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    Combat Engineers are tasked with searching for Improvised Explosive Devices and to search for caches of weapons or ammunition. This is dangerous work but they are well trained. The enemy often hide things in places that are not easy to get to, but that never stopped an Engineer from looking by: tankimus85 Views[230] At a vehicle depot outside of the main base, a fuel tanker erupts in a massive ball of flame, sending thick black smoke across the sky. Whilst the explosion is believed to have been cause by an improvised explosive device (IED), it was more than likely a power struggle between two transport companies as opposed to an attack on coalition forces. by: tankimus85 Views[438] The 84mm rocket launcher is a powerful weapon. The dust is kicked up as a result of the blast pressure created when pulling the trigger. Grown men are often reduced to giggling school girls the first time they fire a rocket by: tankimus85 Views[619] A US Blackhawk helicopter takes off, sending a cloud of dust towards excited soldiers capturing the event. For these men, this was their first taste of military deployment and of the dust of Oruzgan by: tankimus85 Views[280] Australian Forces on a vehicle patrol. The ASLAV in the front is the main firepower and wards off any potential attackers. In the background is a patrol base once occupied by Australian forces, but now only home to Afghan National Army (ANA) by: tankimus85 Views[557]
     

    My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

    Sunday, 16 Dec 2012 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    I was in the Army for 6 years and deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. One of the things that kept me sane was the fact that I always had my trusty DSLR with me so that I could visually document my experience. I left the army in September 2012 and am now ... Read more >
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