May 25th 2009  Asia » Afghanistan » East » Khost
My last thunder mission was based in Narisa, a fairly new outpost that was under construction when we were there. The scenery was spectacular, but the terrain was unforgiving. We had vehicles get st ... 8 photos [full story]

July 28th 2009  Asia » Afghanistan » East » Khost
My next assignment was a 3 week mission at Spera Combat Outpost. It sits on top of a small mountain surrounded by a bunch of taller mountains along the Pakistan border. There isnt much available, we ... 16 photos [full story]

March 27th 2009  Asia » Afghanistan » East » Khost
The next thunder mission had us going to Tere Zai. We stayed for 10 days and patolled different villages. We were attacked a few times both at the camp and while on the convoy. Two people were woun ... 6 photos [full story]

January 15th 2009  Asia » Afghanistan » East » Khost
Like most of the other camps in Afghanistan, Camp Clark is a mixture of different branches of service. Most of the people here stay on the camp, but a few of us have to leave to go on missions. I wa ... 14 photos [full story]

March 10th 2009  Asia » Afghanistan » East » Khost
The best part of my deployment here is our humanitarian aid missions. Each week, we take donations sent to us by U.S. citizens, and give them to locals in the area. We also give each person a physic ... 17 photos [full story]

February 4th 2009  Asia » Afghanistan » East » Khost
I arrived here at Camp Clark on Christmas Eve. Clark is located in East Afghanistan beside Khost city. The Camp is small, but we have everything you really need, including a library, gymnasium, a ba ... 7 photos [full story]