Photographer Collection: David Guttenfelder in Afghanistan

I have given praise to Michael Yon before. Now he is passing on the praise to another visitor to Afghanistan, David Guttenfelder. Mr Guttenfelder is an amazing photographer and doesn't feel afraid about going into the field with the troops.






Sadly I can't quite get the high quality images he does on his website so go there and see the originals. Its worth seeing what the troops are really going through over there.


kthanxbai!

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We should make guns illegal

In today's vein of gun-blogging here is a nice little discussion point from Say Uncle.

...we should make guns illegal because a man with a gun and restraining order against him (illegal) violated that order (illegal) and shot his family (also, illegal). Why, if only one more law could make it a bit more illegal, then it would never happen.

Talk amongst yourselves for a bit. Then go and buy a gun!

kthanxbai!

Afghanistan 1st Hand

If you have been wondering about what life is like for troops on the front line in Afghanistan then you need look no further than Michael Yon's excellent blog 'Resurrection'.

Sangin is an active battlefield. To describe missions with other than vague details would present danger to these soldiers and to the next rotation. This is not like the sweep from Kuwait into Iraq, wherein the previous week’s missions were tantamount to ancient history. Here in Sangin it’s a daily brawl over the same terrain and sentiments, morning and night.

A couple minutes after the explosion in the photo above, an Apache flew over to take a look but like so many times, it’s just a mushroom with no known cause. A few days ago, in this area, another RPG was fired at a British helicopter and missed. The area within these photos contains more IEDs than perhaps anywhere else in Afghanistan. The British managed to locate one of the worst places in the country and proceeded to build bases all around.

Some excellent reporting that really should be read by more people. He has archived articles from Iraq and Afghanistan on his website Michael Yon, online magazine.


kthanxbai!