1980. Ft. Bragg, NC. 313th MI Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, following the promotion of battalion officers to 1st lieutenant. Author and his wife are the second couple from right.
1980. Ft. Bragg, NC. 313th MI Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, following the promotion of battalion officers to 1st lieutenant. Author and his wife are the second couple from right.
The author (ca. 1980) on the “Green Ramp” about to board a C-130 for a parachute drop.
December 1981: Author (left) during “Robin Sage” exercise of the Army Special Forces Officer’s Qualification course.
Special Forces unit formation, 1982. The author is the first man in second file.
Top and bottom photos: Members of Foxtrot, ODA 583, and Afghan fighters make preparations for a road march from Shin Naray Valley base camp.
Author with Shin Naray Valley in background.
November 2001: Foxtrot team and ODA 583 preparing to depart base camp in Shin Naray Valley, Kandahar Province.
Shirzai’s fighters observe US airstrikes in Kandahar Province near Takhteh-Pol.
The author just minutes after the capture of Takhteh-Pol village.
Shirzai’s fighter raising the Afghan national flag immediately following the capture of Takhteh-Pol from Taliban government forces.
November 2001: Inspection of captured Taliban tank by Afghan leader Gul Agha Shirzai, accompanied by a combat controller. The author is standing on the tank.
Foxtrot team’s command post, Takhteh-Pol village.
Late November 2001: The author in the vicinity of Takhteh-Pol village, Kandahar Province.
Members of Foxtrot in defensive position at roadblock on Highway 4 east of Takhteh-Pol.
Author (left) with “Hank,” the ODA 583 team leader, at the Governor’s Palace in Kandahar shortly after its occupation.
Rigged explosives discovered in the roof of the Governor’s Palace in Kandahar.
Stacked explosives after being removed from the roof of the Governor’s Palace.