from North Olmstead, Ohio, patrols through a field
during a clearing mission April 9. Marines with Company B, 1st Tank
Battalion, learned basic route clearance techniques from engineers
like Hickok, who are deployed with 1st Combat Engineer
Battalion.