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1ST BATTALION 508 IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, 2007


Comm Check
an RTO calls in for coordinates

Med Evac
reminiscent of why these missions ran by codename "Dust Off" in Vietnam, a casualty is loaded for evacuation

Friendly Forces
Two Afghan soldiers in green cammo listen in.  Note the AK-47 held the the man 2nd from left

Sgt Samuel V. Wilson
on patrol in Sharona, Afghanistan

Radio Mast
doubles as a flag pole


Mission Extraction
via CH-47 Chinook

Thumbs Up
for a job well done

The Guys
hang out aft of a C-130 ramp

Hurry Up And Wait
different war, same old stuff

CH-53 Super Stallion
flown by the Marines serves as a backdrop to this group of 508ers
   

(All photos on this page courtesy Samuel V. Wilson )

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