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Boy, oh boy, these photographs sure do evoke memories of way back when I was a just a terrified, but very "Gung Ho!" young soldier in the United States Army trying to survive my own war in the old Republic of Viet Nam, "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - - - "!
Not much has changed, has it?
"Screaming Eagles" from the One Hundred and First Airborne Division, operating as part of Task Force No Slack, move into an overwatch position during Operation Strong Eagle II somewhere in Afghanistan on Monday 19 July 2010.
Three (03) UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopters land at an outpost in the Samangan province of Afghanistan on Thursday 22 July 2010.
Troopers of "Charlie" Company, of the Third Battalion, One Hundred and Eighty-Seventh Infantry Regiment "Rakkasans", in the Third Brigade, of the One Hundred and First Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", provide security during a mission in the Zirat Mountain area of the Waza Kwah District in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, on Wednesday 07 July 2010.
Corporal Daniel Lehman, United States Army, a rifleman with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, provides security during a shura at a village in the Zabul province of Afghanistan on Monday 19 July 2010.
Private First Class Alex Schmidt of "Charlie" Company, of the Third Battalion, One Hundred and Eighty-Seventh Infantry Regiment "Rakkasans", in the Third Brigade, of the One Hundred and First Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", provides security during a patrol through Waza Kwah District in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, on Saturday 10 July 2010.
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