Today’s Photos From The Front: Smiles

September 5th, 2011 (6) Posted By Angelia Phillips.

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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Taylor Gingrich, an infantry officer from Cedar Falls, Iowa, draws a smile from a small Afghan boy as Gingrich lets the boy wear his helmet at Quala e’ Najil School in Najil

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Senior Airman John Fitzgerald, medic attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, arm wrestles a local Afghan child while after completing the first phase of a multi-day operation Aug. 21 in Alingar District, Laghman province. The PRT, combined with assets from the 45th Infantry Brigade, conducted a cordon and search in a village thought to be home to IED makers and Taliban fighters.

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Pvt. Mike McLaughlin and Army Staff Sgt. Jason Roberts, infantrymen attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, take a break in the shade after a 6 kilometer patrol through a rice paddy during a multi-day operation Aug. 21 in Alingar District, Laghman province. The PRT, combined with assets from the 45th Infantry Brigade, conducted a cordon and search in a village thought to be home to IED makers and Taliban fighters.

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Sgt. Lucas Simmons, team leader attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, rides a bike given to him by a local child during a multi-day operation Aug. 21 in Alingar District, Laghman province. The PRT, combined with assets from the 45th Infantry Brigade, conducted a cordon and search in a village thought to be home to IED makers and Taliban fighters

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Senior Airman John Fitzgerald, medic attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, shares a laugh with his team while on a security halt during a multi-day operation Aug. 21 in Alingar District, Laghman province. The PRT, combined with assets from the 45th Infantry Brigade, conducted a cordon and search in a village thought to be home to IED makers and Taliban fighters.

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  • mike3481

    From what I understand the PRTs are very popular over there for everyone concerned (except the Taliban & drug gang types) and that there’s a major push to dramatically increase the numbers of PRTs.

    I’ve also heard that nearly every kid 16 and under that has had (positive) contact with U.S. troops wants to learn to speak english.

    • http://knottiesniche.com Angelia Phillips

      I recently met online a young man from Iraq who after meeting US Troops wants to come to the US to learn and then go back and help build his nation stronger. He is an amazing young man and our troops have changed his attitude towards the US.  The seeds of freedom are planted, let us hope they grow strong with the next generation

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z7GJ7MDLS2T4E5XBIRUHKLLU4Q Giorgi

    glad to see them in multicam camo. WTF is up with gray BDUs, its time to drop that, and adopt the camo that is universal accross the services. and it seems illogial to have different patterns. easy job for enemy intell to ditinguish who they ae facing with all of those different camo patterns 

    • http://knottiesniche.com Angelia Phillips

      Its also easier to confuse the enemy as to whom is the more viable threat to them… think about it… :)  

    • http://knottiesniche.com Angelia Phillips

      Its also easier to confuse the enemy as to whom is the more viable threat to them… think about it… :)  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z7GJ7MDLS2T4E5XBIRUHKLLU4Q Giorgi

    glad to see them in multicam camo. WTF is up with gray BDUs, its time to drop that, and adopt the camo that is universal accross the services. and it seems illogial to have different patterns. easy job for enemy intell to ditinguish who they ae facing with all of those different camo patterns