GA Corporal Vladimir Shanava. 13 MAY 2013.

Died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked their position in southern Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED). Shanava was assigned to 4th Battalion, Georgian Army.

GA Junior Sergeant Zviad Davitadze. 13 MAY 2013.

Died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked their position in southern Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED). Davitadze was assigned to 4th Battalion, Georgian Army.

GA Corporal Alexander Kvitsinadze. 13 MAY 2013.

Died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked their position in southern Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED). Kvitsinadze was assigned to 4th Battalion, Georgian Army.

It’s called a Chinook for a reason. Soldiers of Company C “Chaos”, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2 and Weapons Company, 6th Kandak, 205th Afghan National Army prepare to load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near the Kheybari Ghar ridgeline in the Panjwa’i District of Afghanistan as part of “Operation Rising Sun III.” The joint team traversed more than 32 kilometers of terrain while searching 82 Kuchi camps and 12 structures of interest. (Photo by Sgt. Kimberly Hackbarth, 4th SBCT, 2nd Inf. Div. Public Affairs Office, 4 MAY 2013.) High-res

It’s called a Chinook for a reason.

Soldiers of Company C “Chaos”, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2 and Weapons Company, 6th Kandak, 205th Afghan National Army prepare to load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near the Kheybari Ghar ridgeline in the Panjwa’i District of Afghanistan as part of “Operation Rising Sun III.” The joint team traversed more than 32 kilometers of terrain while searching 82 Kuchi camps and 12 structures of interest.

(Photo by Sgt. Kimberly Hackbarth, 4th SBCT, 2nd Inf. Div. Public Affairs Office, 4 MAY 2013.)

How large is the shadow you cast? A coalition force member provides security for Afghan soldiers deploying within Afghanistan. The deployment process is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Freire, 4 MAR 2013.) High-res

How large is the shadow you cast?

A coalition force member provides security for Afghan soldiers deploying within Afghanistan. The deployment process is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014.

(Photo by Sgt. Matthew Freire, 4 MAR 2013.)

Thin green line, not one to cross. Afghan National Army commandos with 3rd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak, conduct movement to the helicopter landing zone after a clearing operation in Boti Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Afghan and coalition forces conducted the operation in order to disrupt insurgent networks and support Afghan Local Police efforts in the area. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Kaily Brown, 18 APR 2013.) High-res

Thin green line, not one to cross.

Afghan National Army commandos with 3rd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak, conduct movement to the helicopter landing zone after a clearing operation in Boti Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Afghan and coalition forces conducted the operation in order to disrupt insurgent networks and support Afghan Local Police efforts in the area.

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Kaily Brown, 18 APR 2013.)

Demon or god? “What if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more’ … Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: ‘You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs A U.S. coalition service member, working with Afghan National Army commandos of 6th Special Operations Kandak, searches for suspicious activity after a clearing operation in Sarobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The commandos conducted the operation to disrupt Taliban influence and movement in the area. (Photo by Pfc. James K. McCann, 19 APR 2013.) High-res

Demon or god?

“What if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more’ … Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: ‘You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

A U.S. coalition service member, working with Afghan National Army commandos of 6th Special Operations Kandak, searches for suspicious activity after a clearing operation in Sarobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The commandos conducted the operation to disrupt Taliban influence and movement in the area.

(Photo by Pfc. James K. McCann, 19 APR 2013.)

British Army Corporal William T. Savage. 30 APR 2013.

Died in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province of wounds suffered from an IED attack. Savage was assigned to 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS).

British Army Fusilier Samuel Flint. 30 APR 2013.

Died in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province of wounds suffered from an IED attack. Flint was assigned to 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS).