Soldiers using mortars in a terrain denial mission designed to make the Afghanistan terrain unsafe for insurgents. Produced by Sgt. Wyatt Harper.
U.S. Army Soldiers react to a mortar blast while searching for weapons caches in northwest Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. During the search, the Soldiers were harassed by small arms and mortar fire. The Soldiers are from Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (U.S.Army photo/Spc. Charles W. Gill)
An old Chief and an old Gunny were sitting at the VFW arguing about who’d had the tougher career.
“I did 30 years in the Corps,” the Gunny declared proudly, “and fought in three of my country’s wars. Fresh out of boot camp I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way up the blood soaked [...]
